[linux-lvm] mount LV's from an old drive

Javier Barroso javibarroso at gmail.com
Tue May 5 21:15:38 UTC 2009


On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 9:43 PM, Gerry Reno <greno at verizon.net> wrote:
> We have a new server up and running.  We installed a fresh OS.  Now we find
> we are in need of some files on an old drive that was 3 LV's over 3 md
> arrays as PV's.  Is it still possible to read data from this drive by
> plugging it into the new server?  How can we do this?
Perhaps it is too late to reply, but sure you can. Reconstruct md
devices (I think it is possible if you known the layout) and then do
lvscan, you should get then your lvs

Regards,




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