[Swlug] lvm - moving data

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On Tuesday 02 Jun 2015 06:58:20 Neil Greenwood wrote:
> If they are in the same logical volume, it's more difficult.
> 
> There are some low-level LVM commands that do it, but normally with LVM you
> should just forget where your data is actually stored. I did it once to
> move some data from a mechanical disk to a SSD. It's much easier if they
> are separate volume groups though...
> 
> 
> Neil
ok, so if a make the second disk a different logical volume then i can use 
pmove as Matt suggests? am i right in thinking that with lvm i no longer have 
to worry about the order that hard drives are plugged into the motherboard and 
which disk is sda versus sdb/c etc in fstab?

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