[DRBD-user] Re: recommended way to do backups?

Lars Ellenberg Lars.Ellenberg at linbit.com
Tue Aug 16 19:00:11 CEST 2005

Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.


/ 2005-08-15 08:20:10 -0700
\ Sean:
> Would it be better to then do the lvm snapshots against primary?

if you snapshot the underlying lv while drbd is Connected Secondary,
you should be fine.  you then can mount that snapshot, let the fs replay its
journal, and do your backup (on the secondary).

just don't snapshot during drbd resynchronisation.

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