SteelEye 4.5.0 manual Documentation and References, LifeKeeper for Linux Release Notes

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Introduction

Documentation and References

The following LifeKeeper documentation is available from SteelEye Technology, Inc.:

•LifeKeeper for Linux Release Notes

•LifeKeeper for Linux Online Product Manual (available from the Help menu within the LifeKeeper GUI)

•LifeKeeper for Linux Planning and Installation Guide

This documentation, along with documentation associated with other LifeKeeper recovery kits, is available on the LifeKeeper Documentation CD that is shipped with your software.

The latest versions of LifeKeeper for Linux documentation are also provided on the SteelEye Technology, Inc. website at:

www.steeleye.com/support/documentation.

For information on LVM, refer to LVM HowTo, Revision 0.4, December 2002; AJ Lewis, Maintainer; Copyright ©2002 Sistina Software, Inc., available at tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/

SuSE has also produced a very good technical white paper titled “The Logical Volume Manger” that is available at www.sistina.com/downloads/whitepapers/LVM_WP.pdf

4	LVM Recovery Kit Administration Guide

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Contents Logical Volume Manager LVM Recovery Kit Administration Guide LifeKeeper for LinuxRevision A 06/2004 Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds ip@steeleye.comTable of Contents LVM Recovery Kit Administration Guide Document Contents IntroductionLVM Recovery Kit Administration Guide LifeKeeper for Linux Planning and Installation Guide Documentation and ReferencesLifeKeeper for Linux Release Notes Requirements Hardware RequirementsSoftware Requirements LifeKeeper for Linux LVM Recovery Kit OverviewLVM Operation Volume Group Activation LVM Recovery Kit Notes and RestrictionsLinux Boot Script Modifications Support for Raw I/O and Entire DisksLVM Version Support LifeKeeper LVM Hierarchy Creation and Administration Hierarchy Creation Procedure2. On the system which is to be the primary server for your application, create and activate the desired volume groups and logical volumes using the tools provided by the LVM package, and described in the LVM HowTo document referenced in the Documentation and References section above Using LVM with LifeKeeper Data Replication Figure 3 Hierarchy with LVM above LKDRVolume Group Reconfiguration Figure 4 LVM volume group Resource Properties dialogFigure 5 LVM volume group reconfiguration for added device Figure 6 LVM volume group reconfiguration for added device Figure 7 LVM volume group reconfiguration for deleted device Figure 8 LVM volume group reconfiguration for deleted deviceCommon Error Messages TroubleshootingError Messages Hierarchy CreationHierarchy Extension Hierarchy Restore LVM Recovery Kit Error MessagesResource Monitoring