%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ lvm2 The lvm2 package is a package that manages logical partitions. It allows spanning of file systems across multiple physical disks and disk partitions and provides for dynamic growing or shrinking of logical partitions. &lfs70_checked; Package Information Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &lvm2-md5sum; Download size: &lvm2-size; Estimated disk space required: &lvm2-buildsize; Estimated build time: &lvm2-time; User Notes: Enable the following option in the kernel configuration and recompile the kernel: Device Drivers ---> Multiple devices driver support (RAID and LVM): Y Device mapper support: Y or M Crypt target support: (optional) Snapshot target: (optional) Mirror target: (optional) lvm2 Install lvm2 by running the following commands: ./configure --sbindir=/sbin --libdir=/lib --enable-pkgconfig && make Now, as the root user: make install --enable-pkgconfig: This parameter installs pkgconfig support. --enable-dmeventd: This option builds the device-mapper event daemon. --enable-cmdlib: This option builds the shared command library. It is required when building the daemon. Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories dmsetup, fsadm, lvm, lvmconf, lvndump, vgimportclone. There are also numerous symbolic links to lvm to impement specific functionality. libdevmapper.so None Short Descriptions dmsetup is a low level logical volume management tool. dmsetup fsadm is a utility to resize or check filesystem on a device. fsadm lvm provides the command-line tools for lvm2. Commands are implemented via sympolic links to this program to manage physical devices (pv*), volume groups (vg*), and logical volumes (lv*). lvm lvmconf is a script that modifies the locking configuration in an lvm configuration file. lvmconf lvmdump is a tool to dump various information concerning lvm2. lvmdump vgimportclone is used to import a duplicated VG (e.g. hardware snapshot). vgimportclone libdevmapper.so contains the device-mapper API functions. libdevmapper.so