[OpenAFS-devel] vos dump busying out the volume while dumping...

[Neulinger, Nathan]

Sounds like "vos copy" would do just what you're asking for so long as
you're willing to accept tracking the extra copies with different volume
names.

-- Nathan

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Thompson [mailto:thomas@cs.wisc.edu]=20
> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 12:49 PM
> To: Neulinger, Nathan
> Cc: Michael Niksch; openafs-devel@openafs.org
> Subject: Re: [OpenAFS-devel] vos dump busying out the volume=20
> while dumping...=20
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> "Neulinger, Nathan" wrote:
> >I'd love to see that (I mentioned something similar in the=20
> past wrt to
> >doing backups. When I do local disk backups and have enough space, I
> >usually try to do D,D,...,W,W,M,M in rotation. With clones, those
> >multiple generations would be very inexpensive.
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> What you don't get out of this scenario is a truly=20
> independent copy of the=20
> data.  In the event of a disk failure, you're out everything.=20
>  I know the raid=20
> people would like you to believe that double drive failures=20
> never happen, but=20
> in reality they only almost never happen.  Or, what if the=20
> sprinkler system in=20
> your computer room goes haywire? (etc., etc., etc.)
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> To be complete, I would need something that would have a=20
> virtually unlimited=20
> number of multiple snapshots on a separate server from the=20
> RW.  That way I=20
> could store the backup data in a separate building and have=20
> both on-line=20
> backups and the data portion of my disaster recovery plan=20
> taken care.  I=20
> suppose replicated RW volumes and multiple .backup clones=20
> would get me there=20
> also...
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> Yes, I'm asking alot.
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> Dave
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