Restore stdin-backup directly to a block-device + follow links

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Hi!

i try to replace my self-made backup-solution for LVM-based virtual machines with restic. Basic things are running very well, but i need a solution for restoring Images directly to block-devices.

Is that possible in restic. Some times I dont have enough space to restore the logical volume to a file and then copy this to the LV.

By the way: in this cases restic must be able to follow softlinks to a block-device (because of LVM internals).

Greets from Bavaria!

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It could be possible to use restic dump snapshot filename > blockdevice. restore probably won’t work.

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ok thank you. I cant use dump because that will transfer the entire image over a slow link. See here: Differential restore of big files

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thanks for the awesome information.