From: wysochanski@sourceware.org <wysochanski@sourceware.org>
To: lvm-devel@redhat.com
Subject: LVM2/man lvm.8
Date: 20 Mar 2008 18:34:29 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080320183429.11931.qmail@sourceware.org> (raw)
CVSROOT: /cvs/lvm2
Module name: LVM2
Changes by: wysochanski at sourceware.org 2008-03-20 18:34:29
Modified files:
man : lvm.8
Log message:
Add LV and VG name restrictions to the lvm man page.
Original patch by: Gerrard Geldenhuis <Gerrard.Geldenhuis@datacash.com>
Patches:
http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/LVM2/man/lvm.8.diff?cvsroot=lvm2&r1=1.12&r2=1.13
--- LVM2/man/lvm.8 2008/01/11 20:24:25 1.12
+++ LVM2/man/lvm.8 2008/03/20 18:34:29 1.13
@@ -257,6 +257,16 @@
The volume group name that is assumed for
any reference to a logical volume that doesn't specify a path.
Not set by default.
+.SH VALID NAMES
+The following characters are valid for VG and LV names:
+\fBa-z A-Z 0-9 + _ . -\fP
+.LP
+VG and LV names cannot begin with a hyphen.
+There are also various reserved names that are used internally by lvm that can not be used as LV or VG names.
+A VG cannot be called anything that exists in /dev/ at the time of creation, nor can it be called '.' or '..'.
+A LV cannot be called '.' '..' 'snapshot' or 'pvmove'. The LV name may also not contain the strings '_mlog' or '_mimage'
+
+
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
All tools return a status code of zero on success or non-zero on failure.
.SH FILES
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