Hi, I want to restore a snapshot without deleting the snapshot. My use case is that I'm experimenting with a lot of different drivers, kernel modules, and file modifications all over my machine. I want to 1. take a snapshot of the working system 2. make changes 3. restore the snapshot (` sudo lvconvert --merge /dev/ubuntu-vg/$SNAPSHOT` then reboot) 4. make new changes 5. restore to the snapshot again The problem is that step 3 deletes the snapshot, so step 5 fails. My current workaround is: 1. take a snapshot of the working system 2. make changes 3. restore the snapshot (` sudo lvconvert --merge /dev/ubuntu-vg/$SNAPSHOT` then reboot) 4. Wait 1.5 hours, without making any changes to the machine 5. Take a new snapshot, with the same name as the original 6. make new changes 7. restore to the snapshot This is not great because: * I sometimes forget to do step 5 * I can't take a snapshot of the volume while it is still merging. This takes 1.5 hours. I want to be able to restore my snapshots multiple times per day Is there a flag I can add to `lvconvert` to make it not delete the snapshot? Alternatively, is there a way I can make a copy of the snapshot before I restore it? It looks like someone else asked this question 10 years ago. https://www.redhat.com/archives/linux-lvm/2008-November/msg00000.html Has this problem been solved since then? Thanks, Matt Davis Technical Specialist Telstra | Product Strategy & Innovation - Telstra Labs | Programmable Infrastructure E Matthew.Davis.2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
