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authorDavid Teigland <teigland@redhat.com>2015-06-25 11:45:21 -0500
committerDavid Teigland <teigland@redhat.com>2015-06-30 14:23:40 -0500
commit17b2fdea5dbd0c6ec46f7e3d90b9c98aef0eefd6 (patch)
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parent04b88070028d58b32a4e6d23510cceed602a93e5 (diff)
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list shared VG in lvmsystemid
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diff --git a/man/lvmsystemid.7.in b/man/lvmsystemid.7.in
index 76b0e83c3..37a01aff2 100644
--- a/man/lvmsystemid.7.in
+++ b/man/lvmsystemid.7.in
@@ -83,9 +83,10 @@ version without the system_id feature.
.P
.SS Types of VG access
-A "local VG" is meant to be used by a single host.
+
+A local VG is mean to be used by a single host.
.br
-A "shared VG" is meant to be used by multiple hosts.
+A shared or clustered VG is meant to be used by multiple hosts.
.br
These can be further distinguished as:
@@ -107,9 +108,15 @@ A local VG that has been exported with vgexport and has no system_id.
This VG type can only be accessed by vgimport which will change it to
owned.
+.B Shared:
+A shared or "lockd" VG has lock_type set and no system_id.
+A shared VG is meant to be used on shared storage from multiple hosts,
+and is only accessible to hosts using lvmlockd.
+
.B Clustered:
-A shared VG with the clustered flag set, and no system_id. This VG type
-is only accessible to hosts using clvmd.
+A clustered or "clvm" VG has the clustered flag set and no system_id.
+A clustered VG is meant to be used on shared storage from multiple hosts,
+and is only accessible to hosts using clvmd.
.SS system_id_source
@@ -297,10 +304,16 @@ system_id to its allow_system_id list, change the system_id of the foreign
VG to its own, and remove the foreign system_id from its allow_system_id
list.
+.SS shared VGs
+
+A shared/lockd VG has no system_id set, allowing multiple hosts to
+use it via lvmlockd. Changing a VG to a lockd type will clear the
+existing system_id.
+
.SS clustered VGs
-A "clustered" VG should have no system_id set, allowing multiple hosts to
-use it via clvm. Changing a VG to clustered will clear the existing
+A clustered/clvm VG has no system_id set, allowing multiple hosts to
+use it via clvmd. Changing a VG to clustered will clear the existing
system_id. Changing a VG to not clustered will set the system_id to the
host running the vgchange command.