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Alasdair G Kergon
5face2010d tools: Use backgroundfork_ARG for pvscan -b
Change pvscan -b to use a new backgroundfork_ARG instead of
background_ARG so as not to affect pvmove -b and lvconvert -b.
2013-09-06 01:43:24 +01:00
Alasdair G Kergon
90a09559ed commandline: add prefix aliases for raid options
Accept --raidwritemostly as well as --writemostly etc.
2013-07-19 19:24:54 +01:00
Zdenek Kabelac
460d0254eb thin: add pool metadata spare lv support
Add support for pool's metadata spare volume.
2013-07-18 18:22:43 +02:00
Peter Rajnoha
7dc8c84b18 activation: add support for skipping activation of selected LVs
Also add -k/--setactivationskip y/n and -K/--ignoreactivationskip
options to lvcreate.

The --setactivationskip y sets the flag in metadata for an LV to
skip the LV during activation. Also, the newly created LV is not
activated.

Thin snapsots have this flag set automatically if not specified
directly by the --setactivationskip y/n option.

The --ignoreactivationskip overrides the activation skip flag set
in metadata for an LV (just for the run of the command - the flag
is not changed in metadata!)

A few examples for the lvcreate with the new options:

  (non-thin snap LV => skip flag not set in MDA + LV activated)
  raw/~ $ lvcreate -l1 vg
    Logical volume "lvol0" created
  raw/~ $ lvs -o lv_name,attr vg/lvol0
    LV    Attr
    lvol0 -wi-a----

  (non-thin snap LV + -ky => skip flag set in MDA + LV not activated)
  raw/~ $ lvcreate -l1 -ky vg
    Logical volume "lvol1" created
  raw/~ $ lvs -o lv_name,attr vg/lvol1
    LV    Attr
    lvol1 -wi------

  (non-thin snap LV + -ky + -K => skip flag set in MDA + LV activated)
  raw/~ $ lvcreate -l1 -ky -K vg
    Logical volume "lvol2" created
  raw/~ $ lvs -o lv_name,attr vg/lvol2
    LV    Attr
    lvol2 -wi-a----

  (thin snap LV => skip flag set in MDA (default behaviour) + LV not activated)
  raw/~ $ lvcreate -L100M -T vg/pool -V 1T -n thin_lv
    Logical volume "thin_lv" created
  raw/~ $ lvcreate -s vg/thin_lv -n thin_snap
    Logical volume "thin_snap" created
  raw/~ $ lvs -o name,attr vg
    LV        Attr
    pool      twi-a-tz-
    thin_lv   Vwi-a-tz-
    thin_snap Vwi---tz-

  (thin snap LV + -K => skip flag set in MDA (default behaviour) + LV activated)
  raw/~ $ lvcreate -s vg/thin_lv -n thin_snap -K
    Logical volume "thin_snap" created
  raw/~ $ lvs -o name,attr vg/thin_lv
    LV      Attr
    thin_lv Vwi-a-tz-

  (thins snap LV + -kn => no skip flag in MDA (default behaviour overridden) + LV activated)
  [0] raw/~ # lvcreate -s vg/thin_lv -n thin_snap -kn
    Logical volume "thin_snap" created
  [0] raw/~ # lvs -o name,attr vg/thin_snap
    LV        Attr
    thin_snap Vwi-a-tz-
2013-07-12 20:39:07 +02:00
Peter Rajnoha
5ed7d0cf1d dumpconfig: add --mergedconfig option
Normally, the lvm dumpconfig processes only the configuration tree
that is at the top of the cascade. Considering the cascade is:

  CONFIG_STRING -> CONFIG_PROFILE -> CONFIG_MERGED_FILES/CONFIG_FILE

...then:

  (dumpconfig of lvm.conf only)
  raw/~ $ lvm dumpconfig allocation
  allocation {
	  maximise_cling=1
	  mirror_logs_require_separate_pvs=0
	  thin_pool_metadata_require_separate_pvs=0
	  thin_pool_chunk_size=64
  }

  (dumpconfig of selected profile configuration only)
  raw/~ $ lvm dumpconfig --profile test allocation
  allocation {
	  thin_pool_chunk_size=8
	  thin_pool_discards="passdown"
	  thin_pool_zero=1
  }

