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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle16><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>I followed the LVM HOW-TO to install and configure LVM on a Linux
server. I defined a single volume group, a single logical volume, and about 14
separate physical extents on a SAN. It works fine. <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
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install and activation to configure LVM on a second server that will only be
used for backup if the first server goes down. I don’t want to do anything that
would wipe out any data on the logical volume, but I want the volume group and
logical volume to be defined exactly as the original server has them defined. <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>It seems I should NOT do any pvcreates. Can I just do the vgcreate,
followed by the lvcreate, skip doing the mk2fs, and do the mount of the logical
volume? <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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style='color:black'><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>AUTOTEXTLIST \s "E-mail
Signature" <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span></font><![endif]--><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>George Campbell</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Bus-Tech, Inc.</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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