Guide to the impatient user
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Install the package
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    # perl Build.PL

    (optional step)
    # ./Build prereq_report

    ./Build install

Create your first image
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NOTE: The device you're imaging must not be busy during
image creation. Other your image will be unusable!

The preferred way to get an idle device is using LVM snapshots:

    # lvcreate -s -L 1G -n lvol00-snap vg00/lvol00

    (optional - check the filesystem)
    # fsck -y /dev/mapper/vg00/lvol00-snap

    # imager save /dev/mapper/vg00/lvol00-snap /path/to/backup

Restore your image
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For a full restore:

    # imager restore /path/to/backup/idx/HOST/DEVICE/IMAGE-name > image

If you need just parts of your image:

    # imager fuse /path/to/backup/ /mnt

Now you may browse the images below /mnt/. To select just some files -
loop mount such an image and restore the files you need:

    # mount -o loop /mnt/…/image /media/xxx

Happy landings….
-- 
Heiko Schlittermann <hs@schlittermann.de>