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