> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Chan Chung > Hang Christopher > Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 10:20 > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] OT: Fortunate clueless dd chum - lvm recovery > > Robert Nichols wrote: > > Ross Walker wrote: > > > >> Since you don't know if LVM has a recovery path how can > you imply it > >> doesn't? > >> > > > > I've seen plenty of evidence that tools for LVM recovery > are lacking. > > I see postings from people asking about recovery of damaged LVM > > volumes and not getting any reasonable answers about how to repair. > > > This might help in future. > http://anthonydawson.thelasis.com/LVRecovery/index.htm > > > Or, complexity of dealing with things like duplicate volume group > > names when physically moving disk drives. Conventional > partitioning > > works just fine for me, and I'm confident that I can handle > just about > > any situation that crops up. I don't need an additional layer of > > complexity. > > > > > Which is why I do not use default names when creating > volgroups and logvols. I always found it handy to use ASSET#_VG#_YYYYMMDDHHMM as a "default" pattern here. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - - Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This message is copyright PD Inc, subject to license 20080407P00.