[linux-lvm] Move an array/volgroup to another machine.
Gerry Reno
greno at verizon.net
Thu Apr 16 16:33:33 UTC 2009
Eric Brunson wrote:
> On 04/16/2009 10:12 AM, Eric Brunson wrote:
>> On 04/16/2009 10:07 AM, Gerry Reno wrote:
>>> We built a replacement server (x86_64) for an older server (x86).
>>> Now we want to move a RAID-5 array intact from the older machine
>>> over to the new machine. We know the UUID of the array and of all
>>> the PV and VG on the array. So what commands should we perform
>>> after plugging in all the array drives to the new server to bring up
>>> the array and lvm on the new machine?
>>
>> "vgscan" and "vgchange -a VGNAME" I believe.
>
>
> Sorry, doing three things at once: vgchange -a y VGNAME
>
>
>>
>> Make sure your VG name doesn't conflict with any already in the machine.
>>
Will vgchange activate the raid array?
The new server just has a couple raid-1 arrays on it right now. But we
need the raid-5 to be activated because there is a volgroup that uses
the raid-5 device as it's PV.
Regards,
Gerry
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