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Zdenek Kabelac
eadcea2dae thin: repaired LV uses _meta%d
Don't leave 'regular' LV with reserved suffix for a user.
After succefull repair use 'normal' (non-reserved) LV name
for backup of original metadata.
2014-06-30 12:15:13 +02:00
Peter Rajnoha
b41aa985d7 man: do not mention '(i)nherited' for alloc policy in vg_attr field
VG has nothing to inherit from...
2014-06-26 15:15:10 +02:00
Alasdair G Kergon
867b92b031 man: More /dev/vg and /dev/mapper documentation. 2014-06-23 14:01:31 +01:00
David Teigland
e96a4856e6 man: lvmthin
Clean up inconsistencies in the last change.
Improve some bad formatting.
2014-06-18 14:30:57 -05:00
Peter Rajnoha
fc6e2a703b man: add man page entry for dmsetup info -c -S/--select + minor cleanups 2014-06-18 13:48:27 +02:00
Jonathan Brassow
5ebff6cc9f pvmove: Enable all-or-nothing (atomic) pvmoves
pvmove can be used to move single LVs by name or multiple LVs that
lie within the specified PV range (e.g. /dev/sdb1:0-1000).  When
moving more than one LV, the portions of those LVs that are in the
range to be moved are added to a new temporary pvmove LV.  The LVs
then point to the range in the pvmove LV, rather than the PV
range.

Example 1:
	We have two LVs in this example.  After they were
	created, the first LV was grown, yeilding two segments
	in LV1.  So, there are two LVs with a total of three
	segments.

	Before pvmove:
	      ---------  ---------   ---------
	      | LV1s0 |  | LV2s0 |   | LV1s1 |
	      ---------  ---------   ---------
	         |           |           |
	   -------------------------------------
	PV | 000 - 255 | 256 - 511 | 512 - 767 |
	   -------------------------------------

	After pvmove inserts the temporary pvmove LV:
	          ---------   ---------   ---------
	          | LV1s0 |   | LV2s0 |   | LV1s1 |
	          ---------   ---------   ---------
	              |           |           |
	        -------------------------------------
	pvmove0 |   seg 0   |   seg 1   |   seg 2   |
	        -------------------------------------
	              |           |           |
	        -------------------------------------
	PV      | 000 - 255 | 256 - 511 | 512 - 767 |
	        -------------------------------------

	Each of the affected LV segments now point to a
	range of blocks in the pvmove LV, which purposefully
	corresponds to the segments moved from the original
	LVs into the temporary pvmove LV.

The current implementation goes on from here to mirror the temporary
pvmove LV by segment.  Further, as the pvmove LV is activated, only
one of its segments is actually mirrored (i.e. "moving") at a time.
The rest are either complete or not addressed yet.  If the pvmove
is aborted, those segments that are completed will remain on the
destination and those that are not yet addressed or in the process
of moving will stay on the source PV.  Thus, it is possible to have
a partially completed move - some LVs (or certain segments of LVs)
on the source PV and some on the destination.

Example 2:
	What 'example 1' might look if it was half-way
	through the move.
	             ---------   ---------   ---------
	             | LV1s0 |   | LV2s0 |   | LV1s1 |
	             ---------   ---------   ---------
	                 |           |           |
	           -------------------------------------
	pvmove0    |   seg 0   |   seg 1   |   seg 2   |
	           -------------------------------------
	                 |           |           |
	                 |     -------------------------
	source PV        |     | 256 - 511 | 512 - 767 |
	                 |     -------------------------
	                 |           ||
	           -------------------------
	dest PV    | 000 - 255 | 256 - 511 |
	           -------------------------

This update allows the user to specify that they would like the
pvmove mirror created "by LV" rather than "by segment".  That is,
the pvmove LV becomes an image in an encapsulating mirror along
with the allocated copy image.

Example 3:
	A pvmove that is performed "by LV" rather than "by segment".

