From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [192.168.50.23] (vpn-14-137.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.14.137]) by pobox.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id l16Dcwmx021384 for ; Tue, 6 Feb 2007 08:38:59 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v624) In-Reply-To: <45C62BB0.6090004@free.fr> References: <45C62BB0.6090004@free.fr> Message-Id: From: Jonathan E Brassow Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] replacing a failling disk on a mirrred VG. Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 07:40:03 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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="utf-8"; format="flowed" To: LVM general discussion and development This one should be pretty easy... Effectively, you want to keep the primary mirror devices, so do: lvconvert -m0 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 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 ! > -- > Ce message est constitu� d'au moins 50 % d'�lectrons recycl�s. > S'il vous pla�t, aidez nous � conserver nos ressources, > recyclez vos �lectrons ! > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ >