Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
On 05/11/11 11:20, Felix Frank wrote: >>> When you restore a dd image, you return to that point in time, metadata >> >>> included. >> >> >> True, but another thing might be the wish to mount the image. Not sure >> if this will work OK when the metadata is included. > > I cannot see why not. After all, you can mount the file system off a > backing device with no problem (aside from completely f**king up DRBD's > notion of the data). So mounting it from an image through loop should > work to pretty much the same effect. > >> Another idea might be to have the DRBD metadata simply externally on a >> SDD drive, problem solved. > > Kinda :) If you restore the data to an active DRBD then, this will work > fine, but you'll set all Quicksync bits (when StandAlone). No problem > with that really - this *would* indeed be the cleanest and most simple > solution as far as I can see. > > Cheers, > Felix OK Felix, all clear, thank you. Suppose I keep the internal metadata, what would be the procedure for restore on a dual primary: - disconnect - restore with dd - connect ? When I reconnect, how will I know that the restored node will have the "master" data? Do I need to invalidate the second one first? I guess this too would not be an issue with external metadata ... Cheers! B.