[linux-lvm] Upgrade path

[Heinz J. Mauelshagen]

On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 03:58:38PM +0100, Joe Thornber wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 04:42:53PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> > Previously Heinz J. Mauelshagen wrote:
> > > I announced the holdup caused by the misalignment bugs we found.
> > > We'll need to release another Beta ASAP to get test feedback on that.
> > 
> > I saw that, but there seems to have been a consensus on a fix
> > for that for over a week now already.
> 
> Fixing it isn't the problem, ensuring people with existing VG's can
> use the new driver/tools *is* the problem.

Yep.

> The pe positions weren't
> being stored in the metadata before beta8 :( So we have to upgrade
> peoples VG's.  I understand that Heinz has written the upgrade tool,
> but I'm not sure how much testing he wants before we release.

Every Sistina LVM team member needs to test, that up-/downgrades work propperly
before we release. The regular tests need to be run as well.

> 
> - Joe
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