From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id j24MZXn07680 for ; Fri, 4 Mar 2005 17:35:33 -0500 Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.196]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j24MZRvI017529 for ; Fri, 4 Mar 2005 17:35:27 -0500 Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id g11so1256084rne for ; Fri, 04 Mar 2005 14:35:27 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <10bf2d0c05030414357c65c6b9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 17:35:27 -0500 From: "Mark W. Jeanmougin" Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] LVM Question In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: Reply-To: "Mark W. Jeanmougin" , LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: LVM general discussion and development Cc: Linux-LVM@sistina.com On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 12:49:00 -0000, Matthias Rudolph wrote: > how can I force to activate a VG on a special device file? > One FC Storage Disk is visible over two pathes (sda and sdb). We use our > Path Management Software. It creates sddlmaa. After creating the VG the > sddlmaa is ACTIVE - OK. But after deactivating and activating sdb is ACTIVE. > This means: no pathfailover. Matthias, If you look in /etc/lvm/lvm.conf, there is a line in there that will explain how you can exclude certain devices from a vgscan. man lvm.conf should help you out. I'd suggest excluding /dev/sd[ab] or maybe /dev/sd? Hope this helps... MJ