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David Teigland
fe70b03de2 Add lvmlockd 2015-07-02 15:42:26 -05:00
Peter Rajnoha
125cd06698 conf: make time format configurable
Make it possible to define format for time that is displayed.
The way the format is defined is equal to the way that is used
for strftime function, although not all formatting options as
used in strftime are available for LVM2 - the set is restricted
(e.g. we do not allow newline to be printed). The lvm.conf
comments contain the whole list that LVM2 accepts for time format
together with brief description (copied from strftime man page).

For example:
(defaults used - the format is the same as used before this patch)
$ lvs -o+time vg/lvol0 vg/lvol1
  LV    VG   Attr       LSize Time
  lvol0 vg   -wi-a----- 4.00m 2015-06-25 16:18:34 +0200
  lvol1 vg   -wi-a----- 4.00m 2015-06-29 09:17:11 +0200

(using 'time_format = "@%s"' in lvm.conf - number of seconds
since the Epoch)
$ lvs -o+time vg/lvol0 vg/lvol1
  LV    VG   Attr       LSize Time
  lvol0 vg   -wi-a----- 4.00m @1435241914
  lvol1 vg   -wi-a----- 4.00m @1435562231
2015-06-29 14:30:35 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
438a65dfdb display: drop allocation from display_lvname
Use of display_lvname() in plain log_debug() may accumulate memory in
command context mempool. Use instead small ringbuffer which allows to
store cuple (10 ATM) names so upto 10 full names can be used at one.

We are not keeping full VG/LV names as it may eventually consume larger
amount of RAM resouces if vgname is longer and lots of LVs are in use.

Note: if there would be ever needed for displaing more names at once,
the limit should be raised (e.g. log_debug() would need to print more
then 10 LVs on a single line).
2015-06-18 18:50:37 +02:00
David Teigland
dd6a202831 lvchange: deactivate is always possible in foreign vgs
The only realistic way for a host to have active LVs in a
foreign VG is if the host's system_id (or system_id_source)
is changed while LVs are active.

In this case, the active LVs produce an warning, and access
to the VG is implicitly allowed (without requiring --foreign.)
This allows the active LVs to be deactivated.

In this case, rescanning PVs for the VG offers no benefit.
It is not possible that rescanning would reveal an LV that
is active but wasn't previously in the VG metadata.
2015-02-25 14:58:49 -06:00
David Teigland
8668a9e81c systemid: silently ignore foreign vgs unless named
A foreign VG should be silently ignored by a reporting/display
command like 'vgs'.  If the reporting/display command specifies
a foreign VG by name on the command line, it should produce an
error message.

Scanning commands pvscan/vgscan/lvscan are always allowed to
read and update caches from all PVs, including those that belong
to foreign VGs.

Other non-report/display/scan commands always ignore a foreign
VG, or report an error if they attempt to use a foreign VG.

vgimport should always invalidate the lvmetad cache because
lvmetad likely holds a pre-vgexported copy of the VG.
(This is unrelated to using foreign VGs; the pre-vgexported
VG may have had no system_id at all.)
2015-02-25 10:53:52 -06:00
Alasdair G Kergon
df227be37c lvm1: Reenable sys ID.
Move the lvm1 sys ID into vg->lvm1_system_id and reenable the #if 0
LVM1 code.  Still display the new-style system ID in the same
reporting field, though, as only one can be set.
Add a format feature flag FMT_SYSTEM_ON_PVS for LVM1 and disallow
access to LVM1 VGs if a new-style system ID has been set.
Treat the new vg->system_id as const.
2015-02-23 23:03:52 +00:00
Alasdair G Kergon
c2ed5feee5 systemid: Add warnings if invalid.
Add WARNING messages if there are problems setting the requested
system ID.
Ban "localhost" as a prefix regardless of the system_id_source.
Use cmd->hostname instead of calling uname again.
Make system_id_source values case-insensitive (as with new settings like
log_debug_classes) and also accept machine-id to match the filename.
2015-02-23 20:36:27 +00:00
David Teigland
8cdec4c434 system_id: use for VG ownership
See included lvmsystemid(7) for full description.
2015-02-13 10:10:27 -06:00
Peter Rajnoha
5011cac9cf filters: add cmd->full_filter - composite of cmd->filter and cmd->lvmetad_filter
There are actually three filter chains if lvmetad is used:
  - cmd->lvmetad_filter used when when scanning devices for lvmetad
  - cmd->filter used when processing lvmetad responses
  - cmd->full_fiilter (which is just cmd->lvmetad_filter + cmd->filter chained together) used
    for remaining situations

