Would any kind souls be willing to share some basic scripts that can be used to activate a snapshot, then 'do x' (this would be my rsnapshot command), then release the snapshot? The part that I don't have a clue about is how to check for errors - ie, did the snapshot activate ok? Did it release ok?...
*Usually*, a command exits with code 0 if it finishes with a success.
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Here's a few links I dug up a couple weeks ago on how people use lvm to back up mysql:
Thanks! helps a lot... -- Best regards, Charles