On Sat, Aug 28, 2004 at 10:34:25PM +0100, Rupert Hair wrote: > Quoting Andreas Dahlgren : > > > Just upgraded to 2.6.8.1 and got much less errors but pvmove still wont > > work. > > # pvmove -t /dev/hdc > > Test mode: Metadata will NOT be updated. > > mirror: Required device-mapper target(s) not detected in your kernel > > > > anyone knows why this wont work? > Hi Andreas, > > I think I posted exactly the same quiestion to the list some time ago. The > answer is that you need the Device Mapper Mirror Target compiled into (or as a > module in) your kernel. You will need to get the "unstable" patches from the > following URL: > > http://sources.redhat.com/dm/patches.html > > Feel free to mail me if you need any more info on this. Erm...the mirror target is available in 2.6.8.1 now I believe - you just need to make sure it's enabled in your .config when you compile your kernel. I believe the dm-mirror target is all that's required for pvmove. regards, -- AJ Lewis Voice: 612-638-0500 Red Hat Inc. E-Mail: alewis@redhat.com 720 Washington Ave. SE, Suite 200 Minneapolis, MN 55414 Current GPG fingerprint = D9F8 EDCE 4242 855F A03D 9B63 F50C 54A8 578C 8715 Grab the key at: http://people.redhat.com/alewis/gpg.html or one of the many keyservers out there...