On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 07:36:24PM -0600, Nova FIre wrote: > I am thinking about setting up LVM on my file server and would like to know > how easy it is to re-setup a LVM layout if I install a new distro. A few > times I have had one of the OS drives fail on me which required a fresh > install of linux on a new drive. But since all my file storage drives were > just single ext3 partitions I could mount them and the file server was back > up in no time with no loss of important data. > > How easy is it to do the same thing with a LVM setup? Presumably the new distro has LVM in, it is a question of scanning in the LVM metadata (vgscan) and activating the VG(s) (vgchange -ay). Depending on the distro's upgrade support that works for basic filesystems on LVs (/usr, /opt, ...) as well. > > > bjz > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ -- Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- *** Software bugs are stupid. Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them *** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Heinz Mauelshagen Sistina Software Inc. Senior Consultant/Developer Am Sonnenhang 11 56242 Marienrachdorf Germany Mauelshagen@Sistina.com +49 2626 141200 FAX 924446 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _______________________________________________ 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/
