Re: [linux-lvm] lvm2 specificiation

["Bryn M. Reeves" <bmr redhat com>]

Les Mikesell wrote:
> Alasdair G Kergon wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 01:54:00PM -0800, Vinay Srini wrote:
> > > I have a requirement to mount multiple volume groups with the same 
> > > name (VolGroup00, as that is the most popular default name), without 
> > > first using vgrename (because something might go wrong, and I may not 
> > > be able to restore the name back).
> >  
> > It was an early design decision that every VG on a system should have a
> > different name.  Departures from that won't get supported - because 
> > it's so
> > simple to choose different names!
>
> How do you move drives around among machines then, if they have been 
> created with the default names that will conflict?

Using the oft-posted directions for changing the VG name and UUID.

Regards,
Bryn.