Our problem with this scenario comes from cloning and LVM: If the penguin is a clone, its LVM volume groups are likely to have the same names as the rescue penguin, in which case, you likely won't get them mounted properly. The only alternative would be to have a specifically designated "rescue" system with strange (based on current practice) LVM and logical volume names sitting idly by to serve this purpose, which we haven't taken time to do as yet.
On the flip side, we've only ended up in the described situation once or twice since we started, so it really hasn't come up as a huge issue as yet. -- Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation .~. RO-OE-5-55 200 First Street SW /V\ 507-284-0844 Rochester, MN 55905 /( )\ ----- ^^-^^ "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, theory and practice are different." On 8/12/08 6:03 PM, "Rob van der Heij" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 9:18 PM, RPN01 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The linemode console is much more versatile, and the only time you'll >> actually sit at it is when you're in trouble; at any other time, you'll just >> walk away from it and use a ssh or telnet (not advised) connection. >> >> Learn a bit of sed or ed, and forget about the 3270. > > I second that. Even more flexible is to simply have a working trusted > Linux server reach out and link the disks of the dead penguin, use all > your favorite tools to repair things, release them again, and start > the server. With some standardization in how you number the disks, you > can write yourself a nifty bash script that does the hard things under > the covers. > > -Rob > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
