Re: [linux-lvm] Single snapshots do weird things?

[Glen Harris <glen gbrmpa gov au>]

Hey, that fixed it! I've created 5 snapshots with copying/deleting
files in between, and they've all worked!

Well, except for one. I copied a file and took a snapshot and the file
wasn't in the snapshot. Running sync and making another snapshot *did*
have the file, though.

Is it mandatory to sync the filesystem before taking a snapshot?

Alasdair G Kergon wrote:
> Stick to using read/write snapshots for now.  With read-only ones, 
> it seems the COW device is incorrectly getting set read-only.

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