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Additional tips from http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=39892.0
 
Additional tips from http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=39892.0
 
which refers to http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=37686.0
 
which refers to http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=37686.0
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The original disk will not mount due to volume group name conflicts with the existing drive(s).
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Follow this procedure to rename the volume group on the original disk:
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Boot from SME Server 7.1 (or newer) install CD
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press F5
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type "sme rescue" at the command prompt and hit enter
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Note: don't start the network and skip mounting the filesystem.
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mdadm -AR /dev/md5 /dev/hdx2
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lvm vgscan
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lvm vgs -v
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lvm vgchange -a n
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lvm vgrename orig_vg_name new_vg_name
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exit
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Now remove the CD and reboot
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mdadm -AR /dev/md5 /dev/hdx2
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vgscan
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vgchange -a y new_vg_name
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mkdir /mnt/tmp
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mount /dev/new_vg_name/root /mnt/tmp
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{{Note box|In some rare cases your VolumeGroup name listed in the last line might be different, more information can be found in [[[[bugzilla: 3883]]]].}}
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You should now be able to view all your old data under /mnt/tmp
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Follow the steps listed above to use CopyFromDisk to restore the data.
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To understand more of the background of LVM and RAID data recovery, read this:
 
To understand more of the background of LVM and RAID data recovery, read this:
    
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8874
 
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8874
      
=== Moving from SME 7.x to SME 8 ===
 
=== Moving from SME 7.x to SME 8 ===
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