On Sun, Sep 04, 2005 at 07:59:05AM -0400, A JM wrote:
> The volume group I created was as far as I know a "default" setup...
>
> If I'm going to try to re-create the VG, the /dev/hdb1 (dying 200gig Maxtor
> ) will be dd' d to a 250gig drive, different size. Since I'm dd'ing the
> drive and it's creating a partition /dev/hdb1 on the new drive will that
> cause a problem? I'm guessing not, since it's essentially identical just
> larger?
Well, a dd copy will have make /dev/hdb1 the same size as the old
/dev/hdd1, but since the /dev/hdb is larger it will have some space
unused.
> Just thinking out loud here, since I'm trying to fix (xfs_repair) a VG and
> the essential data I'm looking for "should" still be intact on the new drive
> I just dd'd from the dying one. How will the newly created VG on dev/hda4
> know to incorporate the exisitng VG on the second drive /dev/hdb1? and will
> it matter if the VG on /dev/hda4 is not identical to the original as long as
> it knows to incorporate all of /dev/hdb1 into the VG and the VG name is the
> same therefore I can run xfs_repair on it.
NO NO NO, you must NOT create a new VG. You must re-activate your old
VG. Basically, LVM writes information about the volume groups onto each
physical volume. So, if you have /dev/hda4 INTACT and /dev/hdb1 at least
partially intact, you should be able to tell LVM to re-activate your old
VG.
I repeat - what do pvscan and pvs say? And what do vgscan and vgs say?
> Don't you have to set the "blocks" or something when incorporating a new
> drive into the VG?
If you would re-create the VG, yes. But you trying to re-activate, not
re-create.
Regards,
Iustin Pop
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