From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [192.168.1.101] (vpn-248-146.boston.redhat.com [10.13.248.146]) by pobox.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m1FFjCVa025828 for ; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:45:13 -0500 Message-Id: From: Jonathan Brassow In-Reply-To: <1C8CF1EA1A5B5940B81B0710B2A4C93850BB382BA1@an-ex.ActiveNetwerx.int> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-14--702670944 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v919.2) Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] pvmove safety Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:45:11 -0600 References: <1C8CF1EA1A5B5940B81B0710B2A4C93850BB382BA1@an-ex.ActiveNetwerx.int> 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: To: LVM general discussion and development --Apple-Mail-14--702670944 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable pvmove is pretty reliable. However, I would probably make a backup =20 before doing any sort of operation that would grow/shrink/move a file =20= system. brassow On Feb 12, 2008, at 3:25 PM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > How safe is pvmove in LVM2 when being operated on live volumes? I =20 > understand a backup is always a good policy as nothing can be 100% =20 > safe, but is the command known to produce unreliable results when =20 > used on a live filesystem? I am = readinghttp://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/removeadisk.html=20 > and the warning up top is hard to miss, but I wonder if it=92s a bit =20= > outdated? > > Thanks! > jlc > _______________________________________________ > 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/ --Apple-Mail-14--702670944 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable pvmove is pretty reliable. =  However, I would probably make a backup before doing any sort of = operation that would grow/shrink/move a file system.

 brassow

On Feb 12, 2008, at 3:25 PM, Joseph L. Casale wrote:

How safe is pvmove in LVM2 = when being operated on live volumes? I understand a backup is always a = good policy as nothing can be 100% safe, but is the command known to = produce unreliable results when used on a live filesystem? I am = reading and the warning up top is = hard to miss, but I wonder if it=92s a bit = outdated?
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