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Use LVM snapshots to create a nightly backup of the whole root disk
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lvm-snapshot-backup.sh
#!/bin/bash
lvcreate -L2G -s -n /dev/alonso-vg/root-snapshot /dev/alonso-vg/root
dd if=/dev/alonso-vg/root-snapshot bs=16M status=progress | gzip -9 > /backup/alonso.nightly.gz
lvremove -f /dev/alonso-vg/root-snapshot
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pettazz commented Oct 15, 2016

Has to be run as root. If using as a cron job, be sure to at least add /sbin to PATH for lvcreate/lvremove.

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