	                   ---------   ---------
	                   | LV1s0 |   | LV2s0 |
	                   ---------   ---------
	                       |           |
	                 -------------------------
	        pvmove0  |  * LV-level mirror *  |
	                 -------------------------
                             /                \
	   pvmove_mimage0   /          pvmove_mimage1
	   -------------------------   -------------------------
	   |   seg 0   |   seg 1   |   |   seg 0   |   seg 1   |
	   -------------------------   -------------------------
	        |            |               |           |
	   -------------------------   -------------------------
	   | 000 - 255 | 256 - 511 |   | 000 - 255 | 256 - 511 |
	   -------------------------   -------------------------
	           source PV                    dest PV

The thing that differentiates a pvmove done in this way and a simple
"up-convert" from linear to mirror is the preservation of the
distinct segments.  A normal up-convert would simply allocate the
necessary space with no regard for segment boundaries.  The pvmove
operation must preserve the segments because they are the critical
boundary between the segments of the LVs being moved.  So, when the
pvmove copy image is allocated, all corresponding segments must be
allocated.  The code that merges ajoining segments that are part of
the same LV when the metadata is written must also be avoided in
this case.  This method of mirroring is unique enough to warrant its
own definitional macro, MIRROR_BY_SEGMENTED_LV.  This joins the two
existing macros: MIRROR_BY_SEG (for original pvmove) and MIRROR_BY_LV
(for user created mirrors).

The advantages of performing pvmove in this way is that all of the
LVs affected can be moved together.  It is an all-or-nothing approach
that leaves all LV segments on the source PV if the move is aborted.
Additionally, a mirror log can be used (in the future) to provide tracking
of progress; allowing the copy to continue where it left off in the event
there is a deactivation.
2014-06-17 22:59:36 -05:00
Peter Rajnoha
94316dfe9d report: select: add man pages for report selection feature 2014-06-17 16:27:21 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
494db11004 snapshot: %ORIGIN is relative to data size
Let's use the size of origin as the real base for percenta calculation,
and 'silenly' add needed metadata space for snapshot.

So now command   'lvcreate -s -l100%ORIGIN vg/lv' should always create a
snapshot to handle full device overwrite.
2014-06-17 13:41:01 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
cd6d6fc24e snapshot: report proper error message
Expresing -lXX%LV is not valid for snapshot, but error message for
snapshost case was not complete and missed %ORIGIN.
Also document correct settings for in manpage properly where
it missed %PVS.
2014-06-17 13:36:33 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
f845afe7cf man: dmsetup manglename
More updates to manglename option.
Add reference to LVM2 resource page, since for a long time,
this is the right places for sources for libdevmapper....
2014-06-11 11:11:10 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
4db71422a2 man: kiB uppercase 2014-06-11 11:10:56 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
d13efac51b man: update lvmthin
Improve graphics form of page and use shorter correct and suggested
forms of thin pool manipulation commands.
2014-06-11 11:10:55 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
e156837636 man: more compliant 2014-06-11 11:10:55 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
0896987633 man: properly escape -
Dash should be using '\' to be typographically correct.
2014-06-11 11:10:55 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
4956091027 man: use bullets 2014-06-11 11:10:55 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
d2b60c6e35 man: advertise lvmcache, lvmthin
Add references to new man pages so they get known.
2014-06-11 11:10:54 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
93c2614e56 man: document DM_DEFAULT_NAME_MANGLING_MODE
Document DM_DEFAULT_NAME_MANGLING_MODE environmental variable.
(its default setting is build time configurable)
2014-06-05 17:47:21 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
965592340d man: cleanup dmsetup
Add few bold texts.
2014-05-26 22:57:20 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
3cb2658fb7 dmsetup: add warning
Warn when --udevcookie/DM_UDEV_COOKIE is used with 'dmsetup remove --force'.

