From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l8QG8PrF028003 for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:08:25 -0400 Received: from shuttlerun.csg.stercomm.com (scidalsmtp02.csg.stercomm.com [204.214.3.25]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l8QG8NFX027423 for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:08:24 -0400 Message-ID: <46FA83EB.103@stercomm.com> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:08:11 -0500 From: Chris Cox MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Copy LVs References: <46FA2B68.8040908@ciber.com> In-Reply-To: <46FA2B68.8040908@ciber.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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" To: LVM general discussion and development Peter Larsen wrote: > What's the "official" procedure of cloning Volume Groups or Logical > Volumes across systems? > > Let's say I want to clone the OS to a new box. Do I dd everything over, > or is there a better "lvm" way? Across platforms on a network? Probably no "lvm" way. I'd use rsync, but you could to a compressed/gzip'd tar, or whatever depending on your bandwidth. (I'd setup the vg's and lv's independently before doing the copy) If it's a pure migration, in the future you might want to look at a standalone subsystem that could simply be moved from one platform to the next (or some other migratable drive soln... even if it's just moving the drives themselves). > > Regards > Peter Larsen >