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Associated Information

- Creating a logical volume
- Changing the dump area
- Mirroring disks with LVM
- Mirroring the root volume
- Disk striping with LVM
- Setting up swap under LVM

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1. Backup data and lvm configuration (vgcfgbackup)

2. vgchange -a n /dev/vg_name to deactivate volume group

3. vgexport /dev/vg_name to remove volume group

4. move disk

5. vgscan -v

6. vgimport /dev/vg_name /dev/dsk/device to re-add volume

7. vgchange -a y /dev/vg_name to reactivate volume group

8. backup the LVM configuration again

Moving a disk to a different server

1. vgchange -a n /dev/vg_name

2. vgexport -p -v -m /tmp/map_file vg_name

3. If OK, repeat command omitting the -p flag

4. create volume group directory on the target server, mkdir /dev/vg_name and mknod the group file

5. Transfer /tmp/map_file to the target server

6. vgimport -p -v -m /tmp/map_file /dev/vg_name /dev/dsk/device

7. If OK, repeat the command without the -p flag

8. vgchange -a y /dev/vg_name