From: Mike Anderson <andmike@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: device-mapper development <dm-devel@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: Does dm handle tape devices?
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 12:51:26 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071102195126.GA3712@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <B6FF36386FC9AC4BB098A4528811409F4B7802@CORPUSMX40A.corp.emc.com>
lemons_terry@emc.com <lemons_terry@emc.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I need to provide persistent binding / persistent device naming for tape devices in Linux environments. Does device mapper provide some facility for this, or is DM only for disk devices?
>
Device mapper is only for block devices.
I saw your similar question on the udev list. Is there some reason that
udev will not provide a id that you can use. If not you can alter the
udev rules (or add your own) to provide a persistent id for your
environment.
-andmike
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Michael Anderson
andmike@linux.vnet.ibm.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-11-02 19:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-02 19:24 Does dm handle tape devices? lemons_terry
2007-11-02 19:51 ` Mike Anderson [this message]
2007-11-02 20:01 ` lemons_terry
2007-11-02 21:20 ` Mike Anderson
2007-11-05 22:23 ` Phillip Susi
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