How To Install lvm2-cluster-standalone.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install lvm2-cluster-standalone.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. lvm2-cluster-standalone.x86_64 is Additional files to support clustered LVM2 in standalone mode

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lvm2-cluster-standalone.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `lvm2-cluster-standalone.x86_64`

Additional files needed to run clustered LVM2 daemon and clustered volume activation in standalone mode as services without cluster resource manager involvement (e.g. pacemaker).

We can use yum to install lvm2-cluster-standalone.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lvm2-cluster-standalone.x86_64.

Install lvm2-cluster-standalone.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install lvm2-cluster-standalone.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lvm2-cluster-standalone.x86_64

How To Uninstall lvm2-cluster-standalone.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the lvm2-cluster-standalone.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove lvm2-cluster-standalone.x86_64

lvm2-cluster-standalone.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/systemd/lvm2-cluster-activation
/usr/lib/systemd/system/lvm2-cluster-activation.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/lvm2-clvmd.service

References

lvm2-cluster-standalone.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lvm2-cluster-standalone.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.