Gitweb: http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=lvm2.git;a=commitdiff;h=ba7796e0550dcc8fc... Commit: ba7796e0550dcc8fcc114bc8eadc6815c34c3f4f Parent: 630fcab420ce791612bbeed3e30db4c5371803e5 Author: Zdenek Kabelac zkabelac@redhat.com AuthorDate: Thu Aug 14 11:10:36 2014 +0200 Committer: Zdenek Kabelac zkabelac@redhat.com CommitterDate: Fri Aug 15 15:06:44 2014 +0200
man: add some more reserved names
--- man/lvm.8.in | 5 +++-- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/lvm.8.in b/man/lvm.8.in index 76d1237..069194c 100644 --- a/man/lvm.8.in +++ b/man/lvm.8.in @@ -339,14 +339,15 @@ Path for the lvmetad pid file. .B LVM_LVMETAD_SOCKET Path for the lvmetad socket file. .SH VALID NAMES -The following characters are valid for VG and LV names: +The valid characters for VG and LV names are: .B a-z A-Z 0-9 + _ . - .LP VG and LV names cannot begin with a hyphen. There are also various reserved names that are used internally by lvm that can not be used as LV or VG names. A VG cannot be called anything that exists in /dev/ at the time of creation, nor can it be called '.' or '..'. A LV cannot be called '.' '..' 'snapshot' or 'pvmove'. The LV name may also not contain -the strings '_mlog', '_mimage', '_rimage', '_tdata', '_tmeta'. +the strings '_cdata', '_cmeta', '_mlog', '_mimage', '_pmspare', +'_rimage', '_rlog', '_tdata', '_tmeta'. A directory bearing the name of each Volume Group is created under /dev when any of its Logical Volumes are activated. Each active Logical Volume is accessible from this directory as a symbolic link leading to a device node. Links or nodes in /dev/mapper are intended only for internal use and the precise format and escaping might change between releases and distributions.
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