[Ocfs2-users] Copying data from ocfs2 to an ocfs volume

[Sunil Mushran]

Unsure what the confusion is. The answer was correct. fscat can read
certain unmounted fs. The list is mentioned on the home page. ext2, ext3,
ocfs and ocfs2. It does not write to these file systems when they are
unmounted. It can write to any mounted file system.


Mehmet Can ÖNAL wrote:
> Hi everyone;
>
> I wnat to ask you a question about migration processes. I know that we can use both fscat and backup/restore method for migrating data from ocfs to ocfs2.
>
> I am in situation that i should wonder about a disaster solution that i have to copy an ocfs2 volume to an ocfs volume. 
>
> Does fscat package can copy (fscp) an unmounted ocfs2 volume to an mounted ocfs volume?
>
> İ have read at oss.oracle.com that it supports ext2,ext3,ocfs and ocfs2 umounted file systems but i have asked this question long ago but i could not get a clear answer. (except the answer " > No, the fscat tools can only read certain unmounted file systems.
>   
>> They cannot write. You can use it to copy data from ocfs
>> to ocfs2 on a box running the 2.6 kernel (sles9/10, el4/5). ")
>>     
>
> Could anyone give a clear explanation about this stuff?
>
>
> Thanx for your time
> Mehmet Can ONAL 
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