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From: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Using lvm1 vg's in lvm2 systems (RHEL4)
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On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 07:00:52PM -0300, Fabricio Candido wrote:
> Is it possible to my RHEL4 system use these lvm1 vgs without converting it ?
> What is necessary ?
 
Yes, provided you can manage without snapshots and pvmove.
[Alternatively, you can run vgconvert to update your metadata in-situ to the
new lvm2 format.]

Alasdair
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