Does LVM on RHEL5 have compatibility with other volume management software?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Issue
- Can a storage containing HP-UX LVM volume be connected to RHEL server and be directly used with LVM?
- If yes, is such a configuration supported?
- Does Red Hat have any tools for migrating HP-UX LVM volume to Linux LVM?
- Can a storage containing Linux VxVM volume be directly used with Linux LVM?
- If yes, is such a configuration supported?
Resolution
- LVM on Linux does not have compatibility with VxVM.
- There are no Red Hat supported tools to migrate. See the KCS solution "How to migrate Veritas Volume to Linux LVM" for more information.
Root Cause
- Implementation LVM on Linux is just feature port.
Diagnostic Steps
- LVM on Linux depends on Device mapper for Linux kernel.
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