Ok there are a number of questions in that one. PV = Physical Volume VG = Volume Group LV = Logical Volume Answer 1 Basically So long as the data does not change LVM will not care about where the PV is in the partion table. Answer 2 Just removing a PV (via the partition table) may cause LVM a problem. Why do I say May? 1) If the PV was part of a VG which spanned multipe PVs that VG would no longer be mountable, and you would have problems recovering any LV in that volume group (others can tell you how...) 2) If that PV was in a VG of its own just that VG and all the LVs in it would be lost. ---- The "safe" way to remove a PV. pvchange -x n <PV device> lvmove or lvremove the LVs on that PV (Use pvdisplay -v <PV device> to see what LVs are on the physical device) Example.... Below be sure to use | more ... you can see from the example video2 video3 and var are on that PV... When the PV is empty you can use vgreduce <pv device> to remove it... then you can realloc that space to dos... James --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part1 VG Name sunrise_vg PV Size 93.16 GB [195371505 secs] / NOT usable 32.18 MB [LVM: 135 KB] PV# 2 PV Status available Allocatable yes (but full) Cur LV 3 PE Size (KByte) 32768 Total PE 2980 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 2980 PV UUID qLorjX-zpVw-UD1N-Kq5k-c4UR-vqMG-O76jgh --- Distribution of physical volume --- LV Name LE of LV PE for LV /dev/sunrise_vg/video2_lv 2560 2560 /dev/sunrise_vg/var_lv 8 8 /dev/sunrise_vg/video3_lv 1677 412 --- Physical extents --- PE LV LE Disk sector .... < snipe > _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