  (dumpconfig of given --config configuration only)
  raw/~ $ lvm dumpconfig --config 'allocation{thin_pool_chunk_size=16}' allocation
  allocation {
	  thin_pool_chunk_size=16
  }

The --mergedconfig option causes the configuration cascade to be
merged before processing it with dumpconfig:

  (dumpconfig of merged selected profile and lvm.conf)
  raw/~ $ lvm dumpconfig --profile test allocation --mergedconfig
  allocation {
	  maximise_cling=1
	  thin_pool_zero=1
	  thin_pool_discards="passdown"
	  mirror_logs_require_separate_pvs=0
	  thin_pool_metadata_require_separate_pvs=0
	  thin_pool_chunk_size=8
  }

  (dumpconfig merged given --config and selected profile and lvm.conf)
  raw/~ $ lvm dumpconfig --profile test --config 'allocation{thin_pool_chunk_size=16}' allocation --mergedconfig
  allocation {
	  maximise_cling=1
	  thin_pool_zero=1
	  thin_pool_discards="passdown"
	  mirror_logs_require_separate_pvs=0
	  thin_pool_metadata_require_separate_pvs=0
	  thin_pool_chunk_size=16
  }

Hence with the --mergedconfig, we are able to see the
configuration that is actually used when processing any
LVM command while using any combination of --config/--profile
options together with lvm.conf file.
2013-07-08 16:05:56 +02:00
Peter Rajnoha
0cd4794735 tools: add support for changing configuration profile for existing volumes (vgchange/lvchange)
The command to change the profile for existing VG/LV:
	"vgchange/lvchange --profile <profile_name>"

The command to detach any existing profile from VG/LV:
	"vgchange/lvchange --detachprofile"
2013-07-02 15:22:10 +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
Jonathan Brassow
562c678ee2 DM RAID: Add ability to throttle sync operations for RAID LVs.
This patch adds the ability to set the minimum and maximum I/O rate for
sync operations in RAID LVs.  The options are available for 'lvcreate' and
'lvchange' and are as follows:
  --minrecoveryrate <Rate> [bBsSkKmMgG]
  --maxrecoveryrate <Rate> [bBsSkKmMgG]
The rate is specified in size/sec/device.  If a suffix is not given,
kiB/sec/device is assumed.  Setting the rate to 0 removes the preference.
2013-05-31 11:25:52 -05:00
Peter Rajnoha
732859d21f refactor: rename embedding area -> bootloader area 2013-05-28 12:37:22 +02:00
Jonathan Brassow
2e0740f7ef RAID: Add writemostly/writebehind support for RAID1
'lvchange' is used to alter a RAID 1 logical volume's write-mostly and
write-behind characteristics.  The '--writemostly' parameter takes a
PV as an argument with an optional trailing character to specify whether
to set ('y'), unset ('n'), or toggle ('t') the value.  If no trailing
character is given, it will set the flag.
Synopsis:
        lvchange [--writemostly <PV>:{t|y|n}] [--writebehind <count>] vg/lv
Example:
        lvchange --writemostly /dev/sdb1:y --writebehind 512 vg/raid1_lv

The last character in the 'lv_attr' field is used to show whether a device
has the WriteMostly flag set.  It is signified with a 'w'.  If the device
has failed, the 'p'artial flag has priority.

Example ("nosync" raid1 with mismatch_cnt and writemostly):
[~]# lvs -a --segment vg
  LV                VG   Attr      #Str Type   SSize
  raid1             vg   Rwi---r-m    2 raid1  500.00m
  [raid1_rimage_0]  vg   Iwi---r--    1 linear 500.00m
  [raid1_rimage_1]  vg   Iwi---r-w    1 linear 500.00m
  [raid1_rmeta_0]   vg   ewi---r--    1 linear   4.00m
  [raid1_rmeta_1]   vg   ewi---r--    1 linear   4.00m

