From: Gerry Reno <greno@verizon.net>
To: LVM general discussion and development <linux-lvm@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Move an array/volgroup to another machine.
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:33:33 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49E75DDD.7040500@verizon.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <49E75944.9080100@brunson.com>
Eric Brunson wrote:
> On 04/16/2009 10:12 AM, Eric Brunson wrote:
>> On 04/16/2009 10:07 AM, Gerry Reno wrote:
>>> We built a replacement server (x86_64) for an older server (x86).
>>> Now we want to move a RAID-5 array intact from the older machine
>>> over to the new machine. We know the UUID of the array and of all
>>> the PV and VG on the array. So what commands should we perform
>>> after plugging in all the array drives to the new server to bring up
>>> the array and lvm on the new machine?
>>
>> "vgscan" and "vgchange -a VGNAME" I believe.
>
>
> Sorry, doing three things at once: vgchange -a y VGNAME
>
>
>>
>> Make sure your VG name doesn't conflict with any already in the machine.
>>
Will vgchange activate the raid array?
The new server just has a couple raid-1 arrays on it right now. But we
need the raid-5 to be activated because there is a volgroup that uses
the raid-5 device as it's PV.
Regards,
Gerry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-04-16 16:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-04-16 16:07 [linux-lvm] Move an array/volgroup to another machine Gerry Reno
2009-04-16 16:12 ` Eric Brunson
2009-04-16 16:13 ` Eric Brunson
2009-04-16 16:33 ` Gerry Reno [this message]
2009-04-16 16:41 ` Eric Brunson
2009-04-16 16:49 ` Gerry Reno
2009-04-17 8:42 ` Luca Berra
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