----- "Igor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My thinking is to expand my SAN to a HA-Cluster. > > The Guide for creating HA-Cluster tells me to create the LVM Volumes > > when the cluster is working. > So, before expandig I have the Volumes yet created - having a fully > working SAN. > > Now I'm afraid of having to move all Data off of my SAN to create the > > Cluster and to move all back later. I think I`m not able to do this > so easy because lacking so much free HD-space! > > Or can I expand a small Volume later without loss of Data? I'm not so > > clear about this. Is it a special Type of Volume to create which > works right in my Standalone-SAN and later in a Cluster with the > option to expand it? > > Maybe I didn't understood the guide in the right way. > > Thanks in advance! > > > igor ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
What you could do is create the cluster with a single node first (this will be the primary). Copy your data to newly configured primary node, migrate your clients to primary node, then configure the original node as the secondary in the cluster. -- R. _______________________________________________ Openfiler-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openfiler.com/mailman/listinfo/openfiler-users