Example (raid1 with mismatch_cnt, writemostly - but failed drive):
[~]# lvs -a --segment vg
  LV                VG   Attr      #Str Type   SSize
  raid1             vg   rwi---r-p    2 raid1  500.00m
  [raid1_rimage_0]  vg   Iwi---r--    1 linear 500.00m
  [raid1_rimage_1]  vg   Iwi---r-p    1 linear 500.00m
  [raid1_rmeta_0]   vg   ewi---r--    1 linear   4.00m
  [raid1_rmeta_1]   vg   ewi---r-p    1 linear   4.00m

A new reportable field has been added for writebehind as well.  If
write-behind has not been set or the LV is not RAID1, the field will
be blank.
Example (writebehind is set):
[~]# lvs -a -o name,attr,writebehind vg
  LV            Attr      WBehind
  lv            rwi-a-r--     512
  [lv_rimage_0] iwi-aor-w
  [lv_rimage_1] iwi-aor--
  [lv_rmeta_0]  ewi-aor--
  [lv_rmeta_1]  ewi-aor--

Example (writebehind is not set):
[~]# lvs -a -o name,attr,writebehind vg
  LV            Attr      WBehind
  lv            rwi-a-r--
  [lv_rimage_0] iwi-aor-w
  [lv_rimage_1] iwi-aor--
  [lv_rmeta_0]  ewi-aor--
  [lv_rmeta_1]  ewi-aor--
2013-04-15 13:59:46 -05:00
Jonathan Brassow
ff64e3500f RAID: Add scrubbing support for RAID LVs
New options to 'lvchange' allow users to scrub their RAID LVs.
Synopsis:
	lvchange --syncaction {check|repair} vg/raid_lv

RAID scrubbing is the process of reading all the data and parity blocks in
an array and checking to see whether they are coherent.  'lvchange' can
now initaite the two scrubbing operations: "check" and "repair".  "check"
will go over the array and recored the number of discrepancies but not
repair them.  "repair" will correct the discrepancies as it finds them.

'lvchange --syncaction repair vg/raid_lv' is not to be confused with
'lvconvert --repair vg/raid_lv'.  The former initiates a background
synchronization operation on the array, while the latter is designed to
repair/replace failed devices in a mirror or RAID logical volume.

Additional reporting has been added for 'lvs' to support the new
operations.  Two new printable fields (which are not printed by
default) have been added: "syncaction" and "mismatches".  These
can be accessed using the '-o' option to 'lvs', like:
	lvs -o +syncaction,mismatches vg/lv
"syncaction" will print the current synchronization operation that the
RAID volume is performing.  It can be one of the following:
        - idle:   All sync operations complete (doing nothing)
        - resync: Initializing an array or recovering after a machine failure
        - recover: Replacing a device in the array
        - check: Looking for array inconsistencies
        - repair: Looking for and repairing inconsistencies
The "mismatches" field with print the number of descrepancies found during
a check or repair operation.

The 'Cpy%Sync' field already available to 'lvs' will print the progress
of any of the above syncactions, including check and repair.

Finally, the lv_attr field has changed to accomadate the scrubbing operations
as well.  The role of the 'p'artial character in the lv_attr report field
as expanded.  "Partial" is really an indicator for the health of a
logical volume and it makes sense to extend this include other health
indicators as well, specifically:
        'm'ismatches:  Indicates that there are discrepancies in a RAID
                       LV.  This character is shown after a scrubbing
                       operation has detected that portions of the RAID
                       are not coherent.
        'r'efresh   :  Indicates that a device in a RAID array has suffered
                       a failure and the kernel regards it as failed -
                       even though LVM can read the device label and
                       considers the device to be ok.  The LV should be
                       'r'efreshed to notify the kernel that the device is
                       now available, or the device should be 'r'eplaced
                       if it is suspected of failing.
2013-04-11 15:33:59 -05:00
Peter Rajnoha
7d6991e900 dumpconfig: add --ignoreadvanced and --ignoreunsupported switch
lvm dumpconfig [--ignoreadvanced] [--ignoreunsupported]

--ignoreadvanced causes the advanced configuration options to be left
out on dumpconfig output

--ignoreunsupported causes the options that are not officially supported
to be lef out on dumpconfig output
2013-03-06 10:46:36 +01:00
Peter Rajnoha
088d88cfe2 dumpconfig: add --withcomments and --withversions switch
lvm dumpconfig [--withcomments] [--withversions]

The --withcomments causes the comments to appear on output before each
config node (if they were defined in config_settings.h).

