Re: [Duplicity-talk] Direct backup of LVM snapshot partitions?

[edgar . soldin]

On 12.12.2012 14:32, T. Prost wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, den 12.12.2012, 11:42 +0100 schrieb address@hidden: 
>> On 12.12.2012 11:37, T. Prost wrote: > Am Dienstag, den 11.12.2012,
>> 17:02 +0100 schrieb address@hidden: >> On 11.12.2012 15:26, T.
>> Prost wrote: >>> Am Montag, den 10.12.2012, 19:01 +0100 schrieb GDR!: 
>>>>>> On 12/10/2012 01:16 PM, George MacKerron wrote: > Thanks Edgar.
>> Yes, >>>> I'm already using LVM snapshots. I just wanted to then back
>> up the raw >>>> volume data, rather than mount the snapshot and back up
>> the files it >>>> contains. >>>> >>>> Just to justify what he's doing
>> and point that "just mount it" is not a >>>> good answer: he might want
>> to back up a Windows partition that he's >>> >>> BTW: Are there known
>> Problems when backing up a Windows partition with >>> duplicity ? >>>
>>>>>> like how? with cygwin duplicity? under linux mounted or via
>> device dump? > > mount in linux > backup to local external disk > > If
>> problems aren't known as duplicityy-specific, can there be general >
>> problems backing up or even reading a windows volume in this config and
>>> environment ?
>>
>> using ntfs-3g you should be quite safe. of course there is ntfs
>> specific meta-data that will not/cannot be backed up by duplicity. but
>> if you are concerned for your data, simply watch out for bugs in
>> ntfs-3g, otherwise you should be fine.
> 
> ... forgot to mention it was an FAT volume :-|
> 
> And as far as I can see, I see success in recovering the SNAPSHOT
> directory, but reassembling the files in the multivol seems to produce
> anything but the original files :-(
> 
> Sorry ...
> 

you're aware the discussion started with LVM snapshots, right?

no clue what you mean by "recovering the SNAPSHOT directory" or "reassembling 
the files in the multivol".

..ede