From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Steven Lembark Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] reinstall, import, export question Message-ID: <54800000.1008139651@dizzy> In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Errors-To: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Reply-To: linux-lvm@sistina.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Wed Dec 12 00:47:02 2001 List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-lvm@sistina.com -- Steve Wray > I'd really like to do a reinstall of my main server > Real Soon Now, but I'm concerned about the LVM side > of things. > > I have a bunch of logical volumes on the system, none > are essential, its all data. Its backed up but I don't > want to have to wipe it and restore it. > > I want to be able to simply reinstall the system > and carry the physical volumes, and the VG's and > LV's they hold over to the rebuilt system. > > About the only references to anything like this in > the docco is about exporting to a different system. > > Is this really necessary for my purposes? Or can I > expect that when the new system comes up, the LVM > subsystem will find the old volumes nicely? So long has you have complete backups go for it :-) You might wan tot consider exporting the volumes then re-importing them onto the new system after the install is complete. This avoids the installation cycle accidentally blowing off the lv's. -- Steven Lembark 2930 W. Palmer Workhorse Computing Chicago, IL 60647 +1 800 762 1582