[DRBD-user] DRBD and KVM for a HA-Cluster ?

Felix Frank ff at mpexnet.de
Fri Jan 14 14:50:06 CET 2011

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


>> But the snapshot has - i suppose - no filesystem, because the LV for the KVM has no one. So - i suppose - i can't
>> mount the snapshot.
>> But when i'm not able to mount it, how can it be backuped (from the host's point of view) ?
>>
>>
>> Bernd
> 
> I suppose you could create the snapshot and then use 'dd' to create a
> bit-level image of the LV.
> 

And failing that, kpartx is your friend.



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