On Fri, 2007-01-19 at 11:11 -0800, Rick Stevens wrote: > Oh, and have you tried "vgsplit NewVolGroupName VolGroup00 /dev/hdb1" to > simply move the /dev/hdb1 PV from "VolGroup00" to "NewVolGroupName"? > > In fact, you might try: > > vgsplit -v --test NewVolGroupName VolGroup00 /dev/hdb1 > > to see what it'd do first. It it looks like what you want, then take > off the "--test" and give it a whirl. i tried that but i'm getting this: [root@localhost ~]# vgsplit -v --test VolGroup01 VolGroup00 /dev/hdb2 Test mode: Metadata will NOT be updated. Checking for volume group "VolGroup01" /dev/hdc: open failed: No medium found Attempt to close device '/dev/hdc' which is not open. Wiping cache of LVM-capable devices WARNING: Duplicate VG name VolGroup00: Existing 4O0f0O-fFa4-6Qfo-KRBh-knvO-WYsC-v3uVHK (created here) takes precedence over CifEpP-vH2h-fb16-XERE-EmJA-HqWu-pDkiUW Volume group "VolGroup01" doesn't exist Test mode: Wiping internal cache Wiping internal VG cache so obviously i can not do this because of the duplicate names. or at least that's what i'm reading into the output. am i missing something? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - > - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - > - - > - You know the old saying--any technology sufficiently advanced is - > - indistinguishable from a Perl script - > - --Programming Perl, 2nd Edition - > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >