Breaking and Syncing an MD Root Mirror

Here's one of those times where I thought, "I wonder", as in I wonder if
I can break an MD root mirror and sanely recreate it.  You can do so with
other software RAID solutions so why not here?  Well, you can.  There is
nothing short about this procedure, taking 80+ commands to accomplish.

Creating an MD Root Mirror in Linux

For whatever reason, you originally set up your Linux host without a root
disk mirror and now you want it mirrored.  One could say "just re-install,"
but surely there is another way, and there is.  The solution isn't quick
or simple, though it isn't impossible.  Our host details are:

Disk Cloning in Linux

A while back, I wrote up how to clone a disk in Solaris and in FreeBSD,
yet somehow managed to overlook writing up how to do so in Linux.
This write up is to rectify just that, how to clone a disk, in this case,
the root disk, in Linux.  The following are our setup details:

Replacing VxVM with SVM for the rootdisk

The purpose of this post is to illustrate how to replace Veritas Volume
Manager (VxVM) with Sun Volume Manager (SVM) for control of the root disk
while leaving application volumes under VxVM control.  I had originally
tested this against Solaris 9 sparc running VxVM 4.0, though have updated

Breaking and Syncing a SVM Root Mirror (Solaris)

INTRO

The information detailed below is to assist with proactive planning for
the potential demise and recovery of a host back to the state it was

Breaking and Syncing a Hardware Root Mirror (Solaris)

INTRO

The information detailed below is to assist with proactive planning for
the potential demise and recovery of a host back to the state it was

Disk Cloning in FreeBSD

Disk Cloning in FreeBSD:

A few assumptions:
        master disk:  da0

Disk Cloning in Solaris

Disk Cloning in Solaris:

A few assumptions:
        master disk:  c0t0d0