On Thu, 23 May 2013 09:31:23 +0300 Alexis <alexis.pellicier@nds.k12.tr> wrote: > Hello, > > I was use to snapshot an LVM volume containing ext4 partitions for > backup purpose. This is a disk for Xen DomU paravirtualized linux box. > > With lvm-2.02.98 and kernel 3.4.11 from opensuse 12.2 the ext4 > partitions inside the snapshot were clean. > > Now I've upgraded to opensuse 12.3 (kernel 3.7.10 lvm-2.02.98) > > Is lvm supposed to keep my inside ext4 partitions clean when > snapshotting my volume? If not is theire any way of doing this? Use read-write snapshots instead of read-only ones. The first time you mount the snapshot (read-only mount is enough) the journal will get replayed and the stored file-system will become clean. Greets, Jacek _______________________________________________ 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/
