Isn't the LVM information stored in the root filesystem ? Alan Levy W: 718-403-8020 C: 347-401-4629
-----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Frazier Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 5:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: upgrading to sles9 When you DDR copy the 28 volumes that contain the LVM you will replace whatever you have on the volumes. After the copy is done there will be an LVM on the volumes. It doesn't matter what was on them before. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I did not copy the LVM. The first pack (root, /usr, etc) was copied from > a > Sles9 master server. > > Alan Levy > W: 718-403-8020 > C: 347-401-4629 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Stephen Frazier > Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 1:12 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: upgrading to sles9 > > Don't create the LVM. You copied the existing LVM when you copied the > packs. If > you DDR the packs after creating a new LVM you will wipe out the new LVM > and > replace it with the old LVM. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>If I create an LVM after I ddr the packs, won't that wipe out whatever >>is on those packs ? >> >>Alan Levy >>W: 718-403-8020 >>C: 347-401-4629 >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >>Stephen Frazier >>Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 12:54 PM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: upgrading to sles9 >> >>That sounds like the safe way to do it. But why don't you DD all 29 >>volumes in >>step 3 and skip steps 1, 5, 6, and 7? You don't need to format the >>volume before >>you do the DDR copy to it. >> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> >> >>>I currently have a sles8 server in production with an LVM of 208 gig >> >>(29 >> >> >>>mod-9 in total, 28 for the LVM). >>> >>> >>> >>>Filesystem 1K-blocks Used >>>Available Use% Mounted on >>> >>>/dev/dasda1 708568 403132 >>>269444 60% / >>> >>>/dev/dasdc1 2365444 1457024 >>>788260 65% /usr >>> >>>/dev/system/vol1 208097872 181917960 15609160 >>>93% /usr/local >>> >>> >>> >>>I would like to migrate this to a sles9 server. I cannot upgrade the >>>server in place due to a number of >>> >>>customized installed products which may break during the update. Since >>>this is a production server, I >>> >>>cannot afford an outage (it gets about 1 million hits per day). >>> >>> >>> >>>I would like to create a new sles9 server and then do a conversion but >>>am not sure about the best >>> >>>way of accomplishing this. Is the following feasible? >>> >>> >>> >>>1. Get 29 new mod-9 packs and cp format them >>> >>>2. Create a new userid with 29 packs in the VM directory. >>> >>>3. Clone an exising sles9 server (ddr existing server to first new >> >>pack) >> >> >>>4. Bring up server & configure it (different IP address than >> >>production, >> >> >>>different OSA addr, etc) >>> >>>5. Activate the 28 new packs with yast. >>> >>>6. Create lvm with the 28 packs >>> >>>7. Shut down the new server and DDR the production 28 packs to the new >>>server. >>> >>>8. Install software needed for the new server. >>> >>>9. Bring up server and test >>> >>>10. Shut down production server & change ip & osa addresses of new >>>server >>> >>>11. Bring up new server as the new production server. >>> >>> >>> >>>Does anyone have other suggestions or a better way of doing this ? >>> >>> >>> >>>TIA >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- - >>>For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>>send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 >> >>or visit >> >> >>>http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 >>> >> >> >>-- >>Stephen Frazier >>Information Technology Unit >>Oklahoma Department of Corrections >>3400 Martin Luther King >>Oklahoma City, Ok, 73111-4298 >>Tel.: (405) 425-2549 >>Fax: (405) 425-2554 >>Pager: (405) 690-1828 >>email: stevef%doc.state.ok.us >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 > > or > >>visit >>http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 > > or visit > >>http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > -- > Stephen Frazier > Information Technology Unit > Oklahoma Department of Corrections > 3400 Martin Luther King > Oklahoma City, Ok, 73111-4298 > Tel.: (405) 425-2549 > Fax: (405) 425-2554 > Pager: (405) 690-1828 > email: stevef%doc.state.ok.us > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 -- Stephen Frazier Information Technology Unit Oklahoma Department of Corrections 3400 Martin Luther King Oklahoma City, Ok, 73111-4298 Tel.: (405) 425-2549 Fax: (405) 425-2554 Pager: (405) 690-1828 email: stevef%doc.state.ok.us ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