This patch adds the third one - "cmd->full_filter" - currently this is
used if device processing does not fall into any of the groups before,
for example, devices which does not have the PV label yet and we're just
creating a new one or we're processing the devices where the list of the
devices (PVs) is not returned by lvmetad initially.

Currently, the cmd->full_filter is used exactly in these functions:
  - lvmcache_label_scan
  - _pvcreate_check
  - pvcreate_vol
  - lvmdiskscan
  - pvscan
  - _process_each_label

If lvmetad is used, then simply cmd->full_filter == cmd->filter because
cmd->lvmetad_filter is NULL in this case.
2014-10-02 13:06:46 +02:00
Peter Rajnoha
d169ff1e03 conf: add report/list_item_separator lvm.conf option
For example:

$ lvm dumpconfig report/list_item_separator
list_item_separator=","

$ lvs -o name,tags vg/lvol1
  LV    LV Tags
  lvol1 a,x,y

$ lvm dumpconfig report/list_item_separator
list_item_separator=":"

$ lvs -o name,tags vg/lvol1
  LV    LV Tags
  lvol1 ay
2014-07-10 16:18:45 +02:00
Jonathan Brassow
be75076dfc activation: Add "degraded" activation mode
Currently, we have two modes of activation, an unnamed nominal mode
(which I will refer to as "complete") and "partial" mode.  The
"complete" mode requires that a volume group be 'complete' - that
is, no missing PVs.  If there are any missing PVs, no affected LVs
are allowed to activate - even RAID LVs which might be able to
tolerate a failure.  The "partial" mode allows anything to be
activated (or at least attempted).  If a non-redundant LV is
missing a portion of its addressable space due to a device failure,
it will be replaced with an error target.  RAID LVs will either
activate or fail to activate depending on how badly their
redundancy is compromised.

This patch adds a third option, "degraded" mode.  This mode can
be selected via the '--activationmode {complete|degraded|partial}'
option to lvchange/vgchange.  It can also be set in lvm.conf.
The "degraded" activation mode allows RAID LVs with a sufficient
level of redundancy to activate (e.g. a RAID5 LV with one device
failure, a RAID6 with two device failures, or RAID1 with n-1
failures).  RAID LVs with too many device failures are not allowed
to activate - nor are any non-redundant LVs that may have been
affected.  This patch also makes the "degraded" mode the default
activation mode.

The degraded activation mode does not yet work in a cluster.  A
new cluster lock flag (LCK_DEGRADED_MODE) will need to be created
to make that work.  Currently, there is limited space for this
extra flag and I am looking for possible solutions.  One possible
solution is to usurp LCK_CONVERT, as it is not used.  When the
locking_type is 3, the degraded mode flag simply gets dropped and
the old ("complete") behavior is exhibited.
2014-07-09 22:56:11 -05:00
Peter Rajnoha
da545ce3b4 tools: add --binary arg to pvs,vgs,lvs and {pv,vg,lv}display -C and report/binary_values_as_numeric lvm.conf option
The --binary option, if used, causes all the binary values reported
in reporting commands to be displayed as "0" or "1" instead of descriptive
literal values (value "unknown" is still used for values that could not be
determined).

Also, add report/binary_values_as_numeric lvm.conf option with the same
functionality as the --binary option (the --binary option prevails
if both --binary cmd option and report/binary_values_as_numeric lvm.conf
option is used at the same time). The report/binary_values_as_numeric is
also profilable.

This makes it easier to use and check lvm reporting command output in scripts.
2014-07-04 15:40:17 +02:00
Peter Rajnoha
c42f72867a config: attach cft_check_handle to each config tree instead of global cmd_context
Before, the cft_check_handle used to direct configuration checking
was part of cmd_context. It's better to attach this as part of the
exact config tree against which the check is done. This patch moves
the cft_check_handle out of cmd_context and it attaches it to the
config tree directly as dm_config_tree->custom->config_source->check_handle.

