[Gllug] LVM Problem

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On Thu, 20 Oct 2005, Daniel P. Berrange suggested tentatively:
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 07:27:38AM +0100, Peter Childs wrote:
>> Hmm thinking about this further how about if I vgexport the volume
>> group and then reimport it ie vgimport. Either way it looks like I'm
>> going to need to reboot it to do it and I would like to know all the
>> ins and outs before I go ahead as once its down time is extremly
>> limited. If I can do it with out having to bring the machine down it
>> would be even better.
> 
>> This is growing my opion that LVM is just another thing to go wrong.
> 
> The statement 'XYZ is just another thing to go wrong' is true of a very 
> large number features / pieces of technology. Blinding using all features 
> regardless of applicability to the task in hand is probably not a good 
> idea - one must consider the tradeoff between complexity and increased
> capabilities. 

Besides, with LVM you can almost stop using partitions at all, thus
eliminating one thing to go wrong: and as someone who's thrashed at
corrupted partition tables often enough in the past, boy does it go
wrong.

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