When command is doing multiple ioctl operations on a single device,
it may invoke udev activity, that is colliding with further ioctl commands.
The result of such operation becomes unpredictable.
Use of --retry could partially help...
2014-05-26 22:56:30 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
496953fb39 cleanup: use y/n instead of y|n
Use same for of yes no query everywhere.
2014-05-22 12:01:43 +02:00
Peter Rajnoha
092659644a man: missing space between option name and value name 2014-05-21 15:51:28 +02:00
Peter Rajnoha
e78092fa3a man: more man page updates for --commandprofile and --metadataprofile split 2014-05-21 14:53:56 +02:00
Peter Rajnoha
b7431f69ed man: update lvm.conf man page for latest changes 2014-05-21 13:25:09 +02:00
Peter Rajnoha
97c91b020e man: update dumpconfig man page for latest changes 2014-05-21 11:01:19 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
1ddc68ccd7 man: call installers only when there are set vars.
When MAN7, MAN8CLUSTER or MAN8SYSTEMD_GENERATORS would be empty,
don't call respective INSTALL tools.
On older systems they even generate error causing abort
of makefile target.
2014-05-21 10:52:33 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
65b3fe9b05 man: cleanup style 2014-05-20 21:50:28 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
477351fc4d man: lvmcache
separate man page for lvm cache
2014-05-18 20:09:47 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
b73a786755 man: lvmcache
Migrate cache description into  man(7) entry
(like lvmthin).
2014-05-15 12:13:24 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
11bedf1baf display: print skipped prompt
Since decisions in the silent mode may not be always obvious,
print skipped prompt with answer 'n'.

Also document  '-qq' behaviour (single -q only shuts
logging, while -qq sets silent mode).
2014-05-15 12:11:35 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
309201a53b man:misc updates 2014-05-15 12:08:35 +02:00
David Teigland
42d7409da2 man: lvmthin cover snapshot merge and xfs
also fix a couple inconsistent example values.
2014-05-14 15:15:35 -05:00
David Teigland
044b796800 man: more lvmthin discard references
and some fixes from Tom.
2014-05-14 15:15:35 -05:00
Alasdair G Kergon
422b3b0fb5 man: Fix man7 dir dependency.
https://bugs.gentoo.org/510202
2014-05-13 11:18:13 +01:00
Peter Rajnoha
2b09def606 man: minor fixes in lvmetad man page
- better add reference to lvm dumpconfig --type default
   than stating that lvmetad is not enabled by default
 - substitute #DEFAULT_PID_DIR# with concrete value
2014-04-23 14:34:42 +02:00
Alasdair G Kergon
b5f8f452ac tools: Add --readonly support.
Offer lock-free access to display virtual machine or clustered VG metadata
while it might be in use.
2014-04-18 02:46:34 +01:00
Alasdair G Kergon
177ece01a9 reports: Use X for unknown LV attr when no dm.
It's safer not to tell people an LV is inactive when we aren't sure.
2014-04-18 02:23:39 +01:00
Peter Rajnoha
a6763c64a7 lvmdump: add -s to gather system info and context (currently systemd-related only)
This is sort of info we always ask people to retrieve when
inspecting problems in systemd environment so let's have this
as part of lvmdump directly.

The -s option does not need to be bound to systemd only. We could
add support for initscripts or any other system-wide/service tracking
info that can help us with debugging problems.
2014-04-15 15:27:30 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
db4cf30106 man: cleanup new params
Correcting cachemode args
2014-04-08 11:00:14 +02:00
David Teigland
2fd5c67f32 man: lvmthin clean up lvm.conf references 2014-04-04 09:51:56 -05:00
Alasdair G Kergon
6d2a26f6b6 man: Add lvmthin(7). 2014-04-04 01:14:25 +01:00
David Teigland
f242c0611d man: lvmthin pool space exhaustion
Initial description and instructions for
data/metadata space exhaustion.
2014-04-03 16:20:15 -05:00
David Teigland
7b11b1b4b5 man: add lvmthin man page 2014-04-01 16:04:08 -05:00
Peter Rajnoha
13009adbf2 man: add a note about --profile when using dumpconfig --mergedconfig 2014-04-01 11:19:38 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
31d68b7124 man: sort options
Sort order for -C|--columns as with other options,
and use short capital name as the first (as with other options).
Also drop multiple reference for pvs/lvs/vgs, since now
the text for -C is really close to referrence of lvm anyway.
2014-03-30 23:43:31 +02:00
Peter Rajnoha
6d314466f3 man: better formatting for lvm dumpconfig man page 2014-03-27 14:18:41 +01:00
Peter Rajnoha
801d43445d man: add man page for lvm dumpconfig 2014-03-27 14:03:28 +01:00
Zdenek Kabelac
dae455f806 man: colorization fixes
Fix style
2014-03-26 14:11:37 +01:00
Zdenek Kabelac
bda0fe95ad man: add repair info for thin pools
Document lvconvert --repair for thin pools.
2014-03-26 14:11:36 +01:00
Thomas Fehr
5b69bfb6f8 pvdisplay: fix man to refer to sectors, not KB
The PV size is displayed in sectors, not kilobytes
for 'pvdisplay -c'

