David Baron: > What is the best way to do this? (If I simply cp -a, I might dispense with > LVM > altogether since it's services on a 1 terra disk are not critical any longer). > > I thought to simply add partitions on the new disk to the current volumes and > sometime later remove some or all of the old disk partitions. Will this work > and is it safe (i.e. the lvm configuration program will move data as > required)?
Yes, but you have to trigger the move manually: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/removeadisk.html J. -- Watching television is more hip than actually speaking to anyone. [Agree] [Disagree] <http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html>
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