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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I am looking for a corresponding Linux LVM2 option of the AIX LVM mklv that enables</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">mirrored copies when creating a Logical Volume </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The mklv AIX option is :</FONT>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">-w</FONT></B><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">MirrorWriteConsistency</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT>
<BR><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">y</FONT></B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Turns on mirror write consistency which insures data consistency among mirrored copies of a logical volume during normal I/O processing. <BR>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I have read in archived emails that the lvcreate -m1 option enables mirrored copies but it is not officially</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">supported. Do you know if a particular LVM2 release support mirrored volumes ?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">We plan to use</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Palatino-Roman">lvm2-2.00.32 release.</FONT>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">David Plainfossé<BR>
</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Architect GSM/UMTS Platform<BR>
Tel. : (33) 1 69 55 59 13 / ESN : 574 5913<BR>
Email: plaindav@nortel.com</FONT>
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