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From: Georges Giralt <georges.giralt@free.fr>
To: LVM general discussion and development <linux-lvm@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] replacing a failling disk on a mirrred VG.
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:36:30 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45CB89CE.6080208@free.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <abae97f2062bff4699caa277e2faea30@redhat.com>

Jonathan E Brassow a �crit :
> This one should be pretty easy...
> 
> Effectively, you want to keep the primary mirror devices, so do:
> lvconvert -m0 <vg/lv>
> to down convert them to linear devices.
> 
> Then remove PV1 (vgreduce), add a new disk to your system, add it to 
> your vg (vgextend), and finally, up-convert the linear devices to 
> mirrors again:
> lvconvert -m1 <vg/lv>
> 
>  brassow
> 
> On Feb 4, 2007, at 12:53 PM, Georges Giralt wrote:
> 
>> Hi !
>> I run A Fedora Core 6 box with
>> lvm> version
>>   LVM version:     2.02.17 (2006-12-14)
>>   Library version: 1.02.13 (2006-11-28)
>>   Driver version:  4.10.0
>> lvm>
>> on a 2.6.19 kernel.
>> My VG comprises 3PV  onto which I've spread 4 mirrored LVs.
>> PV 0 : LV1 mirror copy 0, LV2 mirror copy 0, lv3 mirror copy 0 and lv4 
>> mirror copy 0
>> PV 1 : LV1 mirror copy 1, LV2 mirror log, LV3 mirror log and LV4 
>> mirror copy 1
>> PV2 : LV1 mirror log, LV2 mirror copy 1 , LV3 mirror copy 1 and LV4 
>> mirror log.
>> I plan to replace (Smart signals a future failure) the PV #1.
>> Question : What is the best route to do this ? And is it feasible ?
>> Thanks a lot in advance for your answer !
Hi Brassov !
Your method was like a walk in a park.
Thanks !

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2007-02-08 20:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-02-04 18:53 [linux-lvm] replacing a failling disk on a mirrred VG Georges Giralt
2007-02-06 13:40 ` Jonathan E Brassow
2007-02-06 17:41   ` Steve Wray
2007-02-08  8:51     ` Jonathan E Brassow
2007-02-08 20:36   ` Georges Giralt [this message]

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