From: Joe Thornber <thornber@btconnect.com>
To: linux-lvm@sistina.com
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] 2 LVM questions
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 16:34:30 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010720163430.B538@btconnect.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200107201334.QAA26563@easymail.hol.gr>; from moka@hol.gr on Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 04:34:15PM +0300
On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 04:34:15PM +0300, moka@hol.gr wrote:
>
> Hi there, new to LVM, so I would appreciate if you can
> point me to answers to these questions:
First off, if you're new to LVM do not be tempted to try and run root
off an LV.
> 1) I have a system with 3 hard disks, and only one of
> them is presently used. This contains boot, root and
> swap plus a logical partition(not LVM) containing
> /var and /home.
>
> I have big database tables, so I would like
> to create one volume group consisting of the 2
> unused disks plus the /var. Is this possible
> without losing what is in /var?
I suggest you create a volume group from the 2 spare disks.
create an lv big enough for var
format it and copy var into it and adjust /etc/fstab accordingly
at this point the old var can be added to the vg with vgextend,
however I would keep it around for a while until you are sure you have
set things up correctly.
> 2) The reason I need a lot of space is that mysql
> which I am using stores the database tables in /var.
> Can I somehow "name" the volume group /var
> so that mysql will not be confused?
mount the logical volume on /var
- Joe
prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-07-20 15:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-07-20 13:34 [linux-lvm] 2 LVM questions moka
2001-07-20 14:20 ` lembark
2001-07-20 14:28 ` Eric M. Hopper
2001-07-20 14:38 ` Patrick Boutilier
2001-07-20 15:34 ` Joe Thornber [this message]
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