Snapshot Volumes
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Note
Snapshot copies of a file system are virtual copies, not actual media backup for a file
system. Snapshots do not provide a substitute for a backup procedure.
If a snapshot runs full, the snapshot is dropped. This is to be sure that there is enough space for
the origin file system. You should regularly monitor the size of the snapshot. Snapshots are fully
resizeable, however, so if you have the storage capacity you can increase the size of the snapshot
volume to prevent it from getting dropped. Conversely, if you find that the snapshot volume is larger
than you need, you can reduce the size of the volume to free up space that is needed by other logical
volumes.
When you create a snapshot file system, full read and write access to the origin stays possible. If
a chunk on a snapshot is changed, that chunk is marked and never gets copied from the original
volume.
There are several uses for the snapshot feature:
• Most typically, a snapshot is taken when you need to perform a backup on a logical volume without
halting the live system that is continuously updating the data.
• You can execute the
fsck
command on a snapshot file system to check the file system integrity and
determine whether the original file system requires file system repair.
• Because the snapshot is read/write, you can test applications against production data by taking a
snapshot and running tests against the snapshot, leaving the real data untouched.
• You can create volumes for use with the Xen virtual machine monitor. You can use the snapshot
feature to create a disk image, snapshot it, and modify the snapshot for a particular domU instance.
You can then create another snapshot and modify it for another domU instance. Since the only
storage used is chunks that were changed on the origin or snapshot, the majority of the volume is
shared.
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