LVM export
Hello !
Yesterday, I have tested the export/import Funktion from LVM. I have exported the LVM, that has gone.
In the next step I would import the LVM on a other disk. The LVM has not imported the LVM on a other disc, becaus I became a Failure.
My question, can I make a un-export on the old-disk?
Thanks, Harald
Quoted 3 lines · On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 01:04:06PM +0200, [email protected] wrote:
Hello !
Yesterday, I have tested the export/import Funktion from LVM. I have exported the LVM, that has gone.
Without further information, I can't provide a solution.
Do you mean you successfully run "vgexport VGName" on your deactivated VG named "VGName"?
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In the next step I would import the LVM on a other disk.
What do you mean with "other disk"?
The vgimport(8) command has the synopsis:
vgimport VGName PhysicalVolumePath [PhysicalVolumePath...]
If you exported the VG just to test the feature as you mentioned, you should run pvscan which should list you all of the physical volume pathes belonging to the exported VG and feed those pathes into vgimport.
See "man vgimport" for further details.
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The LVM has not imported the LVM on a other disc, becaus I became a Failure.
What was the failure message?
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My question, can I make a un-export on the old-disk?
No, you can just import it.
There's a hack to reactivate it in case you still have a valid VGDA backup, but let me first understand what your actual problem is, before we can decide to try that.
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Thanks, Harald
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There's a hack to reactivate it in case you still have a valid VGDA backup, but let me first understand what your actual problem is, before we can decide to try that.
I guess he tried to move a disk to a new one by exporting the volume group, moving the data onto the new disk and importing that one. I guess the solution would be to import the volume group from the old disk (assuming the data is still available on it) and using pvcreate, vgextend and pvmove to get the data on the new disk, the use vgreduce to remove the pv of the old disk and remove it from the system.
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Torsten