[linux-lvm] Editing LVM 2 metadata

[David Robinson]

2008/11/15 Michael Jensen <beachhangar at yahoo.com>:
> The why is because I am attempting to use storage managed snapshots.  The
> storage can present the master volume and the snapshot as separate LUN's but
> they present identical contents in the header area (first 256 sectors...).
> So the effort is to modify the snapshot (doable with this storage) without
> altering the contents of the master volume.  Hopefully the snapshot with
> suitable edits to the UUID's would then pass vgscan test.

Its easiest if you follow the steps listed here:

https://www.redhat.com/archives/linux-lvm/2007-November/msg00039.html

--Dave