Matthew Schick

Dad, geek, ginger.

LVM2 magic

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Quick n dirty hard drive replacement using lvm2:

pvcreate /dev/md10 && vgextend lvm /dev/md10 && pvmove /dev/hdc2 /dev/md10 && vgreduce lvm /dev/hdc2

Did I mention I did this while the volumes were live? ;)

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