[linux-lvm] Getting rid of a dying hard drive

[Ron Johnson]

Hi,

Does this thread do an adequate job of documenting the process of 
removing a PV from an L?
     http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=449711

The problem is that sdb2 is the largest PV in my LV.

Is there a simpler way?

# pvscan
   WARNING: Ignoring duplicate config node: filter (seeking filter)
   PV /dev/sda1   VG main_huge_vg   lvm2 [232.75 GB / 0    free]
   PV /dev/sda2   VG main_huge_vg   lvm2 [232.75 GB / 0    free]
   PV /dev/sda3   VG main_huge_vg   lvm2 [232.75 GB / 0    free]
   PV /dev/sda4   VG main_huge_vg   lvm2 [233.00 GB / 0    free]
   PV /dev/sdc1   VG main_huge_vg   lvm2 [232.75 GB / 0    free]
   PV /dev/sdc2   VG main_huge_vg   lvm2 [232.75 GB / 0    free]
   PV /dev/sdc3   VG main_huge_vg   lvm2 [232.88 GB / 0    free]
 >>PV /dev/sdb2   VG main_huge_vg   lvm2 [594.25 GB / 0    free]
   PV /dev/sdd4   VG main_huge_vg   lvm2 [529.00 GB / 0    free]
   Total: 9 [2.69 TB] / in use: 9 [2.69 TB] / in no VG: 0 [0   ]

# df -m /data/big
Filesystem           1M-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/dm-0              2774711    680803   1952962  26% /data/big


As you can see, there's a whole lot of extra space on the LV.

Thanks.

-- 
Scooty Puff, Sr
The Doom-Bringer