From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k7SJpttD012744 for ; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:51:55 -0400 Received: from wirenth.dragonhold.org (wirenth.dragonhold.org [217.147.94.178]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k7SJpp9Y004482 for ; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:51:54 -0400 Received: from gwood by wirenth.dragonhold.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1GHn98-0002Qf-3l for linux-lvm@redhat.com; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:51:46 +0100 Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:51:46 +0100 From: Graham Wood Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Best way to image devices in an LVM environment Message-ID: <20060828195146.GD16612@dragonhold.org> References: <20060827044208.GL1011@strugglers.net> <7.0.1.0.2.20060827131640.00fdf818@myrealbox.com> <20060827061642.GN1011@strugglers.net> <44F1872D.9030408@mattgillen.net> <20060828194843.GS1011@strugglers.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060828194843.GS1011@strugglers.net> Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: LVM general discussion and development On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 07:48:43PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote: > that lvm2 has had pvresize since 2.02.00 so if I upgrade userland > tools (my kernel is 2.6.16.19) then would I just need to do a > pvresize after expanding the block device that my single pv/vg is > on? Would it not be easier to just replace with a larger disk - mirror to the same size, and have another partition afterwards. You end up with 2pvs (both mirrored, I would expect), rather than the "nicer" answer of a single pv, but as long as the whole thing is then controlled through LVM is there really any loss as a result? Graham