Ron Leach wrote:
> Actually, the disk we are rescuing is the surviving member of a RAID1
> pair[1]. I realised, today, that I cannot simply install that in our
> Wheezy box because (I think) it needs a software RAID layer in order
> to read it (fstab refers to md1, md2 etc).
It depends on the RA
On 01/01/2014 16:33, Chris Davies wrote:
If the backup is really this important, I would strongly recommend that
you make additional backups elsewhere (offsite).
[] I'd also suggest
that you replace the local singleton disk with a RAID1 pair.
I agree. Actually, the disk we are rescuing i
Howard wrote:
> [...] one partition of 1.7TB purely for filesystem backup data [...]
> The data partition contains several years' worth of incremental backups
> [...] It also provides the historical context of what data was available
> to us during our projects, which can be important.
If the ba
On 31/12/2013 18:58, Shane Johnson wrote:
If you're planning on adding the other 2TB disk anyways now would be the
best time as far as ease goes. This is due to you can just make the LVM
with the new disk then clone the data to the new partition in the LVM.
Then once you are comfortable that
Ron,
Yes it is possible. Depending on how involved you want to get with this
project there are a couple of ways to proceed.
To preserve the data, you're going to need to need equivalent space to move
the data to. You can't just convert a normal ext4 partition to run on LVM.
If you're planning on
On 31/12/2013 17:37, Howard wrote:
More info: existing partition
The existing partition would be from our 'filesystem backup' machine,
[snip]
suggestion of creating a new empty LVM might work, otherwise.
regards, Ron
Tst.
Apologies to the list for posting this message using the wrong n
On 31/12/2013 16:44, Shane Johnson wrote:
Some more information would be helpful as well. Does the existing data
contain the OS? What are you trying to achieve by moving the data?
More info: existing partition
The existing partition would be from our 'filesystem backup' machine,
which runs
Ron,
Yes is possible, but there will be some data migration and configuration
changes.
Some more information would be helpful as well. Does the existing data
contain the OS? What are you trying to achieve by moving the data?
On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Ron Leach wrote:
> Is it possible t
On 12/31/2013 02:33 PM, Ron Leach wrote:
Is it possible to create an LVM on a machine that's already running
Wheezy but without an LVM?
I've looked at
https://wiki.debian.org/LVM
and the howto which the wiki refers to,
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/initdisks.html
but these seem, to me
Is it possible to create an LVM on a machine that's already running
Wheezy but without an LVM?
I've looked at
https://wiki.debian.org/LVM
and the howto which the wiki refers to,
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/initdisks.html
but these seem, to me, to be meant for an initial install or, a
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