Signed-off-by: Thomas Fehr <fehr@suse.de>
Acked-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
2014-03-19 00:49:32 +01:00
Peter Rajnoha
64086c3bd8 doc: cleanup/extend some man pages/conf comments
man/lvm2-activation-generator.8:
  Generator Specification -> Generators Specification
  (this is the exact word in the systemd man page)

conf/example.conf.in:
  cleanup recent edits related to report section

man/lvm.conf.5:
  add a line about a possibility to generate a new
  profile with lvm dumpconfig command as an alternative
  to copying the default profile
2014-03-18 08:28:58 +01:00
Marian Csontos
a31ab7c171 man: Fix man page containing BUILDROOT
This breaks brew/koji as DESTDIR should not be contained in any file and
results in message like:

    + /usr/lib/rpm/check-buildroot
    /builddir/build/BUILDROOT/lvm2-2.02.106-0.311.el7.x86_64/usr/share/man/man8/lvm2-activation-generator.8:.B /builddir/build/BUILDROOT/lvm2-2.02.106-0.311.el7.x86_64/usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/lvm2-activation-generator
    Found '/builddir/build/BUILDROOT/lvm2-2.02.106-0.311.el7.x86_64' in installed files; aborting
    error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.UfX2SX (%install)
2014-03-14 00:36:19 +01:00
Peter Rajnoha
2189d66a27 man: install lvm2-activation-generator man page only on make install_systemd_generators 2014-03-13 13:20:28 +01:00
Peter Rajnoha
031666ef66 man: add man page for lvm2-activation-generator 2014-03-13 13:01:06 +01:00
Zhiqing Zhang
014ba37cb1 lvresize: fix stripe size validation
While stripe size is twice the physical extent size,
the original code will not reduce stripe size to maximum
(physical extent size).

Signed-off-by: Zhiqing Zhang <zhangzq.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
2014-02-26 13:25:50 +01:00
Jonathan Brassow
3bb9eda97c man: Enhancements to various man pages for cache[-pool] segtypes
Better formatting.  More consistent naming.  Better clarity.
2014-02-25 12:17:03 -06:00
Alasdair G Kergon
b359b86f88 allocation: improve approx alloc with resize
Start to convert percentage size handling in lvresize to the new
standard.  Note in the man pages that this code is incomplete.
Fix a regression in non-percentage allocation in my last check in.

This is what I am aiming for:

-l<extents>
-l<percent> LV/ORIGIN
	sets or changes the LV size based on the specified quantity
	of logical logical extents (that might be backed by
	a higher number of physical extents)

-l<percent> PVS/VG/FREE
	sets or changes the LV size so as to allocate or free the
	desired quantity of physical extents (that might amount to a
	lower number of logical extents for the LV concerned)

-l+50%FREE - Use up half the remaining free space in the VG when
	carrying out this operation.

-l50%VG - After this operation, this LV should be using up half the
	space in the VG.

-l200%LV - Double the logical size of this LV.

-l+100%LV - Double the logical size of this LV.

