From: Green, Simon (Simon.Green@EU.ALTRIA.COM)
Date: Wed Apr 30 2003 - 12:35:50 EDT
Sorry: I obviously wasn't clear. They were intended as three completely
independent alternatives, not three related steps.
Simon Green
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Page, Jennifer [mailto:Jennifer.Page@RBCDAIN.COM]
> Sent: 30 April 2003 14:55
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Re: move logical volume and file system to different vg
>
>
> Not sure you need to do step #3.
>
> We were able to copy all of our data from one VG to another using the
> following:
>
> mklv -y N_[OLD_LV] [NEW_VG] [#PP]
> chlv -t copy N_[OLD_VG]
> cplv -e N_[OLD_LV] -f [OLD_LV]
> chlv -n O_[OLD_LV] [OLD_LV]
> chlv -n [OLD_LV] N_[OLD_LV]
> *chown root.system /dev/*[OLD_LV]
> chfs -a dev=/dev/[OLD_LV] [MOUNT POINT]
> chfs -a log=/dev/[NEW_VG_LOG] [MOUNT POINT]
>
> *(may not need this step, we had some raw lvs that did)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Green, Simon [mailto:Simon.Green@EU.ALTRIA.COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 3:55 AM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Re: move logical volume and file system to different vg
>
>
> There's no very easy way to do this. (Not a simple, one-command way,
> anyway.)
>
> Essentially, you have to copy all of the data from the current
> filesystem to a new one. There are several ways of doing this. Which
> you choose will depend on your environment.
>
> 1. Back up; delete and re-create the filesystem in the new location;
> restore.
>
> 2. Use cplv, then chfs to point to the new LV.
>
> 3. Create a new filesystem; copy from the old to the new (e.g. cpio);
> rename the filesystems.
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