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What about backup? RAID5 + LVM System
I'm currently managing a home server which has had a major problem: one of the disks in the LVM VG died. This disk was recently added and thus the recently saved data on the VG was unretrievable. I ...
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Backing up bind mounted folders
My layout is as follows.
LVM Setup: /dev/VG/Documents, /dev/VG/Music, /dev/VG/Pictures, /dev/VG/Music, /dev/VG/Documents, etc....
Each of the LVMs is bind mounted to the corresponding folder name in ...
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Using LVM snapshots on a live system: possibility of corruption due to system activity
If I am doing backups from LVM snapshots of a live system, how can I best avoid problems due to the snapshot being taken during things like upgrades? Presumably this wouldn't be catastrophic, since ...
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Possibility of inconsistencies in backups across LVM logical volume snapshots
I'd like to start using LVM snapshots to help ensure quality backups.
If I have a /var partition that is on a separate volume from the rest of the root filesystem, can I still ensure that a backup ...
