Re: [gentoo-user] CPU upgrade and LVM questions.

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Grant Taylor wrote:
> On 12/06/2018 02:27 AM, Dale wrote:
>> From what I've read, I can use pvmove and pvremove to replace that
>> drive. Just tell pv to move the data and when done, remove the old
>> drive. After that, the new 6TB drive will be used in that PV and the
>> 3TB drive can be used for something else.  Is it really that easy or
>> is there more to it than that?  Pardon me but that doesn't sound
>> complicated enough to me.
>
> I've migrated multiple hundreds of TB of data this way.
>
> In short:
>
> 1)  Partition the new drive(s) as desired.
> 2)  pvcreate /dev/$newPv
> 3)  vgextend $vgName /dev/$newPv
> 4)  pvmove /dev/$oldPv /dev/$newPv
> 5)  vgreduce $vgName /dev/$oldPv
> 6)  pvremove /dev/$oldPv
>
> This does work well, even if the LV(s) are in use / file system(s) are
> mounted.
>
> I have occasionally had issues where the system seems to not respond,
> despite the fact that it is doing what it's supposed to.  I wonder if
> it's related to the memory leak that J. Roeleveld was talking about.
>
> Note:  I /do/ *STRONGLY* recommend that you do partition the new drive
> and /not/ pvcreate the entire drive.  —  Many of the data recovery
> tools /expect/ there to be a partition table.  Those that don't care
> are happy to work with a partition table.  I've seen others be in a
> very uncomfortable situation when they /didn't/ use a partition table.
> Simple easy thing to avoid painting yourself into a corner.
>
>
>


Grant,

I'm not ignoring this email.  I just keep rereading it.  ;-)  I'm
uncertain still how I'm going to do this.  I'm considering encryption
which would mean additional changes and mount points.  I'm just not 100%
sure yet.  I'm considering things that may require a new thread.

Thanks much for this info.  The list of commands helps, largely.

Dale

:-)  :-)