Re: [CentOS] large SCSI RAID, replacing server

2013-09-10 Thread Joseph Spenner
From: John R Pierce pie...@hogranch.com To: centos@centos.org Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 10:11 AM Subject: Re: [CentOS] large SCSI RAID, replacing server On 9/10/2013 9:52 AM, Joseph Spenner wrote:   How can I build up a new system to be ready for this existing RAID

[CentOS] large SCSI RAID, replacing server

2013-09-10 Thread Joseph Spenner
I have a system running CentOS 6.3, with a SCSI attached RAID: http://www.raidweb.com/index.php/2012-10-24-12-40-09/janus-ii-scsi/2012-10-24-12-40-59.html For disaster recovery purposes, I want to build up a spare system which could take the place of the server hosting the RAID above. But

Re: [CentOS] large SCSI RAID, replacing server

2013-09-10 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 12:11 PM, John R Pierce pie...@hogranch.com wrote: On 9/10/2013 9:52 AM, Joseph Spenner wrote: How can I build up a new system to be ready for this existing RAID? Or will the latest/greatest CentOS just know what to do, and allow me to simply copy the /etc/fstab

Re: [CentOS] large SCSI RAID, replacing server

2013-09-10 Thread James A. Peltier
- Original Message - | I have a system running CentOS 6.3, with a SCSI attached RAID: | | | http://www.raidweb.com/index.php/2012-10-24-12-40-09/janus-ii-scsi/2012-10-24-12-40-59.html | | | For disaster recovery purposes, I want to build up a spare system | which could take the place

Re: [CentOS] large SCSI RAID, replacing server

2013-09-10 Thread John R Pierce
On 9/10/2013 10:23 AM, Joseph Spenner wrote: But is there a way to stage the new system so all I need to do is move the RAID from the old system to the new system? Or do I need to do anything at all? I'm not sure if the existing system has some special packages which make it able to use

Re: [CentOS] large SCSI RAID, replacing server

2013-09-10 Thread James A. Peltier
- Original Message - | On 9/10/2013 10:23 AM, Joseph Spenner wrote: | But is there a way to stage the new system so all I need to do is | move the RAID from the old system to the new system? | Or do I need to do anything at all? | I'm not sure if the existing system has some special

Re: [CentOS] large SCSI RAID, replacing server

2013-09-10 Thread John R Pierce
On 9/10/2013 9:52 AM, Joseph Spenner wrote: How can I build up a new system to be ready for this existing RAID? Or will the latest/greatest CentOS just know what to do, and allow me to simply copy the /etc/fstab over and respect it? what that error said, use parted. parted -l

Re: [CentOS] large SCSI RAID, replacing server

2013-09-10 Thread James A. Peltier
- Original Message - | On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 12:47 PM, James A. Peltier jpelt...@sfu.ca | wrote: | | are both systems totally identical hardware? in that case, I'd | | simply | | move ALL the disks, including the system volume. | | I agree here. Looking at the future, consider

Re: [CentOS] large SCSI RAID, replacing server

2013-09-10 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 12:47 PM, James A. Peltier jpelt...@sfu.ca wrote: | are both systems totally identical hardware? in that case, I'd simply | move ALL the disks, including the system volume. I agree here. Looking at the future, consider e2label to assign or change a label on an