Re: Migrating LVM volumes to a new machine

2020-12-12 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 11:51:17AM +, Mark Fletcher wrote: > That generates a followup question, out of curiosity. Presumably for > that to work, all the info needed for the computer to learn about the VG > at boot must be stored on the PV. What happens when there is more than > one

Re: Migrating LVM volumes to a new machine

2020-12-12 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 06:53:59PM -0500, Michael Stone wrote: > On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 11:46:46PM +, Mark Fletcher wrote: > > I feel > > like I can't follow the instructions in the HOWTO because it wants me to > > unmount the file systems, export the LVs and so on, on the old machine > >

Re: Migrating LVM volumes to a new machine

2020-12-11 Thread Michael Stone
On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 11:46:46PM +, Mark Fletcher wrote: I would like to understand how to move a LVM VG from one machine to another, when the disk to be moved contains filesystems key to the source system. I have read section 13.6 of the LVM HOWTO which talks about moving VGs. ... I

Migrating LVM volumes to a new machine

2020-12-11 Thread Mark Fletcher
Hello I would like to understand how to move a LVM VG from one machine to another, when the disk to be moved contains filesystems key to the source system. I have read section 13.6 of the LVM HOWTO which talks about moving VGs. However the context of my situation is I am cannibalising an old