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From: Robert Sander <robert.sander@epigenomics.com>
To: linux-lvm@ml.epigenomics.com
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] is it possible to move lvm2 logvols?
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 05:06:48 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrnfeesv8.dn9.robert.sander@raman.epigenomics.epi> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 46E719BE.5000202@bppiac.hu

On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:42:06 +0200,
 Farkas Levente <lfarkas@bppiac.hu> wrote:
> hi,
> hi we've got a server with a lvm2 pv with a dozen of logvol in it. under
> the lvm we'd like to create a raid1 array on 2 disk. unfortunately we
> create raid0 under it. but the logvols contains a lots of important
> data. we'd like to
> - put 2 new disks into the system,
> - create the raid1 array on it,
> - put a new volgroup over the raid1,

Hi!

Do not create a new vg.
Add the raid1 as a second pv to the existing vg.
Use pvmove to move the logical volumes from one pv to the other.
This is an online operatipn.

Greetings
-- 
Robert Sander                     Senior Manager Information Systems
Epigenomics AG    Kleine Praesidentenstr. 1    10178 Berlin, Germany
phone:+49-30-24345-0                            fax:+49-30-24345-555
http://www.epigenomics.com             robert.sander@epigenomics.com

  reply	other threads:[~2007-09-12  5:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-09-11 22:42 [linux-lvm] is it possible to move lvm2 logvols? Farkas Levente
2007-09-12  5:06 ` Robert Sander [this message]
2007-09-12 14:48   ` Farkas Levente
2007-09-12 15:51     ` Farkas Levente
2007-09-12 21:53     ` Stuart D. Gathman

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