On 12 April 2010 17:51, Phillip Susi <psusi@cfl.rr.com> wrote: > On 4/12/2010 12:14 PM, Alan Pek wrote: >> >> Hi Folks, >> >> How do I properly backup and restore / on LVM2 , e.g. > > The same way you would without LVM2. Perhaps tar or dump? If you use > dump then lvm allows you to make a snapshot and back that up instead so > you don't have to boot to single user mode and remount ro. > I take a snapshot and then use rdiff-backup to get a D-2-D backup. It works well for me and has been used once or twice. We also run a month end tape backup using Yosemite backup http://www.barracudaware.com/ you can run the rdiff over SSH using pre-exchanged keys for off site backup. There are also some Amazon cloud based solutions but don't expect you data to come back in a flash (best used as a fall back in case of the building burning down). In short the LVM is not the important part (unless you need the snapshot) the main things are Qty of data Format of backup On-site or Off-site Incremental of Full Acceptable recovery time Down time during backup Performance during backup And all the normal stuff Rob Mortimer > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ > _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
