Re: [gentoo-user] LVM: Removing 3 disks and replacing with 1

2012-03-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 8 Mar 2012 16:39:11 +, Datty wrote: > Should it just be a case of adding the new drive as a pv to the volume > group then doing pvmove against one drive at a time and thus removing > them from the volume group? Yes, and once you've done the first you can replace it with your system dr

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM: Removing 3 disks and replacing with 1

2012-03-08 Thread Datty
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 09:03:36AM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Wed, 7 Mar 2012 00:46:17 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > > > > A consultant is a person who borrows your watch, tells you what time > > > > it is, pockets the watch

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM: Removing 3 disks and replacing with 1

2012-03-07 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 09:03:36AM +, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 7 Mar 2012 00:46:17 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > > A consultant is a person who borrows your watch, tells you what time > > > it is, pockets the watch, and sends you a bill for it. Ah thanks for the notice, another n

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM: Removing 3 disks and replacing with 1

2012-03-07 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 7 Mar 2012 00:46:17 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > A consultant is a person who borrows your watch, tells you what time > > it is, pockets the watch, and sends you a bill for it. > > I didn't realise you'd been in the white heat of software project > management :-) Believe me, that

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM: Removing 3 disks and replacing with 1

2012-03-06 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 06 March 2012 19:05:01 Neil Bothwick wrote: > A consultant is a person who borrows your watch, tells you what time > it is, pockets the watch, and sends you a bill for it. I didn't realise you'd been in the white heat of software project management :-) -- Rgds Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM: Removing 3 disks and replacing with 1

2012-03-06 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 06.03.2012 19:47, schrieb Michael Mol: > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Stroller > wrote: >> >> On 6 March 2012, at 17:25, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 6 Mar 2012 16:32:56 +, Stroller wrote: >>> > … I initially want to replace the 3x1TBs with a single 3TB drive but > i've n

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM: Removing 3 disks and replacing with 1

2012-03-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:44:18 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote: > >> Or you could just format and mount the new drive and use `cp`. > > > > Thereby instantly removing the benefits of LVM and making it almost > > impossible to extend the space by adding another drive when needed. > > > > I don't thin

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM: Removing 3 disks and replacing with 1

2012-03-06 Thread Michael Mol
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Stroller wrote: > > On 6 March 2012, at 17:25, Neil Bothwick wrote: > >> On Tue, 6 Mar 2012 16:32:56 +, Stroller wrote: >> … I initially want to replace the 3x1TBs with a single 3TB drive but i've never removed/replaced a drive in an LVM setup before.

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM: Removing 3 disks and replacing with 1

2012-03-06 Thread Stroller
On 6 March 2012, at 17:25, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 6 Mar 2012 16:32:56 +, Stroller wrote: > >>> … I initially want to replace the 3x1TBs with a single 3TB drive but >>> i've never removed/replaced a drive in an LVM setup before. I think I >>> understand how it is done, using pvmove …

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM: Removing 3 disks and replacing with 1

2012-03-06 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 06.03.2012 18:25, schrieb Neil Bothwick: > On Tue, 6 Mar 2012 16:32:56 +, Stroller wrote: > >>> … I initially want to replace the 3x1TBs with a single 3TB drive but >>> i've never removed/replaced a drive in an LVM setup before. I think I >>> understand how it is done, using pvmove … >>

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM: Removing 3 disks and replacing with 1

2012-03-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 6 Mar 2012 16:32:56 +, Stroller wrote: > > … I initially want to replace the 3x1TBs with a single 3TB drive but > > i've never removed/replaced a drive in an LVM setup before. I think I > > understand how it is done, using pvmove … > > Or you could just format and mount the new dri

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM: Removing 3 disks and replacing with 1

2012-03-06 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 06.03.2012 17:32, schrieb Stroller: > > On 6 March 2012, at 09:45, Datty wrote: >> … I initially want to replace the 3x1TBs with a single 3TB drive but >> i've never removed/replaced a drive in an LVM setup before. I think I >> understand how it is done, using pvmove … > > Or you could just f

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM: Removing 3 disks and replacing with 1

2012-03-06 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 06.03.2012 17:32, schrieb Stroller: > > On 6 March 2012, at 09:45, Datty wrote: >> … I initially want to replace the 3x1TBs with a single 3TB drive but >> i've never removed/replaced a drive in an LVM setup before. I think I >> understand how it is done, using pvmove … > > Or you could just f

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM: Removing 3 disks and replacing with 1

2012-03-06 Thread Stroller
On 6 March 2012, at 09:45, Datty wrote: > … I initially want to replace the 3x1TBs with a single 3TB drive but i've > never removed/replaced a drive in an LVM setup before. I think I understand > how it is done, using pvmove … Or you could just format and mount the new drive and use `cp`. Str

[gentoo-user] LVM: Removing 3 disks and replacing with 1

2012-03-06 Thread Datty
Hi all, I've got an LVM setup at the minute that consists of 3x1TB and 3x1.5TB drives. Its setup with one huge XFS partition with all my data on. I don't have a backup of any kind and I know thats pretty silly but with the cost of replicating the whole lot being what it is and the lack of space in