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List:       linux-lvm
Subject:    Re: [linux-lvm] Using snapshots for online, incremental userspace
From:       "Stuart D. Gathman" <stuart () bmsi ! com>
Date:       2008-06-12 16:25:57
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0806121225050.21304-100000 () bmsred ! bmsi ! com
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On Wed, 11 Jun 2008, Sharif Ibrahim wrote:

> I'm trying to do incremental backups with LVM by reading the COW
> device from userspace but am having some trouble.

Zumastor does this, and is open source.  Maybe check how they do it.
Their method might not be directly applicable, since they use a new
snapshot format (for shared COW).

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