From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from o.ww.redhat.com (vpn50-3.rdu.redhat.com [172.16.50.3]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i1EACNi10261 for ; Sat, 14 Feb 2004 05:12:23 -0500 From: Heinz Mauelshagen Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] lvm pvscan or vgscan very slow Message-ID: <20040214101222.GB22753@redhat.com> References: <402C0D65.80905@caltech.edu> <20040212180824.O10533@homer.msp.redhat.com> <402D5D93.7040802@caltech.edu> <20040213173423.C14206@homer.msp.redhat.com> <402D66C6.5090906@caltech.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <402D66C6.5090906@caltech.edu> Sender: linux-lvm-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: linux-lvm-admin@redhat.com Reply-To: linux-lvm@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Sat Feb 14 05:11:00 2004 List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-lvm@redhat.com On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 04:07:34PM -0800, Ling Li wrote: > > > Alasdair G Kergon wrote: > >On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 03:28:19PM -0800, Ling Li wrote: > > > >>I guess the number of devices to be scanned is just too large (and my > >>computer is also a very slow one). Is there some way to specify a > >>narrower range of devices to be scanned in LVM2? > > > > > >The filter lines in lvm.conf. See doc/example.conf and man lvm.conf. > > Got it. The man page says lvm.conf is only loaded during the > "initialization phase of LVM." Does this mean I have to reboot the > computer for the new lvm.conf to be in effect? Can I just send some > signal to some process? No, just run vgscan after setting up your filter in lvm.conf. > > --Ling > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ -- Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- *** Software bugs are stupid. Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them *** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Heinz Mauelshagen Red Hat, Inc. Consulting Development Engineer Am Sonnenhang 11 56242 Marienrachdorf Germany Mauelshagen@RedHat.com +49 2626 141200 FAX 924446 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-