From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dqllj-0002Ug-5P for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2005 05:51:23 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j685oRDu000861; Fri, 8 Jul 2005 05:50:27 GMT Received: from wdscexfe01.sc.wdc.com (wdscexfe01.sc.wdc.com [129.253.170.53]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j685ksOT024802 for ; Fri, 8 Jul 2005 05:46:55 GMT Received: from neuromancer.home.net ([129.253.107.150]) by wdscexfe01.sc.wdc.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Thu, 7 Jul 2005 22:47:02 -0700 Received: from neuromancer.home.net (neuromancer.home.net [127.0.0.1]) by neuromancer.home.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j685koId005782 for ; Fri, 8 Jul 2005 13:46:50 +0800 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is it possible to mirror 2 drives, that are currently striped in LVM2? From: Ow Mun Heng To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <1a7a8cea7b5c75d4afe758fdc2498279@gmail.com> References: <1a7a8cea7b5c75d4afe758fdc2498279@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 13:46:49 +0800 Message-Id: <1120801610.29226.62.camel@neuromancer.home.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Jul 2005 05:47:02.0739 (UTC) FILETIME=[771D5230:01C58380] X-Archives-Salt: 497adad3-4352-4cc7-8ece-f3d312cf764d X-Archives-Hash: eff8dd8c0ee58bf5c87bc7b14da11552 On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 17:50 +0200, Jakub Krajcovic wrote: > Hi Guys, > > the subject says it all, but i'll go into more detail now, if anyone > would be interested in helping. I currently have my system installed on > 2 40GB IDE drives. They are in an LVM volumegroup, and the 2 drives are > striped. What i need to do is transform this "striped disk cluster" > into a mirror. (preferably using the most cheapest and painless > method). I kind of know my way around LVM, so i don't really need a > _totally_ detailed answer, but i need to know, if this that i am trying > to accomplish is > a) possible > b) what are the steps that i should follow in order to do this? > > I was thinking like this: use pvmove or something to move all of the > pv's from one disk to the other, then reduce the volumegroup (remove > the disk eg physical volume from it) add it as a mirror... Seems to me the best way to do this would be a third Disk. Is this an option?? > -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 1.5GB RAM 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 13:46:15 up 21:42, 7 users, load average: 1.93, 1.68, 1.21 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list