Convert Linux raid10 to raid1 PV
To convert a Linux physical volume stored on a softraid with level 10 (a wrong 2 disk setup which accidently uses raid10) to a clean raid1 mirroring setup some simple LVM commands come to the rescue.
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Create second md device
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Create PV on second md device
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Add PV to existing volume group
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Move extends to the new PV
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Fail and remove devices from old md device
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Add device to new md device
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Finally rename md device
Renaming the mddevice (see also http://www.jross.org/recreation/computers/linux/rename-a-linux-md-device/).