Re: [linux-lvm] Replacing a physical volume

["Michael T. Babcock" <mike mikebabcock ca>]

Jetkins austinlogistics com wrote:

> What will happen when the system reboots and finds /dev/sdb is now blank?
> Will LVM get upset, or will it simply forget about the PV that used to be
> there, so that I can create a new PV on a partition on the new disk
> (/dev/sdb1)?
>  

I've done this.

Once you pvremove the disk/partition, it is no longer needed.  Unplug 
it, and reboot in runlevel 1 if you wish and you should see no errors.

Personally the whole physical volume concept needs reworking, but thats 
just my $0.02.
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Michael T. Babcock