[ale] Looking for recommendations on LVM + soft Raid on home server

[LinuxGnome]

On 03/21/2012 02:10 PM, James Sumners wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 13:54, Robert <rs at ale.spam.futz.org> wrote:
>> I almost always rename VolumeGroup00 to something else to make auto-complete
>> easier.. I often pick a single letter not starting any filename in /dev/, like
>> 'e', 'g', etc..
> 
> I like using /dev/lvm0/, /dev/lvm1/, etc.
> 
> 

vg`hostname -s` and lvusr lvvar lvopt lvhome etc have served me well.

A good reason for renaming the system VG is having to do system recovery.  If I pull my malfunctioning VG "system" from the box, and install it to another box with a VG "system", hilarity ensues!