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From: Phillip Susi <psusi@cfl.rr.com>
To: sugupta@redhat.com,
	LVM general discussion and development <linux-lvm@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] moving an LVM as an ISO can be moved
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 11:45:14 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CAB480A.8050906@cfl.rr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4CAB14C9.7040707@redhat.com>

On 10/5/2010 8:06 AM, Sunil Gupta wrote:
> Use vgexport or snapshots. but if you are using the removable media then
> use any backup  device disk tape etc.

vgexport is to remove a physical volume from the set, while leaving any
logical volumes it holds in place.  It sounds like the OP does not want
to do that, but rather copy a volume over the network.

> --Sunil
> 
> Tapas Mishra wrote:
>> Can an LVM be copied or transferred to some remote server in a similar
>> fashion as I can do with ISO.
>> I copy the ISO at one one place to some other location and on the
>> second location I can mount this ISO
>> as a loopback device and do what ever I want.
>> Is similar thing possible with an LVM.

This is unrelated to LVM but if you want to image a disk volume you do
so the same way as with a cd/iso image: use dd.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-10-05 15:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-05 11:50 [linux-lvm] moving an LVM as an ISO can be moved Tapas Mishra
2010-10-05 12:06 ` Sunil Gupta
2010-10-05 12:06   ` Tapas Mishra
2010-10-05 15:45   ` Phillip Susi [this message]
2010-10-05 15:59     ` Tapas Mishra
2010-10-05 18:44       ` Stuart D. Gathman
2010-10-05 19:23         ` Tapas Mishra
2010-10-05 19:33           ` Stuart D. Gathman

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