-l-50%LV - Reduce the logical size of this LV by half.
2014-02-24 22:48:23 +00:00
Jonathan Brassow
00ce01e52d cache-pool: Change segtype name from cache_pool to cache-pool
Thin pools use "thin-pool" for the segment type name.  To be consistent,
we use "cache-pool" instead of "cache_pool".
2014-02-19 09:26:03 -06:00
Jonathan Brassow
6a00a7e33d RAID: Allow implicit stripe (and parity) when creating RAID LVs
There are typically 2 functions for the more advanced segment types that
deal with parameters in lvcreate.c: _get_*_params() and _check_*_params().
(Not all segment types name their functions according to this scheme.)
The former function is responsible for reading parameters before the VG
has been read.  The latter is for sanity checking and possibly setting
parameters after the VG has been read.

This patch adds a _check_raid_parameters() function that will determine
if the user has specified 'stripe' or 'mirror' parameters.  If not, the
proper number is computed from the list of PVs the user has supplied or
the number that are available in the VG.  Now that _check_raid_parameters()
is available, we move the check for proper number of stripes from
_get_* to _check_*.

This gives the user the ability to create RAID LVs as follows:
# 5-device RAID5, 4-data, 1-parity (i.e. implicit '-i 4')
~> lvcreate --type raid5 -L 100G -n lv vg /dev/sd[abcde]1

# 5-device RAID6, 3-data, 2-parity (i.e. implicit '-i 3')
~> lvcreate --type raid6 -L 100G -n lv vg /dev/sd[abcde]1

# If 5 PVs in VG, 4-data, 1-parity RAID5
~> lvcreate --type raid5 -L 100G -n lv vg

Considerations:
This patch only affects RAID.  It might also be useful to apply this to
the 'stripe' segment type.  LVM RAID may include RAID0 at some point in
the future and the implicit stripes would apply there.  It would be odd
to have RAID0 be able to auto-determine the stripe count while 'stripe'
could not.

The only draw-back of this patch that I can see is that there might be
less error checking.  Rather than informing the user that they forgot
to supply an argument (e.g. '-i'), the value would be computed and it
may differ from what the user actually wanted.  I don't see this as a
problem, because the user can check the device count after creation
and remove the LV if they have made an error.
2014-02-17 20:18:23 -06:00
Jonathan Brassow
f4658b53d7 man: Add example/explanation section for cache LVs to lvm.8
I've added an "Advanced Logical Volume Types" section that I hope
to contain information on the logical volume types that may use
multiple steps and multiple commands to create.  Cache is the
first entry into this section.  I'd like to see thin and RAID in
here in the future.
2014-02-13 11:53:31 -06:00
Jonathan Brassow
907641cd3d cache: Update man page to reflect need for dm-cache 1.3.0
Update the man page so the user knows that dm-cache 1.3.0 module
is needed.  Also, enforce that in the code and print a warning if
the module is not new enough.
2014-02-13 09:13:57 -06:00
Jonathan Brassow
5bfe4aaf95 cache[pool]: Man page updates for lvs, lvcreate, lvconvert 2014-02-12 10:29:07 -06:00
Zdenek Kabelac
40a9c443a9 man: use some existing indentifier
Avoid confusing user, since some may get impression there is
such variable (max_archives) in the config file.
Pick rather something existing.
2014-02-11 18:55:54 +01:00
Peter Rajnoha
1a5062c9a7 cleanup: clarify man pages about lvchange/vgchange -aay, use -aay in lvm2-cluster-activation script 2014-02-11 13:48:04 +01:00
Alasdair G Kergon
83358d4c03 tools: Add internal tags command. 2014-01-30 13:09:15 +00:00
Zdenek Kabelac
f18ee04fab lvmetad: respect LVM_LVMETAD_PIDFILE settings in lvm
Test LVM_LVMETAD_PIDFILE for pid for lvm command.
Fix WHATS_NEW envvar name usage
Fix init order in prepare_lvmetad to respect set vars
and avoid clash with system settings.
Update test to really test the 'is running' message.
2014-01-24 15:59:38 +01:00
Alasdair G Kergon
0a13815e68 pvscan: use format feature flags in lvmetad code
Introduce FMT_OBSOLETE to identify pool metadata and use it and FMT_MDAS
instead of hard-coded format names.
Explain device accesses on pvscan --cache man page.
2014-01-08 02:13:13 +00:00
Ville Skyttä
3776832499 man: syntax and spelling fixes. 2013-12-18 09:03:42 +01:00
Peter Rajnoha
32080c4ff7 device: add physical block size info and make sure VG extent size >= PV's phys. block size 2013-12-12 15:02:36 +01:00
Peter Rajnoha
3eed0aa7dc man: -Z zeroes 4KiB, not just 1KiB 2013-12-12 15:02:12 +01:00
Alasdair G Kergon
16eab3ec08 config: shorten new sig wiping option string
Rename wipe_signatures_on_new_logical_volumes_when_zeroing  to
wipe_signatures_when_zeroing_new_lvs.
2013-12-09 09:35:47 +00:00
Alasdair G Kergon
7b65363bf7 lvconvert: Implement --splitsnapshot. 2013-12-04 02:09:37 +00:00
Peter Rajnoha
6232cac86c vgdisplay: select only active volumes groups if -A option is used
Where "active" means "at least one LV is active in the volume group".
2013-12-03 14:43:00 +01:00
Alasdair G Kergon
84394c0219 lvmetad: extend socket/pid file handling
Make it easier to run a live lvmetad in debugging mode and
to avoid conflicts if multiple test instances need to be run
alongside a live one.