The --withversions causes a one line extra comment to appear on output
before each config node with the version information in which the
configuration setting first appeared.
2013-03-06 10:46:36 +01:00
Peter Rajnoha
34350963d1 dumpconfig: add --type, --atversion and --validate arg
lvm dumpconfig [--type {current|default|missing|new}] [--atversion] [--validate]

This patch adds above-mentioned args to lvm dumpconfig and it maps them
to creation and writing out a configuration tree of a specific type
(see also previous commit):

  - current maps to CFG_TYPE_CURRENT
  - default maps to CFG_TYPE_DEFAULT
  - missing maps to CFG_TYPE_MISSING
  - new maps to CFG_TYPE_NEW

If --type is not defined, dumpconfig defaults to "--type current"
which is the original behaviour of dumpconfig before all these changes.

The --validate option just validates current configuration tree
(lvm.conf/--config) and it writes a simple status message:

  "LVM configuration valid" or "LVM configuration invalid"
2013-03-06 10:46:36 +01:00
Peter Rajnoha
86f65a3f2b tools: add embeddingareasize arg to pvcreate and vgconvert
To create an Embedding Area during PV creation (pvcreate or as part of
the vgconvert operation), we need to define the Embedding Area size.
The Embedding Area start will be calculated automatically by the tools.

This patch adds --embeddingareasize argument to pvcreate and vgconvert.
2013-02-26 14:46:41 +01:00
Zdenek Kabelac
b73de73151 thin: lvconvert support for external origin
Add basic support for converting LV into an external origin volume.

Syntax:

lvconvert --thinpool vg/pool  --originname renamed_origin -T origin

It will convert volume  'origin' into a thin volume, which will
use 'renamed_origin' as an external read-only origin.
All read/write into origin will go via 'pool'.

renamed_origin volume is read-only volume, that could be activated
only in read-only mode, and cannot be modified.
2013-02-23 10:38:20 +01:00
Zdenek Kabelac
09b7ceea95 thin: allow restore with --force
Allow restoring metadata with thin pool volumes.
No validation is done for this case within vgcfgrestore tool -
thus incorrect metadata may lead to destruction of pool content.
2012-11-27 14:08:24 +01:00
Zdenek Kabelac
a27650cc98 thin: lvconvert
Update code for lvconvert.
Change the lvconvert user interface a bit - now we require 2 specifiers
--thinpool   takes LV name for data device (and makes the name)
--poolmetadata  takes LV name for metadata device.

Fix type in thin help text -z -> -Z.

Supported is also new flag --discards for thinpools.
2012-10-03 15:13:33 +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 G Kergon
701b4a8363 thin: use discards as plural rather than singular
Global change from --discard to --discards, as that feels more natural.
2012-08-07 21:24:41 +01:00
Peter Rajnoha
6e55201144 args: increase major:minor limit to 4095:1048575
Remove the limit for major and minor number arguments used while specifying
persistent numbers via -My --major <major> --minor <minor> option which
was set to 255 before. Follow the kernel limit instead which is 12 bits
for major and 20 bits for minor number (kernel >= 2.6 and LVM formats
that does not have FMT_RESTRICTED_LVIDS - so still keep the old limit
of 255 for lvm1 format).
2012-08-06 18:01:01 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
ebbf7d8e68 thin: add discard support for thin pool
Add arg support for discard.
Add discard ignore, nopassdown, passdown (=default) support.
Flags could be set per pool.

