Re: questions about lvm2

2009-01-23 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/23/2009 11:28 AM, Mike Castle wrote: On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: If I have lots of existing data in JBODs, would I create a PV and VG on the new drive, mv all the data from the existing drives to the new VG, then add my existing drives (while also enlarging the fs)

Re: questions about lvm2

2009-01-23 Thread Mike Castle
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: > > If I have lots of existing data in JBODs, would I create a PV and VG on the > new drive, mv all the data from the existing drives to the new VG, then add > my existing drives (while also enlarging the fs) to the one-drive VG, thus > making an

Re: questions about lvm2 -- Got it working!!

2009-01-22 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/21/2009 11:30 PM, Matthew Moore wrote: On Wednesday 21 January 2009 09:13:07 pm Ron Johnson wrote: If I have lots of existing data in JBODs, would I create a PV and VG on the new drive, mv all the data from the existing drives to the new VG, then add my existing drives (while also enlargin

Re: questions about lvm2

2009-01-22 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/22/2009 11:20 AM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 12:24:45AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: On 01/21/2009 11:30 PM, Matthew Moore wrote: On Wednesday 21 January 2009 09:13:07 pm Ron Johnson wrote: That is exactly what I would do. Everyone warns about how cataclysmic things w

Re: questions about lvm2

2009-01-22 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 12:24:45AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 01/21/2009 11:30 PM, Matthew Moore wrote: > >On Wednesday 21 January 2009 09:13:07 pm Ron Johnson wrote: > >That is exactly what I would do. Everyone warns about how cataclysmic > >things will happen because your new uber-device ha

Re: questions about lvm2

2009-01-21 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/21/2009 11:30 PM, Matthew Moore wrote: On Wednesday 21 January 2009 09:13:07 pm Ron Johnson wrote: If I have lots of existing data in JBODs, would I create a PV and VG on the new drive, mv all the data from the existing drives to the new VG, then add my existing drives (while also enlargin

Re: questions about lvm2

2009-01-21 Thread Matthew Moore
On Wednesday 21 January 2009 09:13:07 pm Ron Johnson wrote: > If I have lots of existing data in JBODs, would I create a PV and VG > on the new drive, mv all the data from the existing drives to the > new VG, then add my existing drives (while also enlarging the fs) to > the one-drive VG, thus maki

Re: questions about lvm2

2009-01-21 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/21/2009 09:59 PM, Matthew Moore wrote: On Wednesday 21 January 2009 08:43:02 pm Ron Johnson wrote: 1. Since sdX device names are non-deterministic, can I use it with devices specified as UUIDs? Or does lvm handle that for me on boot? lvm stores volume identifiers in a header at the star

Re: questions about lvm2

2009-01-21 Thread Matthew Moore
On Wednesday 21 January 2009 08:43:02 pm Ron Johnson wrote: > 1. Since sdX device names are non-deterministic, can I use it with > devices specified as UUIDs? Or does lvm handle that for me on boot? lvm stores volume identifiers in a header at the start of the physical volumes, so the device nam

questions about lvm2

2009-01-21 Thread Ron Johnson
Hi, I'm about to get a 1TB drive which I will use as the basis of an lvm set. 1. Since sdX device names are non-deterministic, can I use it with devices specified as UUIDs? Or does lvm handle that for me on boot? 2. Why should I partitioning this drive into smaller chunks if they're all going