Using DD to copy lvols

[pa8700]

I need to migrate the data of an lvol to a new Lvol ina different VG. Wether I can use DD better than cp and all. wether i can use lvol or rlvol is must for DD.

[R.K. #]

Hello,

Mirror it and then reduce or split it.

[Patrick Wallek]

>>migrate the data of an lvol to a new Lvol ina different VG.

>>>Mirror it and then reduce or split it.

You can't mirror across VGs.

What kind of data are you migrating? Database? Regular files? Application?

How much data?

How often is it used?

[Michael Steele_2]

Hi

Here is one person who did it. Note the bs=1024.

Sounds like it takes a lot longer than with a cp -p -r between file systems.

http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447627+1265389337405+28353475&threadId=454369

[WayneHP]

tar cf - * | ( cd /target; tar xfp -)
is faster than copy for sure.

but I would perfer the safety of rsync

[Michal Kapalka (mikap)]

hi,

we migrated the DMX2000 ==> hitachi USP-V ( XP24000) with the dd command and extending of LVOL-s without any problem.

mikap