[linux-lvm] replace bad hard disc

[Ulrich Wiederhold]

* Heinz J . Mauelshagen <mauelshagen at sistina.com> [011016 10:55]:
> 
> Stefan,
> 
> add a new hard drive to your system and create (at least) an LVM partition
> (Type 0x8E) on it. Let's call the new one /dev/sde1 and your flaky one
> /dev/sdd1 just for the purpose of this example.
> 
> Then:
> 
> pvcreate /dev/sde1
> vgextend Stonki2 /dev/sde1
> pvmove /dev/sdd1 /dev/sde1
> vgreduce Stonki2 /dev/sdd1
> 

Hello,
will pvmove work if /dev/sde1 is already added to Stonki2 if there is
enough space available on /dev/sde1 ?

Reason: I have a vg containing 5 HDs that includes a small 4GB one. I
would like to remove this one without adding another HD. Enough space is
available.

Regards
Uli

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