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Re: TAKE - implement xfs snapshotting

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Subject: Re: TAKE - implement xfs snapshotting
From: "Nathan Scott" <nathans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 13:34:12 -0500
In-reply-to: Steve Lord <lord@sgi.com> "TAKE - implement xfs snapshotting" (May 16, 10:06pm)
References: <200105170306.f4H36U000923@jen.americas.sgi.com>
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On May 16, 10:06pm, Steve Lord wrote:
> Subject: TAKE - implement xfs snapshotting
> This adds support for lvm snapshotting to xfs - a separate patch is
> needed from the lvm sources to make lvm snapshotting work without
> extra user space commands. Note that once a snapshot has been
> created it needs to be made writeable and the xfs uuid changed
> with the xfs_db command.
> 

# xfs_admin -U generate /dev/<snapshot>

should do the trick too, without needing to know anything
about how xfs_db works.

cheers.

-- 
Nathan

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