Volume Shadow Copy For Linux?

An anonymous reader writes "I was asked to manage a number of Linux servers at work. I would like to use volume snapshots to improve my backup scripts and keep recent copies of data around for quick restore. I normally manage Windows servers and on those I would just use Microsoft's Volume Shadow Copy for this. I tried Linux LVM snapshots, but most of the servers I manage run regular partitions with ext3 file systems, so LVM snapshots will not work. I found some versioning file systems out there like ext3cow and Tux3. Those look interesting, but I need something I can use on my existing ext3 file systems. I also found the R1Soft Hot Copy command-line utility, but it does not yet support my older 2.4 Linux servers. What are you using to make snapshots on Linux?"

Comments

You're confused

[suso]

I tried Linux LVM snapshots, but most of the servers I manage run regular partitions with ext3 file systems, so LVM snapshots will not work.

Last time I checked they worked fine. I think you mean something else by "snapshots".

Re:hey retard:

[suso]

Hey, IRC called, they want their asshole back.

Re:ZFS-FUSE or VMs

[carton]

have you actually used any of this stuff, or are you just reading web pages and echoing what you read back into the web? This process reduces S/N. I'm sorry to be unsupportive, but to have some experience is really not too much to ask.