This change makes it easier to track the config tree check results
and provides less space for bugs as the results are directly attached
to the tree and we don't need to be cautious whether the global value
is correct or not (and whether it needs reinitialization) as it was
in the case when the cft_check_handle was part of cmd_context.
2014-05-19 15:38:04 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
559c003ee2 cleanup: reduce inclusion of unnecessary headers
Remove those file which are not needed by .c files
or already include because the headers already needs them.
2014-04-18 16:38:50 +02:00
Peter Rajnoha
c1ce2cc86c config: make global/units and global/si_unit_consistency profilable 2014-03-17 16:07:29 +01:00
Zdenek Kabelac
9f0e27a18c cleanup: tiny speedup of lib_dir checking
Instead of repeated lookup of global/library_dir - remember first
search in command context - saves couple lines in debug output...
2013-12-10 11:15:48 +01:00
Alasdair G Kergon
baf95bbff7 cmdline: Add --ignoreskippedcluster.
Accept --ignoreskippedcluster with pvs, vgs, lvs, pvdisplay, vgdisplay,
lvdisplay, vgchange and lvchange to avoid the 'Skipping clustered
VG' errors when requesting information about a clustered VG
without using clustered locking and still exit with success.

The messages can still be seen with -v.
2013-10-01 21:20:10 +01:00
Peter Rajnoha
8d1e511363 conf: add activation/auto_set_activation_skip
The activation/auto_set_activation_skip enables/disables automatic
adding of the ACTIVATION_SKIP LV flag. By default thin snapshots
are flagged to be skipped during activation.

And by default, the auto_set_activation_skip is enabled.
2013-07-12 20:54:17 +02:00
Peter Rajnoha
f1c292cc38 config: make it possible to run several instances of configuration check at once
Before, the status of the configuration check (config_def_check fn call)
was saved directly in global configuration definitinion array (as part
of the cfg_def_item_t/flags)

This patch introduces the "struct cft_check_handle" that defines
configuration check parameters as well as separate place to store
the status (status here means CFG_USED and CFG_VALID flags, formerly
saved in cfg_def_item_t/flags). This struct can hold config check
parameters as well as the status for each config tree separately,
thus making it possible to run several instances of config_def_check
without interference.
2013-07-02 15:22:11 +02:00
Peter Rajnoha
8769033e07 toolcontext: add a few comments for struct cmd_context and rename config_valid -> config_initialized
Just to make it more clear and also not to confuse
config_valid with check against config definition
(and its 'valid' flag within the config defintion tree).
2013-07-02 15:22:11 +02:00
Peter Rajnoha
ebc236d085 config: add support for loading profiles
This patch adds --profile arg to lvm cmds and adds config/profile_dir
configuration setting to select the directory where profiles are stored
By default it's /etc/lvm/profile.

The profiles are added by using new "add_profile" fn and then loaded
using the "load_profile" fn. All profiles are stored in a cmd context
within the new "struct profile_params":

struct profile_params {
  const char *dir;
  struct profile *global_profile;
  struct dm_list profiles_to_load;
  struct dm_list profiles;
};

...where "dir" is the directory with profiles, "global_profile" is
the profile that is set globally via the --profile arg (IOW, not
set per VG/LV basis based on metadata record) and the "profiles"
is the list with loaded profiles.
2013-07-02 15:19:08 +02:00
Peter Rajnoha
c6f48b7c1a refactor: make device type recognition code common for general use
Changes:

- move device type registration out of "type filter" (filter.c)
to a separate and new dev-type.[ch] for common use throughout the code

- the structure for keeping the major numbers detected for available
device types and available partitioning available is stored in
"dev_types" structure now

- move common partitioning detection code to dev-type.[ch] as well
together with other device-related functions bound to dev_types
(see dev-type.h for the interface)

The dev-type interface contains all common functions used to detect
subsystems/device types, signature/superblock recognition code,
type-specific device properties and other common device properties
(bound to dev_types), including partitioning support.