lvcreate [--discard {ignore|no_passdown|passdown}]  vg/thinlv
2012-07-18 14:36:57 +02:00
Peter Rajnoha
2729720fd3 args: add --activate synonym for --available arg
We're refererring to 'activation' all over the code and we're talking
about 'LVs being activated' all the time so let's use 'activation/activate'
everywhere for clarity and consistency (still providing the old
'available' keyword as a synonym for backward compatibility with
existing environments).
2012-06-28 09:42:44 -04:00
Alasdair Kergon
b343d75a5a Switch pvscan --cache major:minor to --major --minor. 2012-03-06 02:30:49 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
d742cdf327 Change pvscan --lvmetad to pvscan --cache. 2012-03-02 18:09:46 +00:00
Petr Rockai
dae0822698 The lvmetad client-side integration. Only active when use_lvmetad = 1 is set in
lvm.conf *and* lvmetad is running.
2012-02-23 13:11:07 +00:00
Jonathan Earl Brassow
0c506d9a40 Support the ability to replace specific devices in a RAID array.
RAID is not like traditional LVM mirroring.  LVM mirroring required failed
devices to be removed or the logical volume would simply hang.  RAID arrays can
keep on running with failed devices.  In fact, for RAID types other than RAID1,
removing a device would mean substituting an error target or converting to a
lower level RAID (e.g. RAID6 -> RAID5, or RAID4/5 to RAID0).  Therefore, rather
than removing a failed device unconditionally and potentially allocating a
replacement, RAID allows the user to "replace" a device with a new one.  This
approach is a 1-step solution vs the current 2-step solution.

example> lvconvert --replace <dev_to_remove> vg/lv [possible_replacement_PVs]

'--replace' can be specified more than once.

example> lvconvert --replace /dev/sdb1 --replace /dev/sdc1 vg/lv
2011-11-30 02:02:10 +00:00
Zdenek Kabelac
b8cac455bd Thin supports poolmetadatasize setting
Add option to set pool metadatasize.
For passing size parameter reuse region_size.
2011-11-04 22:43:10 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
9ac61d2ba2 lvcreate parsing for thin provisioning.
The rest is incomplete so this isn't usable yet.
2011-09-06 00:26:42 +00:00
Jonathan Earl Brassow
6d04311efa Add the ability to split an image from the mirror and track changes.
~> lvconvert --splitmirrors 1 --trackchanges vg/lv
The '--trackchanges' option allows a user the ability to use an image of
a RAID1 array for the purposes of temporary read-only access.  The image
can be merged back into the array at a later time and only the blocks that
have changed in the array since the split will be resync'ed.  This
operation can be thought of as a partial split.  The image is never completely
extracted from the array, in that the array reserves the position the device
occupied and tracks the differences between the array and the split image via
a bitmap.  The image itself is rendered read-only and the name (<LV>_rimage_*)
cannot be changed.  The user can complete the split (permanently splitting the
image from the array) by re-issuing the 'lvconvert' command without the
'--trackchanges' argument and specifying the '--name' argument.
	~> lvconvert --splitmirrors 1 --name my_split vg/lv
Merging the tracked image back into the array is done with the '--merge'
option (included in a follow-on patch).
	~> lvconvert --merge vg/lv_rimage_<n>

The internal mechanics of this are relatively simple.  The 'raid' device-
mapper target allows for the specification of an empty slot in an array
via '- -'.  This is what will be used if a partial activation of an array
is ever required.  (It would also be possible to use 'error' targets in
place of the '- -'.)  If a RAID image is found to be both read-only and
visible, then it is considered separate from the array and '- -' is used
to hold it's position in the array.  So, all that needs to be done to
temporarily split an image from the array /and/ cause the kernel target's
bitmap to track (aka "mark") changes made is to make the specified image
visible and read-only.  To merge the device back into the array, the image
needs to be returned to the read/write state of the top-level LV and made
invisible.
2011-08-18 19:38:26 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
f1c2a5af58 Add -V as short form of --virtualsize in lvcreate. 2011-08-17 15:15:36 +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
Petr Rockai
49908a9a33 Implement vgextend --restoremissing (BZ 537913), which makes it possible to
re-add a physical volume that has gone missing previously, due to a transient
device failure, without re-initialising it.

Signed-off-by: Petr Rockai <prockai@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Alasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2010-10-13 10:34:31 +00:00
Mike Snitzer
dff224669d Require --restorefile when using pvcreate --uuid.
Introduce --norestorefile to allow user to override the new requirement.

This can also be overridden with "devices/require_restorefile_with_uuid"
in lvm.conf -- however the default is 1.

