Logical Volume Manager
In computer storage, logical volume management or LVM provides a method of allocating space on mass-storage devices that is more flexible than conventional partitioning schemes. In particular, a volume manager can concatenate, stripe together or otherwise combine partitions (or block devices in general) into larger virtual ones that administrators can re-size or move, potentially without interrupting system use.
In OS/2 the Logical Volume Manager (LVM) is the disk management system that replaces the older FDISK-based system in OS/2 Warp Server for e-business, all OS/2 Convenience Package releases, and all versions of eComStation.
The OS/2 LVM has been released under an open source license and ported to Linux; however, the name of the open source version has been changed to "Enterprise Volume Management System" (EVMS).
Files
Directory | Filename | Comments |
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\OS2 | LVM.EXE | LVM program executable |
SETBOOT.EXE | ||
\OS2\DLL | ENGINE.DLL | LVM DUI JAVA Interface Dynamic Link Library for OS/2 |
LVM.DLL | LVM Dynamic Link Library for OS/2 | |
\OS2\JAVAAPPS | LVMGUI.ZIP | LVM Java GUI files |
LVM_GUI.ICO | LVM GUI icon | |
\OS2\SYSTEM | LVM.MSG | LVM program message file |
LVM.REP | FFST Template | |
LVMALERT.EXE | LVM Alert Utility | |
LVMH.MSG | LVM program help messages file |