Starting the daemon on boot --------------------------- You may wish to add these lines to /etc/rc.d/rc.local to start the service: if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.lvmetad ]; then /etc/rc.d/rc.lvmetad start fi if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.lvmlockd ]; then /etc/rc.d/rc.lvmlockd start fi You may also add these lines to /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown: if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.lvmlockd ]; then /etc/rc.d/rc.lvmlockd stop fi if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.lvmetad ]; then /etc/rc.d/rc.lvmetad stop fi Remember to give executable permission to /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown: chmod 0755 /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown Running the LVM locking system ------------------------------ Make sure to read USAGE section in lvmlockd man pages ;-)