From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hubert Kario Subject: Re: Copy/move btrfs volume Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:00:12 +0200 Message-ID: <201007211700.38453.hka@qbs.com.pl> References: <03lj9ujtp4.fsf@msgid.viggen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=utf-8 Cc: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org To: Lubos Kolouch Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-ID: On Saturday 03 July 2010 09:33:19 Lubos Kolouch wrote: > Oystein Viggen, Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:15:03 +0200: > > For btrfs with lots of snapshots, I believe "btrfs device add" of t= he > > new device followed by "btrfs device remove" of the old one would b= e the > > most convenient. > >=20 > > =C3=98ystein >=20 > This solution if very elegant and cool - if you can put the discs int= o one > computer. >=20 > It does not help too much to copy the files over network and preserve= the > snapshots... or can you add like this a network-attached device (sshf= s) ? You could also go the totally cool option (albeit a bit creazy) and use= =20 network block devices and have no downtime... The overall process will take more time though. --=20 Hubert Kario QBS - Quality Business Software ul. Ksawer=C3=B3w 30/85 02-656 Warszawa POLAND tel. +48 (22) 646-61-51, 646-74-24 fax +48 (22) 646-61-50 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" = in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html