No longer require -s when -f is used: use built-in default.
Add -p to lvmetad to specify the pid file.
No longer disable pidfile if -f used to run in foreground.
If specified socket file appears to be genuine but stale, remove it
before use.
On error, only remove lvmetad socket file if created by the same
process.  (Previous code removes socket even while a running instance
is using it!)
2013-11-29 20:56:29 +00:00
Peter Rajnoha
5968f07fd5 man: lvcreate -W/--wipesignatures 2013-11-27 15:49:15 +01:00
Peter Rajnoha
0a48137d39 pvscan: use major:minor as short form of --major and --minor arg for pvscan --cache
Before, pvscan recognized either:
  pvscan --cache --major <major> --minor <minor>
or
  pvscan --cache <DevicePath>

When the device is gone and we need to notify lvmetad about device
removal, only --major/--minor works as we can't translate DevicePath
into major/minor pair anymore. The device does not exist in the system
and we don't keep DevicePath index in lvmetad cache to make the
translation internally into original major/minor pair. It would be
useless to keep this index just for this one exact case.

There's nothing bad about using "--major <major> --minor <minor>",
but it makes our life a bit harder when trying to make an
interconnection with systemd units, mainly with instantiated services
where only one and only one arg can be passed (which is encoded in the
service name).

This patch tries to make this easier by adding support for recognizing
the "<major>:<minor>" as a shortcut for the longer form
"--major <major> --minor <minor>". The rule here is simple: if the argument
starts with "/", it's a DevicePath, otherwise it's a <major>:<minor> pair.
2013-10-22 13:52:18 +02:00
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
6553f86818 lvmconf: use_lvmetad=0 on --enable-cluster, reset to default on --disable-cluster
lvmetad is not yet supported in clustered environment so
disable it automatically if using lvmconf --enable-cluster
and reset it to default value if using lvmconf --disable-cluster.

Also, add a few comments in lvm.conf about locking_type vs. use_lvmetad
if setting it for clustered environment.
2013-09-24 14:03:42 +02:00
Alasdair G Kergon
11dc6a03c4 lvs: Add seg_size_pe field.
Requested
https://www.redhat.com/archives/linux-lvm/2013-July/msg00112.html
2013-09-23 21:50:14 +01:00
Alasdair G Kergon
7233e584ad pvmove: Accept PE ranges as start+length. 2013-09-23 19:50:34 +01:00
Jonathan Brassow
c2dd0a832a man: lvs man page was not accurate on the volume health bit of lv_attr
The 'm'ismatches flag only shows after a "check" scrubbing operation -
not after a "check" or "repair" as indicated by the man page.
2013-09-17 23:03:57 -05:00
Alasdair G Kergon
a3a5f58c21 reporting: Add devtypes command.
Add internal devtypes reporting command to display built-in recognised
block device types.  (The output does not include any additional
types added by a configuration file.)

