From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n3GGfiKJ027312 for ; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:41:44 -0400 Received: from mail.brunson.com (www.brunson.com [72.249.20.185]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n3GGfRjr017636 for ; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:41:27 -0400 Received: from [172.20.11.71] (unknown [12.109.229.8]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.brunson.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 125F76C37B for ; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:41:25 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <49E75FB5.2050700@brunson.com> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:41:25 -0600 From: Eric Brunson MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Move an array/volgroup to another machine. References: <49E757A9.6090108@verizon.net> <49E758EF.40309@brunson.com> <49E75944.9080100@brunson.com> <49E75DDD.7040500@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: <49E75DDD.7040500@verizon.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: LVM general discussion and development On 04/16/2009 10:33 AM, Gerry Reno wrote: > 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? Is it an md (software) RAID or a hardware RAID device? If the former, then I'm not sure. I'll have to defer to someone with more md experience. If the latter, then it depends of if you have the correct drivers and hardware detection. > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/