Back Up Plan For San Migration. Lvmconvert--2 Leg Scenario.

Hello,

So I am going to move lvm from one san to anohter.
Its on CentOS 5.

so "lvm1" from "sanA" to "sanB"
I do

Code:
>lvconvert -m1 --corelog VG/lvm1   /dev/disk_on_sanB
check:
>lvmdisplay  -m
...
..
Logical volume lvm1_mimage_0
......
Logical volume lvm1_mimage_1

then I break the mirror, taking off lvm1 from old sanA
>lvconvert -m0 VG/lvm1  /dev/disk_on_sanA

At this point if some thing goes wrong, is there a way to bring back original lvm1(from sanA) back to the server ?

Thanks


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