[linux-lvm] Share Volume Group between x86-64 and x86.

Masanari Iida standby24x7 at gmail.com
Fri Nov 21 11:35:49 UTC 2008


Thank you !


On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 8:09 PM, Bryn M. Reeves <bmr at redhat.com> wrote:
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> Masanari Iida wrote:
>> Hello list,
>>
>> I have a question about LVM2 compatibility between different CPU architectures.
>>
>> If one create a VG on x86(32bit) and export the VG,
>> then try to import the VG on x86(64bit), what is going to happen?
>> Both systems are RHEL5, in my mind.
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> It will work just fine - LVM2 metadata is in text format and the binary
> components (labels, metadata area headers) are treated in an
> architecture-neutral way to avoid compatibility problems.
>
> Regards,
> Bryn.
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