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@@ -205,6 +205,14 @@ Volume Manager) and sending those snapshots to Borg for backup. LVM isn't
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itself a filesystem, but it can take snapshots at the layer right below your
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filesystem.
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+Note that, due to borg being a file-level backup, this feature is really only
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+suitable for filesystems, not whole disk or raw images containing multiple
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+filesystems (for example, if you're using a LVM volume to run a Windows
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+KVM that contains an MBR, partitions, etc.)
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+In those cases, you can omit the `lvm:` option, and use borg's own support for
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+[image backup](https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/deployment/image-backup.html).
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To use this feature, first you need one or more mounted LVM logical volumes.
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Then, enable LVM within borgmatic by adding the following line to your
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configuration file:
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