Red Hat LVM ADMINISTRATOR FOR RHEL 4.5 Administrator's Manual page 100

Appendix B. The LVM Configuration Files
locking_type = 1
# If using external locking (type 2) and initialisation fails,
# with this set to 1 an attempt will be made to use the built-in
# clustered locking.
# If you are using a customised locking_library you should set this to
0.
fallback_to_clustered_locking = 1
# If an attempt to initialise type 2 or type 3 locking failed, perhaps
# because cluster components such as clvmd are not running, with this
set
# to 1 an attempt will be made to use local file-based locking (type 1).
# If this succeeds, only commands against local volume groups will
proceed.
# Volume Groups marked as clustered will be ignored.
fallback_to_local_locking = 1
# Local non-LV directory that holds file-based locks while commands are
# in progress.
OK.
locking_dir = "/var/lock/lvm"
# Other entries can go here to allow you to load shared libraries
# e.g. if support for LVM1 metadata was compiled as a shared library use
# format_libraries = "liblvm2format1.so"
# Full pathnames can be given.
# Search this directory first for shared libraries.
# library_dir = "/lib"
# The external locking library to load if locking_type is set to 2.
# locking_library = "liblvm2clusterlock.so"
}
activation {
# Device used in place of missing stripes if activating incomplete
volume.
# For now, you need to set this up yourself first (e.g. with 'dmsetup')
# For example, you could make it return I/O errors using the 'error'
# target or make it return zeros.
missing_stripe_filler = "/dev/ioerror"
# How much stack (in KB) to reserve for use while devices suspended
reserved_stack = 256
# How much memory (in KB) to reserve for use while devices suspended
reserved_memory = 8192
# Nice value used while devices suspended
process_priority = -18
# If volume_list is defined, each LV is only activated if there is a
# match against the list.
# "vgname" and "vgname/lvname" are matched exactly.
# "@tag" matches any tag set in the LV or VG.
# "@*" matches if any tag defined on the host is also set in the LV or
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A directory like /tmp that may get wiped on reboot is