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| author | Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com> | 2014-07-21 15:50:47 +0100 |
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| committer | Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com> | 2014-07-21 15:50:47 +0100 |
| commit | 513fd029a635470522e1c8a9cdddb70eec39474a (patch) | |
| tree | 46f772ffe14ea264ffc804ab44f27994d7598bcf /conf/example.conf.in | |
| parent | 8c231a5f4d8e3e309dd018c92644580d06b11dd1 (diff) | |
| download | lvm2-513fd029a635470522e1c8a9cdddb70eec39474a.tar.gz | |
config: Adjust description of activation_mode.
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| -rw-r--r-- | conf/example.conf.in | 38 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/conf/example.conf.in b/conf/example.conf.in index 2930054d6..21c553ad4 100644 --- a/conf/example.conf.in +++ b/conf/example.conf.in @@ -1042,26 +1042,24 @@ activation { # operation is complete. polling_interval = 15 - # 'activation_mode' determines how logical volumes are activated if - # devices are missing. Possible settings are: - # - # "complete" - Only allow activation of an LV if all of the PVs - # that it uses are available (i.e. the volume group - # is complete). There may be a failed PV in the - # volume group; but if a particular LV is not on that - # PV, it is still allowed to activate in this mode. - # - # "degraded" - Like "complete", except that RAID logical volumes of - # segment type "raid{1,4,5,6,10}" are activated if - # they have sufficient redundancy to present the entire - # addressable range of the logical volume. - # - # "partial" - Allow activation for any logical volume - even if - # a missing or failed PV would cause a portion of the - # logical volume to be inaccessible. (E.g. a stripe - # volume that has lost one of its members would be - # unable to access a portion of the logical volume.) - # This setting is not recommended for normal use. + # 'activation_mode' determines how Logical Volumes are activated if + # any devices are missing. Possible settings are: + # + # "complete" - Only allow activation of an LV if all of the Physical + # Volumes it uses are present. Other PVs in the Volume + # Group may be missing. + # + # "degraded" - Like "complete", but additionally RAID Logical Volumes of + # segment type raid1, raid4, raid5, radid6 and raid10 will + # be activated if there is no data loss, i.e. they have + # sufficient redundancy to present the entire addressable + # range of the Logical Volume. + # + # "partial" - Allows the activation of any Logical Volume even if + # a missing or failed PV could cause data loss with a + # portion of the Logical Volume inaccessible. + # This setting should not normally be used, but may + # sometimes assist with data recovery. # # This setting was introduced in LVM version 2.02.108. It corresponds # with the '--activationmode' option for lvchange and vgchange. |