[linux-lvm] How to "clone" a logical volume

Lionel Kernux lionel.kernux at gmail.com
Fri Mar 7 18:19:12 UTC 2008


YES!

Thanks...worked like a charm....

LK


On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo at wpkg.org> wrote:
> Lionel Kernux schrieb:
>
> > Hi,
>  >
>  > Thanks for the reply.
>  >
>  > I'm talking about LVM uuid...I assumed that it is stored somwhere on
>  > the actual LV...is this not the case? If not, my problem is solved!
>  >
>  > So...Just to be sure:
>  >
>  > If I dd my source LV to my destination LV (which has alraedy been
>  > created through  lvcreate) then LVM wont care and will activate it and
>  > all will be well?
>
>  Yep, it will work just fine.
>
>  You may also consider using snapshots, although it has some performance
>  penalties involved.
>
>  --
>
>
> Tomasz Chmielewski
>  http://wpkg.org
>
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