Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Jul 2003 17:32:52 +0100 | From | Alasdair G Kergon <> | Subject | LVM 2.0/Device-Mapper 1.0 available at ftp.sistina.com |
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*** ANNOUNCEMENT ***
LVM 2.0/Device-Mapper 1.0 available at ftp.sistina.com for kernels 2.4.20 and 2.4.21
Highlights ~~~~~~~~~~
o Support for online data relocation (pvmove)
o New metadata display tools with a configurable column-based output (pvs, vgs, lvs)
o New format for LVM metadata providing enhanced resilience
o Tools can also use LVM1 metadata
o Conversion between LVM1 and LVM2 metadata formats to enable in-place migration of existing LVM1 volume groups
o New metadata backup format that is human-readable
o Configuration file for specifying which devices LVM may use, logging levels and more
o Arbitrary extension of striped logical volumes (beyond LVM1 limits)
o Removal of the 256 Logical Volume limit per system (multiple dynamic major numbers)
The port of the snapshot and pvmove functionality to Linux 2.6 is underway and will be available soon.
Please retrieve the tarballs for Device-Mapper and LVM using the following URLS:
ftp://ftp.sistina.com/pub/LVM2/tools/LVM2.0-stable.tgz ftp://ftp.sistina.com/pub/LVM2/device-mapper/device-mapper-stable.tgz
Please use the linux-lvm@sistina.com mailing list for feedback.
Thanks a lot for your support of LVM.
Regards, The LVM development team
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