- add dev_types instance to cmd context as cmd->dev_types for common use

- use cmd->dev_types throughout as a central point for providing
information about device types
2013-06-12 12:08:56 +02:00
Peter Rajnoha
657abb08e0 cleanup: use libdm's dm_sysfs_dir() for sysfs directory throughout
And remove superfluous cmd->sysfs_dir and
set_sysfs_dir_path/sysfs_dir_path fn from lvm-globals.[ch].
2013-06-12 11:44:58 +02:00
Peter Rajnoha
386886f71c config: refer to config nodes using assigned IDs
For example, the old call and reference:

  find_config_tree_str(cmd, "devices/dir", DEFAULT_DEV_DIR)

...now becomes:

  find_config_tree_str(cmd, devices_dir_CFG)

So we're referring to the named configuration ID instead
of passing the configuration path and the default value
is taken from central config definition in config_settings.h
automatically.
2013-03-06 10:14:33 +01:00
Alasdair G Kergon
7f747a0d73 logging: add debug classes
Add log/debug_classes to lvm.conf to allow debug messages to be
classified and filtered at runtime.

The dm_errno field is only used by log_error(), so I've redefined it
for log_debug() messages to hold the message class.

By default, all existing messages appear, but we can add categories that
generate high volumes of data, such as logging all traffic to/from
lvmetad.
2013-01-07 22:25:19 +00:00
Petr Rockai
c7b17836ea Implement devices/global_filter.
The global filter is applied first, and is also applied in pvscan --cache (which
is called from udev rules to keep lvmetad updated). Cf. example.conf.
2012-09-26 14:49:15 +02:00
Alasdair G Kergon
438e0050df config: add silent mode
Accept -q as the short form of --quiet.
Suppress non-essential standard output if -q is given twice.
Treat log/silent in lvm.conf as equivalent to -qq.
Review all log_print messages and change some to
log_print_unless_silent.

When silent, the following commands still produce output:
dumpconfig, lvdisplay, lvmdiskscan, lvs, pvck, pvdisplay,
pvs, version, vgcfgrestore -l, vgdisplay, vgs.
[Needs checking.]

Non-essential messages are shifted from log level 4 to log level 5
for syslog and lvm2_log_fn purposes.
2012-08-25 20:35:48 +01:00
Alasdair Kergon
594753751a Only use built-in stack size in clvmd - ignore lvm.conf. 2011-12-08 21:24:08 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
8dd6036da4 Add activation/use_linear_target enabled by default. (prajnoha)
LVM metadata knows only of striped segments - not linear ones.
The activation code detects segments with a single stripe and switches
them to use the linear target.

If the new lvm.conf setting is set to 0 (e.g. in a test script), this
'optimisation' is turned off.
2011-11-28 20:37:51 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
c82c2bebed Move cascade inside libdm etc.
Makes dumpconfig whole-section output wrong in a different way from before,
but we should be able to merge cft_cmdline properly into cmd->cft now and
remove cascade.
2011-09-02 01:32:08 +00:00
Petr Rockai
e59e2f7c3c Move the core of the lib/config/config.c functionality into libdevmapper,
leaving behind the LVM-specific parts of the code (convenience wrappers that
handle `struct device` and `struct cmd_context`, basically). A number of
functions have been renamed (in addition to getting a dm_ prefix) -- namely,
all of the config interface now has a dm_config_ prefix.
2011-08-30 14:55:15 +00:00
Peter Rajnoha
418663b61c Disable udev fallback by default and add activation/udev_fallback to lvm.conf.
We've used udev fallback code till now to check whether udev
created/removed the entries in /dev correctly and if not,
a repair was done (giving a warning messagea about that).

This patch adds a possibility to enable this additional check
and subsequent fallback only when required (debugging purposes
mostly) and trust udev completely.

So let's disable the fallback code by default and add a new
configuration option "activation/udev_fallback".

(The original code for creating the nodes will still be used
in case the device directory that is set in lvm.conf differs
from the one that udev uses and also when activation/udev_rules
is set to 0 - otherwise we would end up with no nodes/symlinks
at all)
2011-06-17 14:50:53 +00:00
Petr Rockai
eee66d2a80 When glibc needs buffers for line buffering of input and output buffers, it
allocates these buffers in such way it adds memory page for each such buffer
and size of unlock memory check will mismatch by 1 or 2 pages.

