On Sun, 17 Mar 2002, Heinz J . Mauelshagen wrote: > > Thanks AJ! > > And I even forgot to mention writable snapshots and pvresize ;-) Excelent. :-)) Regards Anselm > 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 > --- Anselm Kruis Tel. +49 (0)89-356386-74 science + computing ag FAX +49 (0)89-356386-37 Ingolstädter Str. 22 mailto: A.Kruis@science-computing.de D-80807 München WWW: http://www.science-computing.de/ ********************************************************************** *** Wir freuen uns auf Ihren Besuch *** *** *** *** CeBIT 2002 *** *** 13.-20.03.2002, Messegelände Hannover, Halle 11, F 64 *** *** *** *** Automotive Circle International *** *** 18.-19.04.2002, Bad Nauheim *** *** *** *** VDI-Tagung: Berechnung und Simulation im Fahrzeugbau *** *** 01.-02.10.2002, Congress-Centrum Würzburg *** *** *** ********************************************************************** _______________________________________________ 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