Mirroring disk which is under LVM control
Ramer Ortega
ramer.ortega at hotpop.com
Sun Dec 11 09:08:58 UTC 2005
We recently acquired Dell rack-optimized server. The supplied Open
Manage CD took care of the installation of RHES 4.0. It simply asked
for configuration information like disk partitions, network settings, etc.
After the installation, I realized that the LVM is enabled.
The box comes with two (2) SATA disks and I intend to mirror them for
added data protection. My problem is, the first disk is already under
LVM control. Would it still be possible to mirror the disk?
Actually, I wouldn't mind reinstalling the RHES 4.0 but the problem is,
the server uses Intel ICH7R SATA disk controller and the installation
kernel does not have the driver preloaded. I already tried to
re-install the OS and load the driver by using a driver disk, but still,
the installation kernel cannot detect the SATA disks, hence the
installation cannot proceed.
So I guess my best direction is to try to mirror the first disk. Is
there anyway to go around LVM?
TIA
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