Move "Shares" between Logical Volumes

[jmo]

Hi JMO!

The backround is as follows:

- Clients which are using an existent share "Datashare1".
-> I would like to move this "Datashare1" to another Logical Volume (at another VolumeGroup with more disc space).
- Users/Clients which are mounting the share "Datashare1" should not notice any change!
-> I can do that move at night (no user online) but i can not restart the whole server/using knoppixx etc.

Hi Stefan,

now that actually does sound easy:
- make the "old" share r/o (just to make sure no one interferes with the following actions)
- create a temporary share for the new LV/path (if not available via an already defined share for some up-level directory) with write permissions
- at some client, mount both shares
- move the content from old share to new share
- change the "old share" definition to point to the new directory and re-enable r/w

Done. Oh, and YMMV

Regards,
Jens

[StefanMosleitner]

> - change the "old share" definition to point to the new directory and re-enable r/w
-> How can I do this? "NAS Resources" -> "Path" could not edited after initial creation.

[jmo]

> - change the "old share" definition to point to the new directory and re-enable r/w
-> How can I do this? "NAS Resources" -> "Path" could not edited after initial creation.

Oops, I don't have access to an DSS at the moment, so I couldn't check in advance. According to the manual this should be possible, see section 5.2.2.3.1:
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You will find all existing shares organized below. You can edit them with a simple click. All
parameters except the name are modifiable.
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If it really won't work, then you'll have to delete the old share and recreate it, including the permission settings

With regards,

Jens

[StefanMosleitner]

Hi Jens,

My fault... manual edit of the path destination is not possible but with mouse-action you can browse to the designated lv/folder.

I will create a "temp" share with the destination folder (at destination lv/vg), move files, and than edit the path of the original share to the new folder and delete "temp" share.

Thanks a lot for your assistance!