Re: [GLLUG] Link two RAIDs in one LVM?

2020-05-11 Thread James Roberts via GLLUG
On 10/05/2020 21:35, Andy Smith via GLLUG wrote: Hello, On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 10:03:32PM +0200, Dr. Axel Stammler via GLLUG wrote: On Sun 2020-05-10 08.53.16, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: So, I think moving to an "LVM mirror" solution is your best bet for future extensibility. I haven't re

Re: [GLLUG] Link two RAIDs in one LVM?

2020-05-11 Thread John Winters via GLLUG
On 11/05/2020 10:02, James Roberts via GLLUG wrote: On 10/05/2020 21:35, Andy Smith via GLLUG wrote: Hello, On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 10:03:32PM +0200, Dr. Axel Stammler via GLLUG wrote: On Sun 2020-05-10 08.53.16, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: So, I think moving to an "LVM mirror" solution is

[GLLUG] Adding openvpn to an existing configuration

2020-05-11 Thread Chris Bell via GLLUG
Hello, I have used several versions of debian, and have found that there are several networking and DNS resolver packages that could be used by default but generally do not take over if another is already running, so I end up checking all unless I know which is the only default. Debian version 1

Re: [GLLUG] Adding openvpn to an existing configuration

2020-05-11 Thread Marco van Beek via GLLUG
Hi, Openvpn should not be grabbing port 53 unless you are using a custom config for it. The default setup for openvpn is UDP 1194. Some people do use port 53 UDP for VPn because it allows you to tunnel through, but you have just seen what havoc that can bring. If you do need to run OpenVPN t

Re: [GLLUG] Adding openvpn to an existing configuration

2020-05-11 Thread Marco van Beek via GLLUG
"...tunnel through firewalls..." Sorry :-) On 11/05/2020 11:05, Marco van Beek via GLLUG wrote: Hi, Openvpn should not be grabbing port 53 unless you are using a custom config for it. The default setup for openvpn is UDP 1194. Some people do use port 53 UDP for VPn because it allows you to t

Re: [GLLUG] Adding openvpn to an existing configuration

2020-05-11 Thread Chris Bell via GLLUG
On Monday, 11 May 2020 11:07:55 BST Marco van Beek via GLLUG wrote: > > Openvpn should not be grabbing port 53 unless you are using a custom > > config for it. The default setup for openvpn is UDP 1194. Some people > > do use port 53 UDP for VPn because it allows you to tunnel through, > > but you

Re: [GLLUG] Adding openvpn to an existing configuration

2020-05-11 Thread John Edwards via GLLUG
Hi Chris On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 11:34:31AM +0100, Chris Bell via GLLUG wrote: > On Monday, 11 May 2020 11:07:55 BST Marco van Beek via GLLUG wrote: >>> Openvpn should not be grabbing port 53 unless you are using a custom >>> config for it. The default setup for openvpn is UDP 1194. Some people >>

Re: [GLLUG] Link two RAIDs in one LVM?

2020-05-11 Thread Andy Smith via GLLUG
Hello, On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 10:22:46AM +0100, John Winters via GLLUG wrote: > On 11/05/2020 10:02, James Roberts via GLLUG wrote: > >I haven't reviewed all the recent replies, but is there any reason why you > >can't add the the two new disks of the same size and migrate from RAID 1 > >to RAID

Re: [GLLUG] Link two RAIDs in one LVM?

2020-05-11 Thread James Courtier-Dutton via GLLUG
Hi, What size are the partitions on the old 8TB disks? Is it a single partition for all 8TB ? If you have a separate data from the OS partition: you could "rsync -avpP" the data/image/picture/whatever files over to the new disks on top of LVM. You could handle the OS partition offline. You can th

Re: [GLLUG] Link two RAIDs in one LVM?

2020-05-11 Thread James Roberts via GLLUG
On 11/05/2020 11:58, Andy Smith via GLLUG wrote: ... Yes I actually think it is possible and is a reasonable plan, though backups will still be advised. I didn't suggest this at first because initially we thought there were unequal-sized devices (4T and 8T). Same here. I believe modern mdad

Re: [GLLUG] Link two RAIDs in one LVM?

2020-05-11 Thread Dr. Axel Stammler via GLLUG
Hi, On Mon 2020-05-11 13.15.55, Greater London Linux User Group wrote: What size are the partitions on the old 8TB disks? Is it a single partition for all 8TB ? Yes, it is. The system is on a separate hard disk drive. If you have a separate data from the OS partition: you could "rsync -avpP

Re: [GLLUG] Link two RAIDs in one LVM?

2020-05-11 Thread Dr. Axel Stammler via GLLUG
Hi, Andy, On Sun 2020-05-10 20.35.20, Greater London Linux User Group wrote: On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 10:03:32PM +0200, Dr. Axel Stammler via GLLUG wrote: On Sun 2020-05-10 08.53.16, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: >So, I think moving to an "LVM mirror" solution is your best bet for >future extens

Re: [GLLUG] Link two RAIDs in one LVM?

2020-05-11 Thread Dr. Axel Stammler via GLLUG
Hi, On Mon 2020-05-11 10.02.00, Greater London Linux User Group wrote: On 10/05/2020 21:35, Andy Smith via GLLUG wrote: Hello, On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 10:03:32PM +0200, Dr. Axel Stammler via GLLUG wrote: On Sun 2020-05-10 08.53.16, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: So, I think moving to an "LVM m

Re: [GLLUG] Link two RAIDs in one LVM?

2020-05-11 Thread John Edwards via GLLUG
Hi On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 01:15:55PM +0100, James Courtier-Dutton via GLLUG wrote: > If you have a separate data from the OS partition: > you could "rsync -avpP" the data/image/picture/whatever files over to > the new disks on top of LVM. > You could handle the OS partition offline. > You can

Re: [GLLUG] Link two RAIDs in one LVM?

2020-05-11 Thread Dr. Axel Stammler via GLLUG
Hi, On Mon 2020-05-11 10.58.13, Greater London Linux User Group wrote: I believe modern mdadm can reshape a RAID-1 into a RAID-0 then a RAID-0 into a RAID-10 and then add extra devices. https://www.berthon.eu/2017/converting-raid1-to-raid10-online/ There will be a scary time when it is RAI

Re: [GLLUG] Link two RAIDs in one LVM?

2020-05-11 Thread Dr. Axel Stammler via GLLUG
Hi, And thank you for all contributions. On Mon 2020-05-11 19.40.15, Greater London Linux User Group wrote: On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 01:15:55PM +0100, James Courtier-Dutton via GLLUG wrote: If you have a separate data from the OS partition: you could "rsync -avpP" the data/image/picture/what

Re: [GLLUG] Link two RAIDs in one LVM?

2020-05-11 Thread John Winters via GLLUG
On 11/05/2020 20:14, Dr. Axel Stammler via GLLUG wrote: [snip] I feel rather nervous as I am about to do all this, and I do have some questions (see below). [snip detailed steps] I wouldn't do it that way. Possibly someone else can tell us a reason why it's worth moving the RAID functionali

Re: [GLLUG] Link two RAIDs in one LVM?

2020-05-11 Thread James Courtier-Dutton via GLLUG
Hi, I forgot another obvious question. Which filesystem are you using on the old 8TB disk? For example, if it is btrfs, you don't have to copy anything about. btrfs does its own raid 0. You can just add more disks as you need them and btrfs just uses them. Kind Regards James -- GLLUG mailing l