> lvm devtypes -o help
  Device Types Fields
  -------------------
    devtype_all            - All fields in this section.
    devtype_name           - Name of Device Type exactly as it appears in /proc/devices.
    devtype_max_partitions - Maximum number of partitions. (How many device minor numbers get reserved for each device.)
    devtype_description    - Description of Device Type.

> lvm devtypes
  DevType       MaxParts Description
  aoe                 16 ATA over Ethernet
  ataraid             16 ATA Raid
  bcache               1 bcache block device cache
  blkext               1 Extended device partitions
...
2013-09-18 01:09:15 +01:00
Peter Rajnoha
10bc19ec10 doc: add a note about device filtering while lvmetad is used 2013-09-16 16:29:33 +02:00
Peter Rajnoha
008c33a21b tools: add -b/--background for pvscan --cache -aay
Udev daemon has recently introduced a limit on the number of udev
processes (there was no limit before). This causes a problem
when calling pvscan --cache -aay in lvmetad udev rules which
is supposed to activate the volumes. This activation is itself
synced with udev and so it waits for the activation to complete
before the pvscan finishes. The event processing can't continue
until this pvscan call is finished.

But if we're at the limit with the udev process count, we can't
instatiate any more udev processes, all such events are queued
and so we can't process the lvm activation event for which the
pvscan is waiting.

Then we're in a deadlock since the udev process with the
pvscan --cache -aay call waits for the lvm activation udev
processing to complete, but that will never happen as there's
this limit hit with the number of udev processes.

The process with pvscan --cache -aay actually times out eventually
(3min or 30sec, depends on the version of udev).

This patch makes it possible to run the pvscan --cache -aay
in the background so the udev processing can continue and hence
we can avoid the deadlock mentioned above.
2013-09-03 16:49:21 +02:00
Peter Rajnoha
c36dcc1728 man: lvmdump -u -l 2013-08-29 14:20:57 +02:00
Peter Rajnoha
c9258e7f2e man: lvmdump: add doc for -l and -u 2013-08-28 14:59:15 +02:00
Jonathan Brassow
2ef48b91ed pvmove: Allow moving snapshot/origin. Disallow converting and merging LVs
The patch allows the user to also pvmove snapshots and origin logical
volumes.  This means pvmove should be able to move all segment types.
I have, however, disallowed moving converting or merging logical volumes.
2013-08-26 16:36:30 -05:00
Jonathan Brassow
c59167ec13 pvmove: Add support for RAID, mirror, and thin
This patch allows pvmove to operate on RAID, mirror and thin LVs.
The key component is the ability to avoid moving a RAID or mirror
sub-LV onto a PV that already has another RAID sub-LV on it.
(e.g. Avoid placing both images of a RAID1 LV on the same PV.)

Top-level LVs are processed to determine which PVs to avoid for
the sake of redundancy, while bottom-level LVs are processed
to determine which segments/extents to move.

This approach does have some drawbacks.  By eliminating whole PVs
from the allocation list, we might miss the opportunity to perform
pvmove in some senarios.  For example, if we have 3 devices and
a linear uses half of the first, a RAID1 uses half of the first and
half of the second, and a linear uses half of the third (FIGURE 1);
we should be able to pvmove the first device (FIGURE 2).
	FIGURE 1:
        [ linear ] [ -RAID- ] [ linear ]
        [ -RAID- ] [        ] [        ]

	FIGURE 2:
        [  moved ] [ -RAID- ] [ linear ]
        [  moved ] [ linear ] [ -RAID- ]
However, the approach we are using would eliminate the second
device from consideration and would leave us with too little space
for allocation.  In these situations, the user does have the ability
to specify LVs and move them one at a time.
2013-08-23 08:57:16 -05:00
Peter Rajnoha
a854398764 blkdeactivate: change the way blkdeactivate reports status
The blkdeactivate now suppresses error messages from external
tools that are called. Instead, only a summary message "done"
or "skipped" is issued by blkdeactivate as any error in calling
the external tool (e.g. unmounting or deactivating a device) causes
the device to be skipped and the blkdeactivate continues with the
next device in the tree.

