[linux-lvm] LVM metsdata

Joe Thornber thornber at btconnect.com
Tue Oct 9 07:47:17 UTC 2001


On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 01:42:54PM -0700, Lee Go-Tze wrote:
> I have a novice question.  How does the LVM 
> protect its metadata.  I mean does it do some 
> sort of metadata check when machine comes up 
> (notices the system did not shutdown properly)?
> Or maybe it uses journaling? I imagine the 
> updates to lv/vg/pv structures have to be 
> transactional.

Transactional updates will go into LVM after mid November.  Checksums
for the metadata will also go in at this point.  ATM problems are
spotted by consistency checks (the is a lot of duplication between the
pv's).  If a problem is spotted the administrator can restore from the
automatic metadata backups.

- Joe




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