Re: Using LVM to snapshot a backup

It might not be supported by Oracle....Oracle encourage using LVM at linux looking at the OTN website.

I know a DBA that uses fssnap to snapshot his DB servers and so do a backup of the database buth fssnap is only supported on Solaris and not on linux.... the equivalent of fssnap is under linux LVM with also the possibilty of maing a UFS snapshot.

take a look at http://www.sistina.com/products_lvm.htm here is more information about LVM....

I was just wondering if someone ever used this option before. I am planning to set a test DB at work just to test LVM snapshotting.

Regards,
Johan Louwers.

On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 20:27:42 +0200, Sybrand Bakker <gooiditweg_at_sybrandb.verwijderdit.demon.nl> wrote:

>On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 14:22:42 +0200, Johan Louwers
><suntacNOSPAMPLEASE_at_dds.nl> wrote:
>
>>Are there people that have worked with LVM to snapshot a file system
>>and so backup your data. I know of people using fssnap with Solaris
>>to backup there file system and so there Oracle database....
>>
>>
>>Are there people that use this or know what the good things and the
>>bad things are of this way of doing things?
>>
>>
>>Regards,
>>Johan Louwers
>
>Not supported by Oracle comes to mind.
>But of course your mileage in experimentation may vary
Received on Wed Apr 07 2004 - 03:21:43 CDT