Add new -e/--errors switch to display any error messages from
external tools.

Also, suppress any output given by the external tools and add
new -v/--verbose switch to display it including the verbose
output of the tools called (this will enable error reporting
as well).

Also add blkdeactivate -vv for even more debug (the script's debug).
2013-08-13 17:51:23 +02:00
Jonathan Brassow
7e1083c985 RAID: Make "raid1" the default mirror segment type 2013-08-06 14:13:55 -05:00
Peter Rajnoha
9b1834f075 man: pvs -o ba_start,ba_size -> pv_ba_start,pv_ba_size 2013-07-23 14:45:30 +02:00
Jonathan Brassow
eb5a6a0d1a Man Pages: Update man pages to reflect changes to various RAID options
Some of the names for various RAID options have been changed and the man
pages need to reflect it.
lvcreate:
	from: minrecoveryrate	to: [raid]minrecoveryrate
	from: maxrecoveryrate	to: [raid]maxrecoveryrate
	* plus better clarity on what the arg to these options is
	  specifying

lvchange:
	from: minrecoveryrate   to: [raid]minrecoveryrate
	from: maxrecoveryrate   to: [raid]maxrecoveryrate
	* plus better clarity on what the arg to these options is
	  specifying
	from: syncaction        to: [raid]syncaction
	from: writebehind	to  [raid]writebehind
	* plus change arg from BehindCount to IO/count
	from: writemostly	to: [raid]writemostly
	* plus addition to document [:{t|n|y}] option
lvs:
	from: mismatches	to: raid_mismatch_count
	from: sync_action	to: raid_sync_action
	add : raid_min|max_recovery_rate, raid_write_behind
2013-07-22 13:02:32 -05:00
Zdenek Kabelac
3075784955 thin: add spare lvcreate support
Add --poolmetadataspare option and creates and handles
pool metadata spare lv when thin pool is created.
With default setting 'y' it tries to ensure, spare has
at least the size of created LV.
2013-07-18 18:22:44 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
915cc5a2fa thin: report 'e' volume type pool metadata spare
Reuse m'e'tadata volume type for spar'e' volume as well.
Essentially they are related and there is no big reason
to introduce new flag.
2013-07-18 18:22:44 +02:00
Zdenek Kabelac
e1e986f16d thin: lvcreate man examples
Add more examples to man page about thin volume snapshot creation
and try to make the text more explicit about size specification.
2013-07-15 15:54:33 +02:00
Peter Rajnoha
bdd2246ce9 man: lvs lv_attr 's(k)ip activation' 2013-07-12 22:24:26 +02:00
Peter Rajnoha
283c93a858 lvs: add 's(k)ip activatoin' lv_attr field
A new 10-th bit in lvs lv_attr field to indicate whether an LV
has the ACTIVATION_SKIP flag attached (stored in metadata).
2013-07-12 20:54:17 +02:00
Peter Rajnoha
ab789c1bcf tools: add --setactivationskip and --ignoreactivationskip to vgchange/lvchange
The lvchange has both -k/--setactivationskip and
-K/--ignoreactivationskip option available for use.

The vgchange has only -K/--ignoreactivationskip, but
not the -k/--setactivationskip as the ACTIVATION_SKIP
flag is an LV property, not a VG one and so we change it
only by using the lvchange...
2013-07-12 20:49:57 +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
2c4f81634f man: refine doc for config profiles 2013-07-04 12:09:21 +02:00
Peter Rajnoha
0a5b68e87b man: document profile config and related options
Document following items:
  configuration cascade (man lvm.conf)
  --profile ProfileName (man lvm)
  --detachprofile (man vgchange/lvchange)
  -o vg_profile/lv_profile (man vgs/lvs)

Also document --config a bit so we can see where it fits in the
configuration cascade - will be documented more in following commit...
2013-07-03 16:49:26 +02:00