[linux-lvm] lvm2 specificiation
Bryn M. Reeves
bmr at redhat.com
Fri Feb 6 11:08:13 UTC 2009
Les Mikesell wrote:
> Alasdair G Kergon wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 01:54:00PM -0800, Vinay Srini wrote:
>>> I have a requirement to mount multiple volume groups with the same
>>> name (VolGroup00, as that is the most popular default name), without
>>> first using vgrename (because something might go wrong, and I may not
>>> be able to restore the name back).
>>
>> It was an early design decision that every VG on a system should have a
>> different name. Departures from that won't get supported - because
>> it's so
>> simple to choose different names!
>
> How do you move drives around among machines then, if they have been
> created with the default names that will conflict?
>
Using the oft-posted directions for changing the VG name and UUID.
Regards,
Bryn.
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