Awesome! The new vgchange behavior is precisely what I needed to save my ass from the apocalyptic corruption problems between bad-VM and snapshots.. very happy to see this in release. Quoth Heinz J . Mauelshagen: > > *** ANNOUNCEMENT *** LVM 1.0.3 available at www.sistina.com > > Hi all, > > LVM 1.0.3 supports both version 1 and 2 of the metadata. > > There's *no* need to run any metadata update tools. > > A tarball is available now at > > <http://www.sistina.com/> > > for download (Follow the "LVM 1.0" link). > > > Changes to LVM 1.0.2 include: > > o vgcfgrestore supports restores to different sized physical volumes; > useful in cases where a replacement disk is a little bit to large or > for test purposes; option enhancements; physical volume UUID restore fix > > o vgchange removes failed snapshots and activates the volume group rather > than failing on it. Optionally forces device number changes in cases > where it finds clashes so that the volume group can be activated > > o vgexport exports volume groups not showing up in /etc/lvmtab* > > o vgscan can drop all snapshots or those in a particular volume group now > > o "pvmove -i" ignores read errors while moving and supports moves in > inactive volume groups > > o > 1 TB fixes for physical and logical volumes (2 TB limitation > on 2.4 persists) > > o more... > > > See the CHANGELOG file contained in the tarball for further information. > > Feed back LVM related information to <linux-lvm@sistina.com>. > > Thanks a lot for your support of LVM. > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@sistina.com > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html -- Don't hate me because I'm beautiful. Hate me because I run your IT department. _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html