From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12901 invoked by alias); 18 Aug 2006 22:27:03 -0000 Received: (qmail 12877 invoked by uid 9447); 18 Aug 2006 22:27:02 -0000 Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 22:27:00 -0000 Message-ID: <20060818222702.12875.qmail@sourceware.org> From: agk@sourceware.org To: lvm2-cvs@sourceware.org Subject: LVM2/man lvchange.8 lvconvert.8 lvextend.8 lvr ... Mailing-List: contact lvm2-cvs-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: lvm2-cvs-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-08/txt/msg00016.txt.bz2 List-Id: CVSROOT: /cvs/lvm2 Module name: LVM2 Changes by: agk@sourceware.org 2006-08-18 22:27:01 Modified files: man : lvchange.8 lvconvert.8 lvextend.8 lvreduce.8 lvresize.8 vgchange.8 Log message: mirror man page tweaks Patches: http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/LVM2/man/lvchange.8.diff?cvsroot=lvm2&r1=1.7&r2=1.8 http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/LVM2/man/lvconvert.8.diff?cvsroot=lvm2&r1=1.1&r2=1.2 http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/LVM2/man/lvextend.8.diff?cvsroot=lvm2&r1=1.5&r2=1.6 http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/LVM2/man/lvreduce.8.diff?cvsroot=lvm2&r1=1.8&r2=1.9 http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/LVM2/man/lvresize.8.diff?cvsroot=lvm2&r1=1.2&r2=1.3 http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/LVM2/man/vgchange.8.diff?cvsroot=lvm2&r1=1.9&r2=1.10 --- LVM2/man/lvchange.8 2006/08/18 21:49:19 1.7 +++ LVM2/man/lvchange.8 2006/08/18 22:27:01 1.8 @@ -44,9 +44,12 @@ Set the minor number. .TP .I \-\-monitor y/n -Controls whether the mirrored logical volume is monitored by -dmeventd. If monitored (the default), a failed mirror device -will automatically be removed from the volume group. +Controls whether or not a mirrored logical volume is monitored by +dmeventd, if it is installed. +If a device used by a monitored mirror reports an I/O error, +the failure is handled according to +\fBmirror_image_fault_policy\fP and \fBmirror_log_fault_policy\fP +set in \fBlvm.conf\fP. .TP .I \-M, \-\-persistent y/n Set to y to make the minor number specified persistent. --- LVM2/man/lvconvert.8 2006/08/18 21:49:19 1.1 +++ LVM2/man/lvconvert.8 2006/08/18 22:27:01 1.2 @@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ [\-v/\-\-verbose] [\-\-version] LogicalVolume[Path] [PhysicalVolume[Path]...] -.br - .SH DESCRIPTION lvconvert will change a linear logical volume to a mirror logical volume or vis versa. It is also used to add and --- LVM2/man/lvextend.8 2006/08/18 21:49:19 1.5 +++ LVM2/man/lvextend.8 2006/08/18 22:27:01 1.6 @@ -15,11 +15,9 @@ Extension of snapshot logical volumes (see .B lvcreate(8) for information to create snapshots) is supported as well. - -You can not use lvextend to increase the number of mirrors in a -mirrored logical volume. For that, see +But to change the number of copies in a mirrored logical +volume use .BR lvconvert (8). - .SH OPTIONS See \fBlvm\fP for common options. .TP --- LVM2/man/lvreduce.8 2006/08/18 21:49:19 1.8 +++ LVM2/man/lvreduce.8 2006/08/18 22:27:01 1.9 @@ -21,15 +21,14 @@ Shrinking snapshot logical volumes (see .B lvcreate(8) for information to create snapshots) is supported as well. +But to change the number of copies in a mirrored logical +volume use +.B lvconvert (8). .br Sizes will be rounded if necessary - for example, the volume size must be an exact number of extents and the size of a striped segment must be a multiple of the number of stripes. .br -You can not use lvreduce to reduce the number of mirrors in a -mirrored logical volume. For that, see -.BR lvconvert (8). - .SH OPTIONS See \fBlvm\fP for common options. .TP --- LVM2/man/lvresize.8 2004/11/16 18:09:31 1.2 +++ LVM2/man/lvresize.8 2006/08/18 22:27:01 1.3 @@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ Resizing snapshot logical volumes (see .B lvcreate(8) for information about creating snapshots) is supported as well. +But to change the number of copies in a mirrored logical +volume use +.BR lvconvert (8). .SH OPTIONS See \fBlvm\fP for common options. .TP @@ -49,6 +52,7 @@ StripeSize must be 2^n (n = 2 to 9) .SH SEE ALSO .BR lvm (8), +.BR lvconvert (8), .BR lvcreate (8), .BR lvreduce (8), .BR lvchange (8) --- LVM2/man/vgchange.8 2006/08/18 21:49:19 1.9 +++ LVM2/man/vgchange.8 2006/08/18 22:27:01 1.10 @@ -60,11 +60,16 @@ Logical volumes with single-host snapshots are always activated exclusively because they can only be used on one node at once. .TP -.BR \-\-monitor { y | n } -Controls whether the mirrored logical volumes in the volume -group are monitored by dmeventd. If monitored (the default), -a failed mirror device will automatically be removed from the -volume group. +.BR \-\-monitor " " { y | n } +Controls whether or not a mirrored logical volume is monitored by +dmeventd, if it is installed. +If a device used by a monitored mirror reports an I/O error, +the failure is handled according to +.BR mirror_image_fault_policy +and +.BR mirror_log_fault_policy +set in +.BR lvm.conf (8). .TP .BR \-l ", " \-\-logicalvolume " " \fIMaxLogicalVolumes\fR Changes the maximum logical volume number of an existing inactive