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Re: [Xen-users] lvm snapshot

On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 23:02 +0100, Davide Corio wrote:
> Hi *,
> I tried to use lvm2 snapshots feature (very bad idea...i know) in dom0
> to backup a guest-os installed on a logical volume.
> 
> Now i can't remove the snapshot. If i try to use "lvremove -f", the
> system freezes and i have to reboot the machine through the power
> button.

lvremove -f "should" work.  I have a nightly job that do just that (snap
off domUs, block-attach them to my backup domU and back them up, then
block-detach and lvremove the snapshot).

What version of the LVM utilities are you using?

--
Albert W. Hopkins


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