LVM2-2.03.28

Device Drivers --->
  [*] Block devices --->                                               [BLK_DEV]
    <*/M> RAM block device support                                 [BLK_DEV_RAM]
  [*] Multiple devices driver support (RAID and LVM) --->                   [MD]
    <*/M> Device mapper support                                     [BLK_DEV_DM]
    <*/M>   Crypt target support                                      [DM_CRYPT]
    <*/M>   Snapshot target                                        [DM_SNAPSHOT]
    <*/M>   Thin provisioning target                      [DM_THIN_PROVISIONING]
    <*/M>   Cache target (EXPERIMENTAL)                               [DM_CACHE]
    <*/M>   Mirror target                                            [DM_MIRROR]
    <*/M>   Zero target                                                [DM_ZERO]
    <*/M>   I/O delaying target                                       [DM_DELAY]

Kernel hacking --->
  Generic Kernel Debugging Instruments --->
    [*] Magic SysRq key                                            [MAGIC_SYSRQ]

Installation of LVM2

Install LVM2 by running the following commands:

PATH+=:/usr/sbin                \
./configure --prefix=/usr       \
            --enable-cmdlib     \
            --enable-pkgconfig  \
            --enable-udev_sync  &&
make

The tests use udev for logical volume synchronization, so the LVM udev rules and some utilities need to be installed before running the tests. If you are installing LVM2 for the first time, and do not want to install the full package before running the tests, the minimal set of utilities can be installed by running the following instructions as the root user:

make -C tools install_tools_dynamic &&
make -C udev  install               &&
make -C libdm install

To test the results, issue, as the root user:

LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 make check_local

Some tests may hang. In this case they can be skipped by adding S=<testname> to the make command. Other targets are available and can be listed with make -C test help. The test timings are very dependent on the speed of the disk(s), and on the number of enabled kernel options.

The tests do not implement the “expected fail” possibility, and a small number of test failures is expected by upstream. More failures may happen because some kernel options are missing. For example, the lack of the dm-delay device mapper target explains some failures. Some tests may fail if there is insufficient free space available in the partition with the /tmp directory. At least one test fails if 16 TB is not available. Some tests are flagged “warned” if thin-provisioning-tools are not installed. A workaround is to add the following flags to configure:

     --with-thin-check=    \
     --with-thin-dump=     \
     --with-thin-repair=   \
     --with-thin-restore=  \
     --with-cache-check=   \
     --with-cache-dump=    \
     --with-cache-repair=  \
     --with-cache-restore= \

Some tests may hang. They can be removed if necessary, for example: rm test/shell/lvconvert-raid-reshape.sh. The tests generate a lot of kernel messages, which may clutter your terminal. You can disable them by issuing dmesg -D before running the tests (do not forget to issue dmesg -E when tests are done).

Now, as the root user:

make install
rm -fv /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/69-dm-lvm.rules