[linux-lvm] 2 Q's: power outages during pvmove and fragmentation

[Joe Thornber]

On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 05:04:47PM +0200, Frank Van Damme wrote:
> On Monday 28 July 2003 17:40, Frank Van Damme wrote:
> > > First off I encourage you to use LVM2 rather than LVM1.  An
> > > interrupted pvmove can be resumed or aborted after a crash.
> 
> With lvm1 too, or only with lvm2?

i)  It's is possible to deadlock pvmove under lvm1

ii) lvm1 does not have a transactional metadata format, so if you loose
    power during a metadata update you can have problems.

iii) I suspect you will have to restart the complete pvmove under lvm1
     if it's interrupted (Heinz ?)

Use LVM2.

- Joe

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