On Fri, 2007-01-19 at 11:11 -0800, Rick Stevens wrote:
> Oh, and have you tried "vgsplit NewVolGroupName VolGroup00 /dev/hdb1" to
> simply move the /dev/hdb1 PV from "VolGroup00" to "NewVolGroupName"?
>
> In fact, you might try:
>
> vgsplit -v --test NewVolGroupName VolGroup00 /dev/hdb1
>
> to see what it'd do first. It it looks like what you want, then take
> off the "--test" and give it a whirl.
i tried that but i'm getting this:
[root@localhost ~]# vgsplit -v --test VolGroup01 VolGroup00 /dev/hdb2
Test mode: Metadata will NOT be updated.
Checking for volume group "VolGroup01"
/dev/hdc: open failed: No medium found
Attempt to close device '/dev/hdc' which is not open.
Wiping cache of LVM-capable devices
WARNING: Duplicate VG name VolGroup00: Existing
4O0f0O-fFa4-6Qfo-KRBh-knvO-WYsC-v3uVHK (created here) takes precedence
over CifEpP-vH2h-fb16-XERE-EmJA-HqWu-pDkiUW
Volume group "VolGroup01" doesn't exist
Test mode: Wiping internal cache
Wiping internal VG cache
so obviously i can not do this because of the duplicate names. or at
least that's what i'm reading into the output. am i missing something?
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