Patrick Ouellette <poue...@debian.org> writes: > 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.
Because it's too simple? ;) Why didn't I think of rsync? I'm using it for backups all the time. How do I make the VMs bootable after copying them back? -- Again we must be afraid of speaking of daemons for fear that daemons might swallow us. Finally, this fear has become reasonable. -- 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/87sihkjicr....@yun.yagibdah.de
