RHEL5.1 and lvm

Pablo Iranzo Gómez Pablo.Iranzo at redhat.com
Thu Nov 22 16:32:13 UTC 2007 

	
	Why do you  create so much physical volumes instead of creating just
one and several LV on it? ¿Why so much VG too?

	Regards
	Pablo

	

El jue, 22-11-2007 a las 17:30 +0100, Rainer Duffner escribió:
> Am Do, 22.11.2007, 16:54, schrieb Jan Wildeboer:
> > On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 17:03 +0100, Rainer Duffner wrote:
> >
> >> Oh, I forgot to mention.
> >> I use Workstation 6.0.2 build 59824
> >
> > Any error messages on the VMWare level?
> 
> Not really.
> 
> Nov 22 15:20:41.598: vcpu-0| CPU reset: soft
> Nov 22 15:20:41.749: vcpu-0| SVGA: Unregistering IOSpace at 0x1060
> Nov 22 15:20:41.750: vcpu-0| SVGA: Unregistering MemSpace at
> 0xf0000000(0xf0000000) and 0xe8000000(0xe8000000)
> Nov 22 15:20:41.871: vcpu-0| SVGA: Registering MemSpace at
> 0xf0000000(0xf0000000) and 0xe8000000(0xe8000000)
> Nov 22 15:20:41.882: vcpu-0| SVGA: Unregistering MemSpace at
> 0xf0000000(0xf0000000) and 0xe8000000(0xe8000000)
> Nov 22 15:20:41.921: vcpu-0| SVGA: Registering MemSpace at
> 0xf0000000(0xf0000000) and 0xe8000000(0xe8000000)
> Nov 22 15:20:41.935: vcpu-0| SVGA: Unregistering MemSpace at
> 0xf0000000(0xf0000000) and 0xe8000000(0xe8000000)
> Nov 22 15:20:41.938: vcpu-0| SVGA: Registering IOSpace at 0x1060
> Nov 22 15:20:41.938: vcpu-0| SVGA: Registering MemSpace at
> 0xf0000000(0xf0000000) and 0xe8000000(0xe8000000)
> Nov 22 15:20:42.072: mks| Ignoring update request in VGA_Expose (mode
> change pending).
> Nov 22 15:20:42.072: mks| Ignoring update request in VGA_Expose (mode
> change pending).
> Nov 22 15:20:42.200: vcpu-0| DISKUTIL: scsi0:0 : geometry=4699/255/63
> Nov 22 15:20:42.282: vcpu-0| BIOS-UUID is 56 4d c3 8c 59 de 63 5a-07 8a cc
> e3 9a 64 e1 f2
> Nov 22 15:20:42.453: vcpu-0| DISKUTIL: scsi0:0 : toolsVersion = 0
> Nov 22 15:20:42.454: vcpu-0| DISKUTIL: Offline toolsVersion = 0
> Nov 22 15:20:50.129: mks| Ignoring update request in VGA_Expose (mode
> change pending).
> Nov 22 15:20:50.132: mks| Ignoring update request in VGA_Expose (mode
> change pending).
> Nov 22 15:20:51.720: mks| Ignoring update request in VGA_Expose (mode
> change pending).
> Nov 22 15:20:51.720: mks| Ignoring update request in VGA_Expose (mode
> change pending).
> Nov 22 15:20:59.928: vcpu-0| SVGA: Unregistering IOSpace at 0x1060
> Nov 22 15:20:59.928: vcpu-0| SVGA: Registering IOSpace at 0xfffffff0
> Nov 22 15:20:59.928: vcpu-0| SVGA: Unregistering IOSpace at 0xfffffff0
> Nov 22 15:20:59.928: vcpu-0| SVGA: Registering IOSpace at 0x1060
> Nov 22 15:21:08.795: vcpu-0| SCSI0: RESET BUS
> Nov 22 15:21:08.808: vcpu-0| SCSI DEVICE (scsi0:0): MODE SENSE(6) for
> unsupported page 0
> Nov 22 15:21:08.808: vcpu-0| SCSI DEVICE (scsi0:0): MODE SENSE(6) for
> unsupported page 0x8
> Nov 22 15:21:08.809: vcpu-0| SCSI DEVICE (scsi0:0): MODE SENSE(6) for
> unsupported page 0
> Nov 22 15:21:08.810: vcpu-0| SCSI DEVICE (scsi0:0): MODE SENSE(6) for
> unsupported page 0x8
> Nov 22 15:22:12.674: vcpu-0| VLANCE: Ethernet1 skipped 2304 time(s)
> Nov 22 15:22:12.674: vcpu-0| VLANCE: 981 549 534 56 48 23 34 34 20 12 8 4
> 0 0 0 1
> Nov 22 15:22:12.674: vcpu-0| VLANCE: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> Nov 22 15:22:12.749: vcpu-0| VLANCE: Ethernet1 skipped 2560 time(s)
> Nov 22 15:22:12.749: vcpu-0| VLANCE: 1075 614 587 68 59 29 41 38 22 13 9 4
> 0 0 0 1
> Nov 22 15:22:12.749: vcpu-0| VLANCE: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> Nov 22 15:22:12.825: vcpu-0| VLANCE: Ethernet1 skipped 2816 time(s)
> Nov 22 15:22:12.825: vcpu-0| VLANCE: 1164 668 655 82 71 36 47 41 22 15 9 4
> 1 0 0 1
> Nov 22 15:22:12.825: vcpu-0| VLANCE: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> Nov 22 15:22:12.895: vcpu-0| VLANCE: Ethernet1 skipped 3072 time(s)
> Nov 22 15:22:12.896: vcpu-0| VLANCE: 1253 741 731 93 73 39 48 42 22 15 9 4
> 1 0 0 1
