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Re: HDD Swapping

 
kamal_9
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HDD Swapping

Hi Guys
Iam having 2*Rp5470 server connected to two seprate 2300 disksystems with 4si Raid card.
Now I want to move three hdd's which are in raid0 from one sytem to other sytem .Is it possible to do without dataloss ??
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Steven E. Protter
Exalted Contributor

Re: HDD Swapping

Probably.

I would still back it up before moving anything around.

vgexport

save the vg configutation.

Make your physical move.

vgimport

Thats the possible outline I'd use.

I generally don't do things like that. I shut down the active databases, take a good fbackup, then move the disk around, redo the volume groups and restore.

It takes longer, but there are more ways to bail out.

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Ravi_8
Honored Contributor

Re: HDD Swapping

Hi,

Yes it's possible with vgexport and vgimport.

I would prefer having backup before doing this operation
never give up
kamal_9
Super Advisor

Re: HDD Swapping

Hi the disk's are in the raid volume..
how the other system (4si raid card) will detect this raid volume.
kamal_9
Super Advisor

Re: HDD Swapping

First I have to bring up the raid volume.. then only i can use vgimport ..
how to bring up the raid volumes ..In both the server iam having 4si raid card
pls guide me how to do this

Note :- (the three disk which i want to move are in a raid0 volume )
kamal_9
Super Advisor

Re: HDD Swapping

hi guys any clue ??