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
2010-08-12 04:08:59 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
77d308ef77 Fix --[vg]metadatacopies arg processing 2010-06-30 20:21:03 +00:00
Dave Wysochanski
a9d8bf269a Allow 'all' and 'unmanaged' values for --vgmetadatacopies.
Allowing an 'all' and 'unmanaged' value is more intuitive, and
provides a simple way for users to get back to original LVM behavior
of metadata written to all PVs in the volume group.

If the user requests "--vgmetadatacopies unmanaged", this instructs
LVM not to manage the ignore bits to achieve a specific number of
metadata copies in the volume group.  The user is free to use
"pvchange --metadataignore" to control the mdas on a per-PV basis.
If the user requests "--vgmetadatacopies all", this instructs LVM
to do 2 things: 1) clear all ignore bits, and 2) set the "unmanaged"
policy going forward.

Internally, we use the special MAX_UINT32 value to indicate 'all'.
This 'just' works since it's the largest value possible for the
field and so all 'ignore' bits on all mdas in the VG will get
cleared inside _vg_metadata_balance().  However, after we've
called the _vg_metadata_balance function, we check for the special
'all' value, and if set, we write the "unmanaged" value into the
metadata.  As such, the 'all' value is never written to disk.

Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
2010-06-28 20:40:01 +00:00
Dave Wysochanski
1779cc34d1 Update vgchange tool to accept --vgmetadatacopies.
Update logic in vgchange to handle --vgmetadatacopies, allow
--metadatacopies as a synonym to --vgmetadatacopies,
and add these parameters to args.h and commands.h
Forbit both --vgmetadatacopies and --metadatacopies as only
one allowed.

Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
2010-06-28 20:37:37 +00:00
Dave Wysochanski
88fc1b143e Add --metadataignore to pvchange, allowing for ignoring of metadata areas.
This patch just modifies pvchange to call the underlying ignore
functions for mdas.  Ensure special cases do not reflect changes
in metadata (PVs with 0 mdas, setting ignored when already ignored,
clearing ignored when not ignored).

Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
2010-06-28 20:33:58 +00:00
Peter Rajnoha
d50c6d4bf5 Add new --sysinit option for vgchange and lvchange.
A shortcut for --ignorelockingfailure, --ignoremonitoring, --poll n options
and LVM_SUPPRESS_LOCKING_FAILURE_MESSAGES environment variable used all at
once in initialisation scripts (e.g. rc.sysinit or initrd).
2010-05-06 11:15:55 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
68176be18e Add --stripes to lvconvert too. 2010-04-13 01:54:32 +00:00
Mike Snitzer
154b64d7a5 Add --merge support to lvconvert to start merging a snapshot into its
origin, example usage:  lvconvert --merge vg/snaplv
2010-01-13 01:45:15 +00:00
Jonathan Earl Brassow
72e0743621 This patch adds the capability to split off a mirror legs.
It is pretty much the same as reducing the number of
mirror legs, but we just don't delete them afterwards.

The following command line interface is enforced:
  prompt> lvconvert --splitmirror <n> -n <name> <VG>/<LV>
where 'n' is the number of images to split off, and
where 'name' is the name of the newly split off logical volume.

If more than one leg is split off, a new mirror will be the
result.  The newly split off mirror will have a 'core' log.
Example:
[root@bp-01 LVM2]# !lvs
lvs -a -o name,copy_percent,devices
  LV            Copy%  Devices
  lv            100.00 lv_mimage_0(0),lv_mimage_1(0),lv_mimage_2(0),lv_mimage_3(0)
  [lv_mimage_0]        /dev/sdb1(0)
  [lv_mimage_1]        /dev/sdc1(0)
  [lv_mimage_2]        /dev/sdd1(0)
  [lv_mimage_3]        /dev/sde1(0)
  [lv_mlog]            /dev/sdi1(0)
[root@bp-01 LVM2]# lvconvert --splitmirrors 2 --name split vg/lv /dev/sd[ce]1
  Logical volume lv converted.
[root@bp-01 LVM2]# !lvs
lvs -a -o name,copy_percent,devices
  LV               Copy%  Devices
  lv               100.00 lv_mimage_0(0),lv_mimage_2(0)
  [lv_mimage_0]           /dev/sdb1(0)
  [lv_mimage_2]           /dev/sdd1(0)
  [lv_mlog]               /dev/sdi1(0)
  split            100.00 split_mimage_0(0),split_mimage_1(0)
  [split_mimage_0]        /dev/sde1(0)
  [split_mimage_1]        /dev/sdc1(0)

