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[Lenz Grimmer <lenz@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Michael,

sorry for the late reply! Awesome, adding hcp support has been on the TODO for
quite some time :)

I'll look into merging this patch.

On 03/31/2012 02:36 AM, Michael S. Moody wrote:

> I am including a patch to add hcp support. HCP is a utility released by
> r1soft: http://www.r1soft.com/tools/linux-hot-copy/
> 
> The patch included allows hcp to be used on systems where LVM either isn't
> installed, isn't utilized, or no free space was left. HCP can be used instead,
> and creates snapshots in much the same way. To utilize, you will need to
> download and install hcp directly from r1soft.
> 
> To install:
> wget {currenthcplink}
> unzip r1soft-hotcopy.zip
> #install relevant package, in my case, 64bit rpm)
> rpm -Uvh r1soft-hotcopy-3.18.2.x86_64.rpm
> hcp-setup --get-module
> 
> New configuration directives in mylvmbackup.conf:
> 
> [hcp]
> hcpdev=/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 #device upon which mysql data files exist
> hcpro=0 #unused, but meant to allow the snapshot to be mounted r/o if necessary
> 
> [tools]
> hcpcmd=hcp #command for hcp, needs to be in path
> 
> [misc]
> #Backup method of either lvm or hcp
> backupmethod=hcp #hcp or lvm are relevant options
> 
> 
> I'm certain that there are better ways to accomplish several things in this
> patch, so please feel free to modify in any way necessary. It is not well
> tested, it was quick, and made to work for me. Released under GPL2.
> 
> Author of patch:
> Michael S. Moody
> Global Systems Consulting / BloomIP
> Director of Engineering

Bye,
	LenZ
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  Lenz Grimmer <lenz@xxxxxxxxxxx> - http://www.lenzg.net/

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