> Nov 22 15:22:12.896: vcpu-0| VLANCE: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> Nov 22 15:22:12.968: vcpu-0| VLANCE: Ethernet1 skipped 3328 time(s)
> Nov 22 15:22:12.968: vcpu-0| VLANCE: 1346 806 800 104 78 43 53 42 25 16 9
> 4 1 0 0 1
> Nov 22 15:22:12.968: vcpu-0| VLANCE: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> Nov 22 15:22:29.347: vcpu-0| FLOPPY-MAIN : CMD Checking status for
> non-existent Drive 0
> Nov 22 15:22:29.393: vcpu-0| SCSI DEVICE (scsi0:0): INQUIRY request with
> EVPD set
> Nov 22 15:22:29.393: vcpu-0| SCSI DEVICE (scsi0:0): INQUIRY request with
> EVPD set
> Nov 22 15:22:35.030: vcpu-0| FLOPPY-MAIN : CMD Checking status for
> non-existent Drive 0
> 
> 
> I can send the whole ks.cfg file, if it is of any use.
> We have been doing kickstart installs with RHEL4 for some time (with
> LVMs), but my co-worker tells me that the syntax he used with RHEL4 has
> stopped working with RHEL5.
> 
> [root at vmrhel5 syslog]# cat
> /var/www/cobbler/kickstarts_sys/rhel5-test-client/ks.cfg
> 
> #platform=x86, AMD64, or Intel EM64T
> # System authorization information
> auth  --useshadow  --enablemd5
> # System bootloader configuration
> bootloader --location=mbr
> # Partition clearing information
> clearpart --all --initlabel --drives=sda
> # Use text mode install
> text
> key --skip
> # Firewall configuration
> firewall --enabled
> # Run the Setup Agent on first boot
> firstboot --disable
> # System keyboard
> keyboard us
> # System language
> lang en_US
> # Use network installation
> url --url=http://172.16.50.100/cblr/links/RHEL5-i386
> # If any cobbler repo definitions were referenced in the kickstart
> profile, include them here.
> # Network information
> network --bootproto=static --device=eth0 --onboot=on --ip=172.16.50.56
> --netmask=255.255.255.0 --gateway=172.16.50.2 --nameserver=172.16.50.2
> # Reboot after installation
> reboot
> 
> #Root password
> rootpw --iscrypted $1$yadayadayadayadayadayada.
> # SELinux configuration
> selinux --disabled
> # Do not configure the X Window System
> skipx
> # System timezone
> timezone  --utc Europe/Zurich
> 
> # Install OS instead of upgrade
> install
> # Clear the Master Boot Record
> zerombr
> 
> # Magically figure out how to partition this thing
> #SNIPPET::partition_select_normal
> # or not
> part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=150 --ondisk=sda --asprimary
> part swap --fstype swap --size=4096  --ondisk=sda --asprimary
> 
> part pv.01  --size=2048 --ondisk=sda  --asprimary
> volgroup rootvol pv.01 --pesize=32768
> logvol / --vgname=rootvol --size=1024 --name=root --grow --fstype=ext3
> 
> part pv.02  --size=4096 --ondisk=sda
> volgroup usrvol  pv.02 --pesize=32768
> logvol /usr --vgname=usrvol --size=1024 --name=usr --grow --fstype=ext3
> 
> part pv.03  --size=2048 --grow --ondisk=sda
> volgroup varvol pv.03 --pesize=32768
> logvol /var --vgname=varvol --size=1024 --name=var --grow --fstype=ext3
> 
> part pv.04  --size=4096 --ondisk=sda
> volgroup varlogvol pv.04 --pesize=32768
> logvol /var/log --vgname=varlogvol --size=1024 --name=varlog --grow
> --fstype=ext3
> 
> 
> %packages
> #-s390utils
> #-bluez-bluefw
> #-bluez-hcidump
> 
> #-bluez-libs
> #-bluez-utils
> 
> #-bluez-gnome
> #-bridge-utils
> #-dhclient
> #-dhcpv6_client
> 
> #-irda-utils
> #-pcmciautils
> #-rp-pppoe
> #-sendmail
> #-mutt
> #-fetchmail
> #-mdadm
> 
> #-wireless-tools
> #-rhpl
> #-NetworkManager
> 
> #lvm2
> #grub
> #e2fsprogs
> #compat-libstdc++-296
> #compat-libstdc++-33
> #elinks
> #ntp
> #postfix
> #vim-common
> #vim-enhanced
> 
> 
> %post
> 
> wget http://172.16.50.100/cblr/watcher.py?system_done=rhel5-test-client -b
> wget http://172.16.50.100/cobbler/kickstarts_sys/rhel5-test-client/ks.cfg
> -O /root/cobbler.ks
> 
> %pre
> #!/bin/sh
> echo "Running LVM scan..."
> /usr/sbin/lvm.static vgscan
> /usr/sbin/lvm.static vgchange -ay
> /usr/bin/sleep 5
> echo "...done!"
> 
> 
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