[CentOS] can I use 2 HDD's with the same LVM labels at the same time?
William L. Maltby
CentOS4Bill at triad.rr.comMon Nov 10 09:47:39 UTC 2008
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On Sun, 2008-11-09 at 23:51 -0800, nate wrote: > Rudi Ahlers wrote: > > > Basically, most HDD's are setup the same, but I want to add another > > HDD to the same server, and use data on both HDD's. > > > > So, do I rename System with vgrename then? > > If your wanting to add a new disk to the same volume > group and use it then no you don't need to rename > anything, you can use the vgextend command after > running pvcreate on the new disk to extend the > existing volume group to the new disk. > > If your wanting to add an existing disk to a system > that already has a conflicting volume group name in > it, then yes you'll need to vgrename one of them so > they do not conflict. Hmmm. I've not seen vgexport/vgimport mentioned. Will this be needed? I'm not sure for this particular situation. > > nate > <snip sig stuff> -- Bill
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