We have also started to use hostnames in the VG names for the same reason. Starting with vg makes is easier to auto complete when using bash :-P. I don't see any reason why to use "lv" to the LV's but it doesn't hurt. I also try to use UUID's in the /etc/fstab as much as possible. Best regards Emil Assarsson > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-lvm-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:linux-lvm-bounces@redhat.com] On > Behalf Of Joe Pruett > Sent: onsdag den 20 april 2011 00:37 > To: LVM general discussion and development > Subject: Re: LVM Naming Convention > > i have started putting the hostname in my vg names as well, mainly so > that if i have to move the drives to another system for upgrades, > crashes, etc, i don't get collisions between the local vg and the one > i'm hooking up temporarily. > > On 04/19/2011 03:23 PM, Mike Seda wrote: > > Hi All, > > Recently, I came across the new LVM naming convention in RHEL 6. This > > convention places the output of "hostname -s" in the VG name. This > > doesn't really fit into the way I've previously setup VGs, which was > > to create a new VG for each type of disk attached to the system, e.g. > > RAID 1 SAS 10K (local), RAID 6 SATA 7.2K (SAN). > > > > I guess I could modify the naming convention slightly as shown below: > > - /dev/vg_`hostname -s`_[0-9][0-9]/lv_{foo|bar} > > > > Another thought I had was that maybe I don't need a separate VG for > > each type of disk since the lvcreate/lvextend commands seem to be able > > to create/grow an LV by PV. My understanding is that this would allow > > you to skip the step of growing the VG by the PV, right? > > > > Essentially, I'm just wondering what other folks in my situation are > > doing for LVM naming. > > > > Thanks In Advance, > > Mike > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/
