On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 08:41:53AM +0200, Erik Rask wrote: > Hello all! I am running LVM (1.0.7-5 according to the Debian package > list) on two Debian/Sid machines, that act as servers. I have now set up > an intermediate backup system, with external SCSI disks in separate > cabinets mirrored each night, to have a quick access backup in case of > disk failure. These external disks, as well as the internal ones (apart > from the root partition) are LVM. My question now is this: > Would it be possible to take one of those drives and connect it to another > LVM capable host, and have it recognize the LV's on the disk? I am not > sure of how much of the VG/LV information is stored on the disk, so I have > not tried this. Erik, if you mirror all PVs of the VG(s) while all LVs got quiesced, you can simply attach the mirrors to another system and run "vgscan ; vgcghange -ay" there to access the duplicated VG(s). > RTFM's are fine, if you could include pointers to the FM's, since I have > had problems digging this up. > TIA > /Erik. > -- > Erik Rask, systems administrator @ AB Strakt > "There is no normal life. There's just life. So get on with it." > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/