This happens when we print or read lines without '\n' so these buffers are
used. To avoid this extra allocation, use setvbuf to set these bufffers ahead.

Signed-off-by: Zdenek Kabelac <zkabelac@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Milan Broz <mbroz@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Petr Rockai <prockai@redhat.com>
2011-05-07 13:50:11 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
acb037657c Fix scanning of VGs without in-PV mdas.
Set cmd->independent_metadata_areas if metadata/dirs or disk_areas in use.
- Identify and record this state.

Don't skip full scan when independent mdas are present even if memlock is set.
- Clusters and OOM aren't supported, so no problem doing the proper scans.

Avoid revalidating the label cache immediately after scanning.
- A simple optimisation.

Support scanning for a single VG in independent mdas.
- Not used by the fix but I left it in anyway as later patches might use it.
2010-12-10 22:39:52 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
f8452d8cfd Support repetition of --addtag and --deltag arguments.
Add infrastructure for specific cmdline arguments to be repeated in groups.
Split the_args cmdline arguments and values into arg_props and arg_values.
2010-11-11 17:29:05 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
b83af51668 Add global/metadata_read_only to use unrepaired metadata in read-only cmds. 2010-10-25 11:20:54 +00:00
Peter Rajnoha
626242c1bd Recognise and give preference to md device partitions (blkext major).
We can already detect MD devices internally. But when using MD partitions,
these have "block extended major" (blkext) assigned (259). Blkext major
is also used in general, so we need to check whether the original device
is an MD device actually.
2010-08-11 12:14:23 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
54d7741a3e Remove no-longer-used arg_ptr_value.
Fix -M and --type to use strings not pointers that change on config refresh.
2010-04-29 01:38:12 +00:00
Peter Rajnoha
cda69e17ef Add activation/udev_rules config option in lvm.conf.
Add dm_tree_add_dev_with_udev_flags to provide wider support for udev flags.
2010-01-07 19:54:21 +00:00
Milan Broz
e1ab01e3ad Refresh device filters before full device rescan in lvmcache.
The sysfs filter initialise hash of available devices using
scan of /sys/block. We need to refresh even this hash
when performing full scan otherwise the newly appeared
device could be rejected, because there is no entry
in sysfs filter.

This easily could happen when attaching new device
to cluster node. (Only force refresh of context
in clvmd -R works here now).

Unfortunately consequences of this are much worse,
missing device part on that node is replaced with missing segment
(even when no partial arg is selected) and this directly
lead to data corruption.

See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=538515

Simply fix it by refreshing device filters in lvmcache
before performing the full device scan.
2009-11-24 16:10:25 +00:00
Petr Rockai
b4048242f5 Handle metadata with unknown segment types more gracefully. 2009-10-16 17:41:49 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
95eaa68309 Add global/si_unit_consistency to enable cleaned-up use of units in output.
Add configure --enable-units-compat to set si_unit_consistency off by default.

Use standard output units for 'PE Size' and 'Stripe size' in pv/lvdisplay.
2009-09-28 16:23:44 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
cf8235e0aa Add activation/udev_sync to lvm.conf. 2009-08-04 15:36:13 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
7f355587f5 Make cmd->cmd_line const. 2009-07-13 19:49:48 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
7ac8b7c340 Add system_dir parameter to create_toolcontext() and call it system_dir
everywhere for consistency.
2009-02-22 21:14:37 +00:00
Dave Wysochanski
0296197999 Create global is_static() to eliminate from the library init function.
Very simple / crude method of removing 'is_static' from initialization.
Why should we require an application tell us whether it is linked
statically or dynamically to libLVM?  If the application is linked
statically, but libraries exist and dlopen() calls succeed, why
do we care if it's statically linked?
2008-12-18 05:27:17 +00:00
Dave Wysochanski
c5c13fe776 Remove struct arg * from struct cmd_context and create_toolcontext().
This allows us to remove one argument from create_toolcontext() and
moves it closer to a generic library init function.

