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Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Why does every lvm command insist on touching	every
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On 06/18/10 11:52, Alasdair G Kergon wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 10:50:41AM -0400, Takahiro Yasui wrote:
>> For example, there are six PVs and two VGs as below:
>>
>>   VG1: PV1, PV2, PV3
>>   VG2: PV4, PV5, PV6
>>
>> If we create a new LV or delete VG1, then metadatas on only PV1, PV2, PV3
>> need to be updated but not for PV4, PV5, PV6.
>  
> Correct - and the tools have always behaved like that!

Did I miss something? Or can we configure lvm.conf to make lvm
commands behave like that? That's the first topic we were talking
about. As far as I use lvm commands, they don't behave as I expected.

Thanks,
Taka