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RE: [Xen-users] Backup strategy

To: "Andy Smith" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Xen-users" <Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Backup strategy
From: "Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 11:12:25 +0100
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> Unfortunately I have had to stop using LVM snapshots.  It 
> seems since I got to the point of having quite a few 
> snapshots active, there are stability issues.  In the last 
> two months, on mounting a snapshot LV the mount command has 
> just hung and so have all accesses to the LV that the 
> snapshot is being made from.  That kills a domU and prevents 
> it from being started again.  To get out of that I've had to 
> reboot dom0.

I think the folks at RH would be interested to hear of such problems
with LVM, and there's a good chance they'll be fixed. Try emailing
Alasdair G Kergon.

Ian

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