[kwlug-disc] Disk longevity ...

[Chris Frey]

On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 05:57:49PM -0500, Bob Jonkman wrote:
> When I set up new servers I create a few extra LVs each 15 GB in size for
> "spare" and "backupOS" which I use for a clean install of a new OS, install
> the packages (with dpkg --set-selections), and then point the new fstab to
> the old LVs for /home, /srv, /opt, /var/lib/mysql or /var/lib/postgresql,
> and /usr/local, and copy the necessary config files from the former root
> LV's /etc (yes, salt or ansible would be useful here).

What do you use to get the new LVs started?  Do you run the usual
installer and just tell it the new LVs to use?

Thanks,
- Chris