In the arg_*() functions, we just use _the_args() directly.
For now we leave the first parameter to these
arg_*() functions (struct cmd_context *) because
of the number of files involved in removing the
parameter.
2008-12-17 16:46:45 +00:00
Dave Wysochanski
d17a8e365d Make _init_rand() thread safe - use rand_r() instead of rand().
Use good entropy for seed value if possible.
2008-12-07 04:27:56 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
2c44337bd5 Right, a simple build (without options) is working again. 2008-11-03 22:14:30 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
cda354087f rename var 2008-09-19 07:12:45 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
8c5bcdabab Improve the way VGs with PVs missing are handled so manual intervention
is required in fewer circumstances.  (mornfall)
2008-09-19 06:42:00 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
225ad19114 Store sysfs location in struct cmd_context. 2008-09-19 03:42:37 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
6eb44b5091 Fix vgreduce to use vg_split_mdas to check sufficient mdas remain.
Add (empty) orphan VGs to lvmcache during initialisation.
Fix orphan VG name used for format_pool.
2008-04-08 12:49:21 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
bf7dea978e Add per-command flags to control which commands use the VG metadata cache. 2008-04-02 21:23:39 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
b4068515e8 Enhance the management of readahead settings. 2007-11-09 16:51:54 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
be6845999b Fix inconsistent licence notices: executables are GPLv2; libraries LGPLv2.1. 2007-08-20 20:55:30 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
f72de1dc1c Fix refresh_toolcontext() always to wipe persistent device filter cache.
Add is_long_lived to toolcontext.
2007-01-23 15:58:06 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
6711231a13 Move CMDLIB code into separate file and record whether static build. 2006-08-18 21:17:18 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
2293567c8c Fix lvcreate corelog validation.
Add --config for overriding most config file settings from cmdline.
  Quote arguments when printing command line.
  Remove linefeed from 'initialising logging' message.
  Add 'Completed' debug message.
  Don't attempt library exit after reloading config files.
  Always compile with libdevmapper, even if device-mapper is disabled.
2006-05-16 16:48:31 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
2262b32057 Use hash, bitset, malloc, pool from libdevmapper. 2005-10-16 23:03:59 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
7ac8c2389f Move archiver code from tools into library. 2005-05-17 13:46:38 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
1165258cda Alignment tidying. 2005-04-06 13:47:41 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
4922197a33 Begin to separate out segment types. 2004-05-04 21:25:57 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
25579907fc Support tagged config files. 2004-05-04 18:28:15 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
7d1552c9de Option for auto-fallback to LVM1 tools if running 2.4 without device-mapper. 2004-04-08 15:23:23 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
6606c3ae81 Update copyright notices. 2004-03-30 19:35:44 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
814643d8a2 rename config file vars & always use / as separator 2004-03-08 18:28:45 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
de17d760ba host tags 2004-03-08 18:13:22 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
a0313876e7 move hostname into global 2004-03-08 17:25:59 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
9019ed2e77 Add argv 2003-05-06 12:00:51 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
8ef2b021ed Default stripesize 64k & config file setting for it;
Clear many compiler warnings (i386) & associated bugs - hopefully without
introducing too many new bugs:-)  (Same exercise required for other archs.)
Default compilation has optimisation - or else use ./configure --enable-debug
2002-12-19 23:25:55 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
4c64ed4ced New column-based reporting tools: lvs, pvs & vgs. 2002-12-12 20:55:49 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
d1d9800ef1 Refactoring. 2002-11-18 14:01:16 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
25b733809a Merge with text format branch.
Lots of changes/very little testing so far => there'll be bugs!

Use 'vgcreate -M text' to create a volume group with its metadata stored
in text files.  Text format metadata changes should be reasonably atomic,
with a (basic) automatic recovery mechanism if the system crashes while a
change is in progress.

Add a metadata section to lvm.conf to specify multiple directories if
you want (recommended) to keep multiple copies of the metadata (eg on
different filesystems).

e.g. metadata {
        dirs = ["/etc/lvm/metadata1","/usr/local/lvm/metadata2"]
}

Plenty of refinements still in the pipeline.
2002-04-24 18:20:51 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
60274aba6e Preparation for an LVM2 liblvm - pass cmd_context into each tool and
link some globals that the tools need into that structure.
2002-02-11 20:50:53 +00:00