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On Sun, 2013-04-21 at 12:56 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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> Yes I can't take snapshots with ESXi, but everything I've read says |
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> that |
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> for these to be consistent, they need to be done when the VM is |
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> shutdown. |
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> Also, they take a LONG time, whereas an LVM snapshot happens almost |
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> immediately. |
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This reveals a significant advantage to using LVM, if you wish to use |
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snapshots as the target for backups. I personally prefer this, as I |
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mentioned in another e-mail in this thread, due to getting a "crash |
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consistent" view of the disk since it will not change while the backup |
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is in progress. The fact that LVM snapshots happen instantly is an |
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advantage, and also that you can perform the snapshots while the system |
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is running. |
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Randy Barlow |
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