# This is an example configuration file for the LVM2 system. It # contains the default settings that would be used if there was no # /etc/lvm/lvm.conf file. # Refer to 'man lvm.conf' for further information. # This section allows the user to configure which block devices should # be used by the LVM system. devices { # where do you want your volume groups to appear ? dir = "/dev" # An array of directories that contain the device nodes you wish # to use with LVM2. scan = "/dev" # A very important option, that allows you to tune the LVM2 system # to just look at a restricted set of devices that you're # interested in. # The filter consists of an array of regular expressions. These # expressions can be delimited by a character of your choice, and # prefixed with either an 'a' (for accept) or 'r' (for reject). # ATM you cannot use anchors (^ or $) in your regular expression. # Remember to run vgscan after you change this parameter. # By default we accept every block device: filter = "a/.*/" # When testing I like to work with just loopback devices: # filter = ["a/loop/", "r/.*/"] # Or maybe all loops and ide drives except hdc: # filter =["a|loop|", "r|/dev/hdc|", "a|/dev/ide|", "r|.*|"] # The results of all the filtering are cached on disk to avoid # rescanning dud devices (which can take a very long time). By # default this cache file is hidden in the /etc/lvm directory, it # is human readable to aid filter debugging. cache = "/etc/lvm/.cache" # You can turn off writing this cache file by setting this to 0. write_cache_state = 1 } # A section that allows the user to configure the nature of the # information that LVM2 reports. log { # Where should the log of error and debug messages go ? By # default there is no log. #file = "/var/log/lvm2.log" # Should we overwrite the last log. By default we append. overwrite = 0 # There are 9 log levels, with 9 being the most verbose. level = 3 # Controls the messages sent to stdout or stderr while running # LVM2. There are three levels of verbosity, 3 being the most # verbose. verbose = 0 # Should we send log messages through syslog? # 1 is yes; 0 is no. syslog = 1 # Choose format of output messages # Whether or not (1 or 0) to indent messages according to their severity indent = 1 # Whether or not (1 or 0) to display the command name on each line output command_names = 0 # A prefix to use before the message text (but after the command name, # if selected) prefix = " " # To make the messages look similar to the original LVM use: # indent = 0 # command_names = 1 # prefix = " -- " } # Configuration of metadata backups and archiving. In LVM2 when we # talk about a 'backup' we mean making a copy of the metadata for the # *current* system. The 'archive' contains old metadata configurations. # Backups are stored in a human readeable text format. backup { # Should we maintain a backup of the current metadata configuration ? # Use 1 for Yes; 0 for No. # Think very hard before turning this off. backup = 1 # Where shall we keep it ? backup_dir = "/etc/lvm/backup" # Should we maintain an archive of old metadata configurations. # Use 1 for Yes; 0 for No. # On by default. Think very hard before turning this off. archive = 1 # Where should archived files go ? archive_dir = "/etc/lvm/archive" # What is the minimum number of archive files you wish to keep ? retain_min = 10 # What is the minimum time you wish to keep an archive file for ? retain_days = 30 } # Settings for the running LVM2 in shell mode. shell { # Number of lines of history to store in ~/.lvm_history history_size = 100 } # Metadata settings metadata { # List of directories holding copies of text format metadata dirs = [ "/etc/lvm/metadata" ] } # Miscellaneous global settings global { # The file creation mask for any files and directories created. # Interpreted as octal if the first digit is zero. umask = 077 # Allow other users to read the files #umask = 022 # Enabling test mode means that no changes to the on disk metadata # will be made. Equivalent to having the -t option on every # command. Defaults to off. test = 0 # Default metadata format commands use - "lvm1" (default) or "text" format = "lvm1" # Location of proc filesystem proc = "/proc" }