topic Re: LVM volume name in Operating System - HP-UX

LVM volume name

Martin Brachtl — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 09:16:26 GMT

Are there any constraints on the length of the volume name? I guess, the constraints are the same as in the case of the filename. Am I wrong?

M. Brachtl

Re: LVM volume name

Pete Randall — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 09:23:49 GMT

That's all the man page says:

"where lv_name is a simple file name, not a path name"

Pete

Re: LVM volume name

Martin Brachtl — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 09:28:26 GMT

well, I read that, but this is not "a proof" that there are no other constraints.

Re: LVM volume name

generic_1 — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 09:30:47 GMT

I would keep not get crazy with the naming. Remember if something goes wrong your gonna have to type these puppies.

Re: LVM volume name

Rick Garland — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 09:32:58 GMT

Keep it somewhat short and it will keep the `bdf` output on 1 line.

Get longer vg_ & lv_ names and the `bdf` display has too use multiple lines.

Re: LVM volume name

Martin Brachtl — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 09:44:12 GMT

I am asking because the author of application suggested pretty long names. Shall I say to him, silly long names, but it will work, or, will not.

M. Br.

Re: LVM volume name

Kent Ostby — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 11:02:25 GMT

It will work, but there is a point where readability clashes with useability, especially if you are the system administrator.

Re: LVM volume name

Pedro Cirne — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 11:09:35 GMT

Hi,

I wouldn't use very long names, they are not pratical for administration, some tools like Glance, MeasureWare, OVO will truncate those names.

Enjoy :)

Re: LVM volume name

TwoProc — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 11:12:28 GMT

What does the author mean by "pretty long names" ?
"BeautifulDreamer001" ? :-)

lvol2 is long enough for me. But, it's probably not all that pretty. :-)

Re: LVM volume name

Rick Garland — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 11:36:40 GMT

The long names will work.

Do keep in mind the balance act between readability and useability

Re: LVM volume name

Bill Hassell — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 17:32:14 GMT

Tell the developer that the system administration policies do not allow for fancy names. After all, where will those volume groups be used? As parameters and/or answers to questions in the application? Or just some names in a config file? VG's are sysadmin symbols. Long VG names will create a *LOT* of sysadmin pain in the future as apps (like Glance and OV) and tools like bdf try to work around the long names. It won't be pretty...

Re: LVM volume name

Martin Brachtl — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 02:12:55 GMT

"Pretty long" is something like this:

/dev/vgxx/cust_scoring1_db12_arch_log_w_1

I would not choose anything like that, because of all reasons you mentioned. And I was not sure, if this is also technically possible. It seems, it is.

BTW thank you all for the responses.

MBr.