[linux-lvm] LVM and Multipathing

[Heinz J . Mauelshagen]

On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 04:09:00PM +0200, Wormser, Sebastian wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to find some information about the inclusion
> of multipathing capabilities into LVM.
> 
> The most recent information I found in the mail archives was
> from Heinz Mauelshagen back in April 2001, saying that it might
> be included during summer 2001. Did this happen?

Sorry, not so far. We still want to have it this year in LVM2 though ;-)

Today your option is to put MD below LVM and use its multipathed devices as PVs.
There's a patch from the IBM z-Series people for LVM1 as well, but this
is under legal torture and not yet released publically AFAIK.

> 
> Thank you very much for any enlightenment.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
>   Sebastian Wormser
> 
> 
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