From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Message-ID: <008101c11f46$cb4a4ae0$6601a8c0@foobarhouse.com> From: "Neil Macvicar" References: <20010807153154.P495@hogia.net> Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Two computers with one shared array? Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 14:42:25 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Errors-To: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Reply-To: linux-lvm@sistina.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-lvm@sistina.com hmm.. on HP, the LVM system lets you exclusively activate a VG.. does Linux LVM allow you to do this ? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sebastian Andersson" To: Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 2:31 PM Subject: [linux-lvm] Two computers with one shared array? > I've got two computers connected to a JBOD array. > On it I've got 3 VGs and a bunch of free disks. > I'd like to use 2 of the VGs on one of the computers and the > other VG on the other computer. > > Should I still vgscan on both computers at startup and then > vgchange -a y VG1 VG2 on the first computer and > vgchange -a y VG3 on the other computer? > > Is it safe to vgchange -a n on both computers or should > I only vgchange -a n VGx ? > > Can I change the LVGs in a VG or do I need to inactivate everything on > the other computer while I do this and then vgscan after I'm done? > > Regards, > /Sebastian > -- > .oooO o,o Oooo. Sex, > ( ) \_/ ( ) (o_ Drugs > "Life is not fair, but root \ ( /|\ ) / (o_ //\ and > password helps!" -- The BOFH \_) (_/ (/)_ V_/_ UNIX. > _______________________________________________ > 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