[OpenAFS] Re: user home directory replication

[Brandon S Allbery KF8NH]

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On 7/16/10 00:35 , Andrew Deason wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:06:36 -0400
> Brandon S Allbery KF8NH <allbery@ece.cmu.edu> wrote:
> 
>> It occurs to me... is it possible to "vos clone" a backup volume?
> 
> No, you can only clone RW volumes. Clones are also always RO (and backup
> volumes are clones), so I'm not sure I would see the point...

I was thinking simulated tiered backup volumes by snapshotting an existing
(presumed daily) backup volume every month or so.  It would have to be
managed manually/by custom scripting, of course, but it's safer on the user
end than trying to snapshot with "vos release".

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brandon s. allbery     [linux,solaris,freebsd,perl]      allbery@kf8nh.com
system administrator  [openafs,heimdal,too many hats]  allbery@ece.cmu.edu
electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon university      KF8NH
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