How do I use mdadm to keep a recoverable snapshot when performing updates?

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Issue

  • performing updates
  • need quickly recoverable backup to use for backing out of updates/changes
  • LVM snapshot is not an option

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • RAID1 array on 2 local disks using Software RAID (mdraid)

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