On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 08:52:58PM +0100, lee wrote: > > Fortunately, downtime isn't an issue. I also have a 32GB USB stick, and > all the LVs are smaller than 32GB. > > Since there seems to be some agreement that it would be best to use > pvmove, I think I could, one after the other, move all the LVs to the > USB stick with pvmove, plug the USB stick into the other machine, move > the LVs onto a hard disk in the other machine, replace disks and move > the LVs back the same way. > > I can keep the VMs shut down while doing this, which allows me to just > move the USB stick rather than moving over the network. However, over > the network might be more reliable, and I could move all VMs at once > with minimal downtime. Hmmm ... >
Call me unimaganitive or simple, but what about tar or rsync?? Just backup to the other host on the network; swap around drives as needed; create new volume groups; restore from other host. Pat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141113202631.gd16...@flying-gecko.net
