How To Install lvm2-lockd on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install lvm2-lockd on Rocky Linux 8. lvm2-lockd is LVM locking daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lvm2-lockd on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `lvm2-lockd`

LVM commands use lvmlockd to coordinate access to shared storage.

We can use yum or dnf to install lvm2-lockd on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lvm2-lockd.

Install lvm2-lockd on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install lvm2-lockd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lvm2-lockd

Install lvm2-lockd on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install lvm2-lockd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lvm2-lockd

How To Uninstall lvm2-lockd on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the lvm2-lockd package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lvm2-lockd

lvm2-lockd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/77ece7fe0876c59f953cb1e09476351ad8e1d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd/729ad1fea348243e22551930e5373bf0e5c97d
/usr/lib/systemd/system/lvmlockd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/lvmlocks.service
/usr/sbin/lvmlockctl
/usr/sbin/lvmlockd
/usr/share/man/man8/lvmlockctl.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lvmlockd.8.gz

References

lvm2-lockd website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lvm2-lockd on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.