I built a new Linux system(Fedora10) in newH.D.(/dev/sda) and wanted to mount the oldH.D.(/dev/sdb) into it. But the oldH.D. has been installed the Linux system(also Fedora 10) before. Therefore, both newH.D. and oldH.D. has the same LVM group, "VolGroup00".
I'm trying to mount the oldH.D. and finally success.
1. Check the volume group.
[root@vincent local]# pvs
PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree
/dev/sda2 VolGroup00 lvm2 a- 465.56G 32.00M (newH.D.)
/dev/sdb2 VolGroup00 lvm2 a- 931.31G 32.00M (oldH.D.)
2. Get the VG UUID of /dev/sdb2.
[root@vincent local]# vgdisplay
--- Volume group ---
VG Name
VolGroup00
System ID
Format lvm2
Metadata Areas 1
Metadata Sequence No 4
VG Access read/write
VG Status resizable
MAX LV 0
Cur LV 2
Open LV 1
Max PV 0
Cur PV 1
Act PV 1
VG Size 931.31 GB
PE Size 32.00 MB
Total PE 29802
Alloc PE / Size 29801 / 931.28 GB
Free PE / Size 1 / 32.00 MB
VG UUID CQVzV7-xVVy-Om3Y-P2Ng-67d5-juHK-vTTj5a
--- Volume group ---
VG Name VolGroup00
System ID
Format lvm2
Metadata Areas 1
Metadata Sequence No 3
VG Access read/write
VG Status resizable
MAX LV 0
Cur LV 2
Open LV 2
Max PV 0
Cur PV 1
Act PV 1
VG Size 465.56 GB
PE Size 32.00 MB
Total PE 14898
Alloc PE / Size 14897 / 465.53 GB
Free PE / Size 1 / 32.00 MB
VG UUID 65loFF-2Tee-K4Wa-uUFf-oMRD-E1EH-iCKsQg
The VG UUID of /dev/sdb2 is CQVzV7-xVVy-Om3Y-P2Ng-67d5-juHK-vTTj5a.
3. Change the VG group name of /dev/sdb2.
[root@vincent local]# vgrename CQVzV7-xVVy-Om3Y-P2Ng-67d5-juHK-vTTj5a VG1T
4. Reboot the system. You will see the LVM group of /dev/sdb2 is changed to VG1T.
[root@vincent local]# pvs
PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree
/dev/sda2 VolGroup00 lvm2 a- 465.56G 32.00M
/dev/sdb2 VG1T lvm2 a- 931.31G 32.00M
5. Mount the /dev/sdb2 into our new system.
[root@vincent local]# mkdir /mnt/oldHD
[root@vincent local]# mount /dev/VG1T/LogVol00 /mnt/oldHD