Backup Options
Semi-live
- Perfect backup with short lock time (minutes)
- No VOB write access when VOB is locked; clearmake sleep prevents builds from terminating (new in 3.X)
- Requires that chkvob be run upon restoration to resynchronize storage pools and database information
- Risk loosing information between the storage pools and the meta-data as they are backed up at different times - not quiescent at the same time
Snapshot
- Short lock time
- Clearmake sleep prevents builds from terminating
- More expensive and requires additional setup time, but often comes with other advantages