On Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:12:55 -0400 cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > I had a bad drive, and I tried to use pvmove, but it stopped when it > got an error and would not tell me the file it had trouble with nor > would it move any data past that point -- is there a better way to > recover such data? I simply used the backup to get my data back, > rather than lvm.
You can use an (expensive) data recovery expert. What you ran into is a failing drive. You couldn't get the data off because the drive didn't work, and that has nothing to do with LVM whatsoever. LVM is not a data security tool. LVM is not a backup tool. LVM does not cover your ass. All that LVM does is make it easy to manipulate file system volumes, and to easily make volumes larger than a single disk. You still have to take all the same precautions to protect your data that you have done without LVM. -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
