[linux-lvm] How to "clone" a logical volume
Tomasz Chmielewski
mangoo at wpkg.org
Fri Mar 7 16:37:07 UTC 2008
Lionel Kernux schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> I'm talking about LVM uuid...I assumed that it is stored somwhere on
> the actual LV...is this not the case? If not, my problem is solved!
>
> So...Just to be sure:
>
> If I dd my source LV to my destination LV (which has alraedy been
> created through lvcreate) then LVM wont care and will activate it and
> all will be well?
Yep, it will work just fine.
You may also consider using snapshots, although it has some performance
penalties involved.
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Tomasz Chmielewski
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