I appreciate your reply. But, I'm confused. How can I do a mount /dev/lvg1/lvol1 /mnt/dvol1 command, when the logical volume group and logical volume have not been created on this server? Does the vgscan/vgchange ay build these entries in /dev? -----Original Message----- From: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com [mailto:linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com]On Behalf Of Patrick Caulfield Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 9:20 AM To: linux-lvm@sistina.com Subject: Re: LVM backup server On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 08:36:44AM -0500, George Campbell wrote: > Link: File-List > > I followed the LVM HOW-TO to install and configure LVM on a Linux server. > I defined a single volume group, a single logical volume, and about 14 > separate physical extents on a SAN. It works fine. > > My question is, what steps need to be done beyond the initial rpm install > and activation to configure LVM on a second server that will only be used > for backup if the first server goes down. I don't want to do anything that > would wipe out any data on the logical volume, but I want the volume group > and logical volume to be defined exactly as the original server has them > defined. > > It seems I should NOT do any pvcreates. Can I just do the vgcreate, > followed by the lvcreate, skip doing the mk2fs, and do the mount of the > logical volume? You don't need to do anything apart from vgscan/vgchange -ay when you need to use the volumes, the mount them. Don't redo vgcreate/lvcreate as that will mangle the metadata for the other node. -- patrick _______________________________________________ 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/
