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From: Gerry Reno <greno@verizon.net>
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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