On Fri, 2007-01-19 at 16:54 -0500, jack wallen wrote: > 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? No, you're not. Try creating a new volume group first with that PV in it and see if that'll work: # vgcreate VolGroup01 /dev/hdb2 If it works, then do a pvdisplay and a vgdisplay and see if the PV moved to the new group. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - - - - Have you noticed that "human readable" configuration file - - directives are beginning to resemble COBOL code? - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
