2013-02-12 - Thomas Bächler

With lvm2 2.02.98-3 , we now utilize lvmetad to activate LVM volumes automatically. This implies the following changes:

The lvm2 initramfs hook now requires the udev hook.

initramfs hook now requires the hook. The use_lvmetad = 1 must be set in /etc/lvm/lvm.conf . This is the default now - if you have a lvm.conf.pacnew file, you must merge this change.

must be set in . This is the default now - if you have a file, you merge this change. You can restrict the volumes that are activated automatically by setting the auto_activation_volume_list in /etc/lvm/lvm.conf . If in doubt, leave this option commented out .

in . If in doubt, leave this option . If you need monitoring (needed for snapshots), run systemctl enable lvm-monitoring.service .

. The lvmwait kernel command line option is no longer needed and has no effect.