Linux LVM Guide
AJ Lewis
Copyright © 2002-2003 Sistina Software, Inc
Copyright © 2004-2005 Red Hat, Inc
| Revision History |
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| Revision 0.17 | 2005-10-03 | Revised by: ajl |
| Added FAQ entry for max size of LVs in LVM2;
Did some cleanup of "Recover physical volume metadata" section;
Updated e-mail address |
| Revision 0.16 | 2005-07-15 | Revised by: ajl |
| Added lvm2 boot-time scripts info;
Added "Recover physical volume metadata" section - thanks to
Maximilian Attems for the patch |
| Revision 0.15 | 2005-06-09 | Revised by: ajl |
| Removed references to xfs_freeze - it is no longer needed;
Updated snapshots subsection in Anatomy of LVM section;
Added a couple entries to the LVM2 FAQ;
Fixed a couple typos |
| Revision 0.14 | 2004-10-06 | Revised by: ajl |
| Added reference to lvm2_createinitrd in source tree;
Adjusted lvcreate example slightly; Added 'vgchange -ay' in
'Moving a volume group to another system' recipe |
| Revision 0.13 | 2004-08-16 | Revised by: ajl |
| Clarify symlink farm description;
Fix dm control device major number;
Remove /boot from vg in small lvm setup example;
Add notes about /boot and / on LVM;
Remove outdated link; |
| Revision 0.12 | 2004-06-07 | Revised by: ajl |
| Updated LVM2 FAQ entries |
| Revision 0.11 | 2004-05-03 | Revised by: ajl |
| Updated LVM2 FAQ entries |
| Revision 0.10 | 2004-04-22 | Revised by: ajl |
| removed -print0 from find command after receiving
reports that it doesn't work |
| Revision 0.9 | 2004-04-16 | Revised by: ajl |
| Added -print0 to find command before piping
it to cpio;
Changed vgimport command line for LVM 2;
Added ext3 to the ext2 resize section;
Updated FAQ;
Updated Links section |
| Revision 0.8 | 2004-02-25 | Revised by: ajl |
| Updated CVS locations and FTP links;
Added section on extending a JFS filesystem;
Fixed typos - Ran aspell against document |
| Revision 0.7 | 2004-02-16 | Revised by: ajl |
| Updated to include LVM 2 and device mapper information;
Updated email addresses;
Updated copyright;
Added FAQ section;
Added document license;
Updated to docbook 4.2 |
| Revision 0.6 | 2003-12-09 | Revised by: ajl |
| Updated for LVM 1.0.8;
fixed broken link;
Clarified redhat init script section; |
| Revision 0.5 | 2003-02-10 | Revised by: ajl |
| Updated Redhat initscript information for 7.0 and above;
Added information on removing a partition table from a
disk if pvcreate fails;
Default PE size is 32MB now;
Updated method for snapshotting under XFS. |
| Revision 0.4 | 2002-12-16 | Revised by: ajl |
| Updated for LVM 1.0.6 |
| Revision 0.3 | 2002-09-16 | Revised by: ajl |
| removed example pvmove from Command Operations section - we now
just point to the more detailed recipe on pvmove that contains
various warnings and such |
| Revision 0.2 | 2002-09-11 | Revised by: ajl |
| Updated for LVM 1.0.5 and converted to DocBook XML 4.1.2. |
| Revision 0.1 | 2002-04-28 | Revised by: gf |
| Initial conversion from Sistina's LaTeX source and import to
tLDP in LinuxDoc format. |
This document describes how to build, install, and configure
LVM for Linux. A basic description of LVM is also included.
This version of the HowTo is for LVM 2 with device-mapper, as
well as LVM 1.0.8.
