[linux-lvm] Mounting hardware snapshots/clones on the same host ?

[Luca Berra]

On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 11:07:10AM +0200, Olivier Verloove wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I've seen this question a few times in the archives but without any answer.
>
>Is there a way to activate/mount a copy of a volume group taken with a
>disk-array based point-in-time copy on the same host ?
>
>The
>issue is that the disk-array based software will copy all information on
>the disk including PVID/VGID's which is confusing for Linux's LVM.
>
>Special tools are available on other platforms (vgchgid on HP-UX, recreatevg
>on AIX) for this purpose.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
Look for the thread called "Altering a Physical Volume's UUID" on the
list archives

L.

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