yum-fs-snapshot.conf(5) — Linux manual page

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NAME         top

       yum-fs-snapshot.conf(5)

SYNOPSIS         top

       yum-fs-snapshot.conf(5) is the configuration file for
       yum-fs-snapshot(1) Yum plugin for snapshotting your filesystems
       before running a yum transaction.  By default, this plugin will
       snapshot all filesystems that it is capable of snapshotting.  This
       includes block-level snapshots using LVM snapshots.

FILES         top

       /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/fs-snapshot.conf

FILE FORMAT         top

       yum-fs-snapshot.conf(5) utilizes configuration options in the form
       of

       OPTION=VALUE

OPTION         top

       exclude
              This is a space delimited list of the mount points you do
              not wish to have snapshotted by this plugin.

OPTION         top

       create_snapshots_in_post
              This is a boolean value used to control whether snapshots
              are also created after running the yum transaction.

OPTION - [lvm] section         top

       enabled
              This is a boolean value used to control whether LVM
              snapshots will be created for filesystems built on LVM
              logical volumes.

OPTION - [lvm] section         top

       lvcreate_size_args
              This is the space delimited lvcreate argument list that is
              used to specify the size of the snapshot LV.  Valid
              lvcreate size options are -l or -L.  If not specified then
              LVM snapshots will not be created for volumes that are not
              thinly provisioned.

AUTHOR         top

              Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
              Mike Snitzer <msnitzer@fedoraproject.org>

SEE ALSO         top

       yum-fs-snapshot(1)

COLOPHON         top

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                             3 February 2010      YUM-FS-SNAPSHOT.CONF(5)

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