On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 09:02 +0200, Shachar Or wrote: > Hello. > > Attached is a question I've asked my xen hosting provider's technical > support and the answer they've supplied. > > Sam sais "There is no LVM module available, so you would need to compile > LVM by yourself from the Xen kernel sources." but I've no problem > loading dm_mod and to my understanding of LVM, this is the only module > needed. So is he just wrong? Probably, however your going to need to find out if you have the entire dm_* family for the functionality that you want (i.e. snapshots). You should (on your VM) simply be able to install lvm2 via yum, apt-get or whatever packaging mechanism is provided by your distribution. I use lvm2 on literally hundreds of paravirtualized Xen guests without a problem. A word of warning, don't make LV's (or their snapshots) a prerequisite to boot .. since you have no control over your initrd. If your provider has given you xvda and xvdb , use xvdb for your pv, keep the root file system on xvda. Cheers, --Tim > > Thanks. > email message attachment, "הודעה מועברת - <Ref1876314> DOMAIN :" > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > > From: Gandi Hosting <hosting@support.gandi.net> > > To: dawnlight@lavabit.com > > Subject: <Ref1876314> DOMAIN : > > Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 15:09:28 +0100 (CET) > > > > Hello, > > > > Thank you for your patience. > > > > There is no LVM module available, so you would need to compile LVM > > by yourself from the Xen kernel sources. > > > > You will then need to activate the module. > > > > You should be able to find the appropriate help online. > > > > > > I am at your disposal should you need any further information. > > > > Best regards, > > Sam > > > > --------------------------------------- > > Are you satisfied with the quality of the reply you received? > > YES: http://www.gandi.net/faq/feedback/yes > > NO: http://www.gandi.net/faq/feedback/no > > > > I would like to give more detailed feedback: > > http://www.gandi.net/faq/feedback > > --------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > Help about hosting / aide sur l'hébergement: http://wiki.gandi.net/ > > > > GANDI > > http://www.gandi.net > > > > > > -------------------------------------- > > Product : hosting > > Category : > > Question : > > FirstName : Shachar > > LastName : Or > > CompanyName : > > Email : dawnlight@lavabit.com > > Domain : > > DomainNB : > > Handle : SO866-GANDI > > Anciennet : > > Transaction : > > Message : Hello. > > > > This is a technical question about a problem I'm experiencing with LVM on my virtual server. > > > > The issue is that logical volumes are not activated on bootup. This prevents me from using /etc/fstab to mount them. > > > > root@shacharor:~# lvdisplay | grep 'LV Status' && udevtrigger && udevsettle && lvdisplay | grep 'LV Status' > > LV Status NOT available > > LV Status available > > root@shacharor:~# > > > > This shows that udev handles logical volumes correctly and does activate them. But why doesn't it do it on bootup? > > > > Thanks. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