It can be seen that '--splitmirror <n>' is exactly the same
as '--mirrors -<n>' (note the minus sign), except there is the
additional notion to keep the image being detached from the
mirror instead of just throwing it away.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow <jbrassow@redhat.com>
2010-01-08 22:00:31 +00:00
Mike Snitzer
7a8fa6aaab Add a [--poll {y|n}] flag to vgchange and lvchange to control whether
the background polldaemon is allowed to start.  It can be used
standalone or in conjunction with --refresh or --available y.

Control over when the background polldaemon starts will be particularly
important for snapshot-merge of a root filesystem.

Dracut will be updated to activate all LVs with: --poll n

The lvm2-monitor initscript will start polling with: --poll y

NOTE: Because we currently have no way of knowing if a background
polldaemon is active for a given LV the following limitations exist and
have been deemed acceptable:
1) it is not possible to stop an active polldaemon; so the lvm2-monitor
   initscript doesn't stop running polldaemon(s)
2) redundant polldaemon instances will be started for all specified LVs
   if vgchange or lvchange are repeatedly used with '--poll y'

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
2010-01-05 20:56:51 +00:00
Dave Wysochanski
7c638cc236 Document --all option in man pages, cleanup {pv|vg|lv}{s|display} man pages.
Option --all is only partially documented currently, so document in all
commands.  Also make {pv|vg|lv}{display|s} man pages consistent with help
output.  Remove ununsed 'disk_ARG' parameter.  Leave --trustcache out of
the man page output.  Update --units argument to show all possible units.
2009-10-26 14:37:09 +00:00
Dave Wysochanski
0ddb66efba Add --pvmetadatacopies as a synonym for --metadatacopies in various commands.
Going forward, we would like to allow users to specify the total
number of metadatacopies in a VG rather than on a per-PV basis.  In
order to facilitate that, introduce --pvmetadatacopes to replace
--metadatacopies everywhere.  We still allow --metadatacopies for
pv commands, but require --pvmetadatacopies for vg commands.
Eventually we will introduce --vgmetadatacopies.  Once we do that,
we should either deprecate --metadatacopies or make it a synonym based
on the command (pvmetadatacopies for pv commands, and vgmetadatacopies
for vg commands).  The latter option would likely just require a simple
'strncpy' check against cmd->command->name to qualify the merge_synonym
call.

Update nightly tests to cover the pvmetadatacopies synonym.

Note that this patch is the result of an eariler review comment for
the implicit pvcreate patches.  Should apply cleanly on top of the
implicit pvcreate patches (I applied after patch 10/10 in that series).

NOTE: This patch will require --pvmetadatacopies for vgconvert as
--metadatacopies is no longer accepted.
2009-10-05 20:55:56 +00:00
Peter Rajnoha
49886d0982 Add --noudevsync option for relevant LVM tools. 2009-08-04 15:53:04 +00:00
Mike Snitzer
04b2a4bdcf Add --dataalignmentoffset to pvcreate to shift start of aligned data area
Adds pe_align_offset to 'struct physical_volume'; is initialized with
set_pe_align_offset().  After pe_start is established pe_align_offset is
added to it.

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
2009-07-30 17:45:28 +00:00
Milan Broz
c26488d348 Use lvconvert --repair instead of vgreduce in mirror dmeventd DSO (mornfall)
Introduce lvconvert --use_policies (mornfall)
2009-06-04 12:01:15 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
154753db8b Make --snapshot optional with lvcreate --virtualsize.
Generalise --virtualoriginsize to --virtualsize.
2009-05-27 16:30:29 +00:00
Alasdair Kergon
87f42fda5e Add sparse devices: lvcreate -s --virtualoriginsize (hidden zero origin).
Add lvs origin_size field.
Fix linux configure --enable-debug to exclude -O2.

Still a few rough edges, but hopefully usable now:
  lvcreate -s vg1 -L 100M --virtualoriginsize 1T
2009-04-25 01:17:59 +00:00