From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pobox.fab.redhat.com (pobox.fab.redhat.com [10.33.63.12]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n16B87DV008782 for ; Fri, 6 Feb 2009 06:08:07 -0500 Received: from breeves.fab.redhat.com (breeves.fab.redhat.com [10.33.0.40]) by pobox.fab.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n16B84mu000887 for ; Fri, 6 Feb 2009 06:08:04 -0500 Message-ID: <498C1A1D.9080108@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:08:13 +0000 From: "Bryn M. Reeves" MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] lvm2 specificiation References: <20090205224659.GU20668@agk.fab.redhat.com> <498B6FF5.9010307@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <498B6FF5.9010307@gmail.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: bmr@redhat.com, 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"; format="flowed" To: LVM general discussion and development Les Mikesell wrote: > Alasdair G Kergon wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 01:54:00PM -0800, Vinay Srini wrote: >>> I have a requirement to mount multiple volume groups with the same >>> name (VolGroup00, as that is the most popular default name), without >>> first using vgrename (because something might go wrong, and I may not >>> be able to restore the name back). >> >> It was an early design decision that every VG on a system should have a >> different name. Departures from that won't get supported - because >> it's so >> simple to choose different names! > > How do you move drives around among machines then, if they have been > created with the default names that will conflict? > Using the oft-posted directions for changing the VG name and UUID. Regards, Bryn.