Not sure on the answer but if you have disks that are sometimes there and other times not (like backup disks), consider labelling them with "e2label /dev/sdXY BACKUP" and mount them in "/etc/fstab" that way. By doing that, your system disks shouldn't change. <div>
<br></div><div>Sorry not to answer your question. Good luck. <br><div><br></div><div>I hope this helps. </div><div><br></div><div>-Andrew Galdes</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 11:34 PM, Musayev, Ilya <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:imusayev@webmd.net" target="_blank">imusayev@webmd.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Look into udev rules.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:rhelv6-list-bounces@redhat.com" target="_blank">rhelv6-list-bounces@redhat.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:rhelv6-list-bounces@redhat.com" target="_blank">rhelv6-list-bounces@redhat.com</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>george application<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 21, 2012 2:57 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:rhelv6-list@redhat.com" target="_blank">rhelv6-list@redhat.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [rhelv6-list] LVM question about filter option in lvm.conf file and persistent disk name format<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white">Hi, </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><br>

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<span style="background:white">Does anyone know if I can use the disk name /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-xxxx format on the FILTER option of lvm.conf file instead of /dev/sdX? </span><br>
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<span style="background:white">For example, I don't want to use the disk name "/dev/sda", because it is not persistent, and some times my sda changes to sdc. </span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Thanks in advance, </span><br>
<span style="background:white">AGS </span></span> <u></u><u></u></p>
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