[linux-lvm] Re: device-mapper transition

[Joe Thornber]

On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 02:04:46AM -0700, Steven Stillaway wrote:
> The only really tricky bit has been the fact that the
> lvm tools (in particular vgscan) are completely
> different between the two version.  Actually LVM 2 just
> seems to have one tool with a lot of symlinks.

You can use the single tool directly without creating the symlinks.

> So when I switch from 2.4.19 w/ LVM 1 to 2.5.41 w/
> LVM2 I have to make sure to switch from one vgscan to
> the other.

When I'm testing new tools I just run the new build without installing it.

eg,

cd <my_build_dir>/tools
./lvm vgchange -ay

- Joe