Methods for migrating to new storage hardware

We are moving to new san hardware, vacating old hardware. We use LVM with SLES. Wondering how most folks handle this nowadays- for example whether use pvmove's or lvconvert's, fstab updates, etc. The man page for lvconvert has me a bit confused. Ann Smith ***

Re: Methods for migrating to new storage hardware

OOPs wrong listserv- my apologies From: Smith, Ann (CTO Service Delivery) Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 12:36 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Methods for migrating to new storage hardware We are moving to new san hardware, vacating old hardware. We use LVM with SLES. Wondering how most

Re: Methods for migrating to new storage hardware

PM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Methods for migrating to new storage hardware > > We are moving to new san hardware, vacating old hardware. > > We use LVM with SLES. > > Wondering how most folks handle this nowadays- for example whether use > pvmove's or lvc

Re: Methods for migrating to new storage hardware

-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark Post Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 10:37 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Methods for migrating to new storage hardware >>> On 7/24/2014 at 02:05 PM, "Smith, Ann (CTO Service Delivery)" wrote: > OOPs wrong listserv- my apolog

Re: Methods for migrating to new storage hardware

>>> On 7/29/2014 at 01:40 PM, "Smith, Ann (CTO Service Delivery)" wrote: > Looking at lvconvert but wondering how to handle /etc/fstab updates. If you use pvmove, there won't be any changes needed to fstab. All of the data gets moved at the physical layer, and the logical layer that is visible

Re: Methods for migrating to new storage hardware

ssage- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark Post Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 1:45 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Methods for migrating to new storage hardware >>> On 7/29/2014 at 01:40 PM, "Smith, Ann (CTO Service Delivery)"

Re: Methods for migrating to new storage hardware

though > Maybe that why some other folks are using lvconvert's > Doing moves at lv level > > Hm what to do > > Ann Smith > > -Original Message- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of > Mark Post > Sent: Tuesday, Ju

Re: Methods for migrating to new storage hardware

Mauro Souza wrote > The involved pv's don't need to have the same size, but the new pv must be > the at least the same size or larger than the older. Strictly speaking that's not true: if you do a pvmove from a large PV to a smaller one, pvmove will migrate blocks until the smaller i