[RHEL] LVM snapshots of volumes hosting databases
Issue
- We would like to take a LVM snapshot of a volume on wich resides a database.
- We would like to use it as a method for backing up the database.
- Is this approach good idea?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6, 7, 8
- database residing on a LVM
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