<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Greg, You got absolutely right. That is exactly what I actually wanted to ask. I didn't know about this pv stuff for original LVs n snapshot LVs. Let me look at the lvcreate once again. I want the cow store to go on to a separate physical device. --- On Mon, 19/7/10, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> wrote: <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> From: Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] COW store To: "LVM general discussion and development" <linux-lvm@redhat.com> Date: Monday, 19 July, 2010, 9:15 PM <div class="plainMail">On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 7:14 AM, andiket a <<a ymailto="mailto:truly_linux@yahoo.co.in" href="/mc/compose?to=truly_linux@yahoo.co.in">truly_linux@yahoo.co.in</a>> wrote: > > Hi, > > Is it possible to specify a different device or to be specific a different VG than original VG to create a cow store for snapshot. > > If I have a an LV in VG1 then I don't snapshot to create cow store (snapshot LV) on same VG but to use VG2. > > > Thanks. > Your question would make a lot more sense as: === Is it possible to specify a different device or to be specific a different PV than original PV to create a cow store for snapshot? === Answer: Yes, when you create your main LVs and snapshot LVs you can specify which PVs they use. Greg _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list <a ymailto="mailto:linux-lvm@redhat.com" href="/mc/compose?to=linux-lvm@redhat.com">linux-lvm@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm</a> read the LVM HOW-TO at <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/" target="_blank">http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/</a> </div></blockquote></td></tr></table>