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Expand a little on the specifics of backups of an LVM volume.

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