Thanks AJ! And I even forgot to mention writable snapshots and pvresize ;-) Need to rework CHANGELOG later... Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 02:52:57PM -0600, AJ Lewis wrote: > Hi all - Heinz is unavailable, so I'm sending this out for him: > > LVM 1.1-rc1 release candidate supports both version 1 and 2 of the metadata. > > Disclaimer: > ----------- > This is not meant to be used on production systems! > > > There's *no* need to run any metadata update tools. > > Please test this release candidate and feed back results to the linux-lvm > list in order to help us to release 1.1 ASAP. > > A tarball is available now at > > <http://www.sistina.com/> > > for download (Follow the "LVM 1.1-rc1" link). > > > Changes to LVM 1.1-rc1 include: > > o volume group quorum support is in enabling optional activation of volume > groups (vgchange -qn) in case at least one physical volume out of many is > still accessable enabling retrieval of data in logical volumes allocated > on the accessable devices > > o vgimport supports importing by volume group name rather than requiring > a physical volume list > > o creation of metadata backup files in /etc/lvmtab* and metadata archives in > /etc/lvmconf/ is now optional to help saving space for eg. on ram disks. > If vgscan is not run at all and /etc/lvmtab* are removed, no backup files > will be created. If vgcfgbackup is not run at all and /etc/lvmconf/ is > removed, no archive files will be created. > > o locations of metadata backups and archives are configurable through > environment varibles LVM_BACKUP_INDEX/LVM_BACKUP_DIR and LVM_ARCHIVE_DIR > respectively > > o volume group static mode in order to avoid all configuration changes to a > volume group once set. This is useful to 'freeze' a volume group in order > to activate it in a cluster of for fail-over configurations > > o the llseek cast bug has been fixed, which caused pvmove to fail beyond the > 2GB offset > > > 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. > > -- > AJ Lewis > Sistina Software Inc. Voice: 612-638-0500 > 1313 5th St SE, Suite 111 E-Mail: lewis@sistina.com > Minneapolis, MN 55414 > http://www.sistina.com > > Current GPG fingerprint = 7792 2F3E 9D86 DA4C 9111 7837 982D 737B 9DBC 4EC9 > -----Begin Obligatory Humorous Quote---------------------------------------- > Sticks and stones may break my bones, and so would an 80 lb. carrot. > -----End Obligatory Humorous Quote------------------------------------------ *** Software bugs are stupid. Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them *** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Heinz Mauelshagen Sistina Software Inc. Senior Consultant/Developer Am Sonnenhang 11 56242 Marienrachdorf Germany Mauelshagen@Sistina.com +49 2626 141200 FAX 924446 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _______________________________________________ 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
