On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 2:59 PM Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > While at it, can I move the drives on LVM to another system without > having to copy anything? Just physically move the drives and LVM see > them correctly on the new system?
As long as we aren't talking about boot partitions/sectors, the answer is yes. As long as all the drives are attached and accessible by the kernel (necessary drivers/etc present), then LVM will put them together. It doesn't care where it finds them, as all the necessary metadata is stored on the drives and gets scanned. If you're talking about boot partitions/sectors then it isn't a huge problem, but you do need to ensure the bootloader can find the right drives/etc, as it isn't nearly as flexible and may need updates if the drives switch order/etc, at least for legacy bootloaders. -- Rich
