On 1/3/19 5:46 AM, Davis, Matthew wrote:
Hi,
I want to restore a snapshot without deleting the snapshot.
Hi, I think this should be possible using thin snapshots - snapshot the
snapshot you want to restore, and merge the snapshot - may be not
perfect, but it is at least possible. This is fast, as there is no need
to write huge amounts of data, it is just a switching tree's root away
(or very close to it.)
Perhaps more convenient alternative is to use boom boot manager
(boom-boot package available on rhel8+ and fedora27+). Not sure it is
available in ubuntu/debian.
NOTE:
*Thin pools*
When using thin pools make sure you have enough space and you do not run
out of space in data and metadata devices, or you risk serious trouble.
1. you must enable monitoring and threshold for extending thin pool.
2. using recent lvm2 2.02.* releases is recommended.
*Boom*
Boom also requires a minor change in initramfs to pass `-K` option to
lvchange to allow activation of volumes with skip activation flag.
-- Martian
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
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