From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id j9ILaQV11350 for ; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 17:36:26 -0400 Received: from hetfield.patsoffice.com (092.106-113-64.ftth.swbr.surewest.net [64.113.106.92]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j9ILaP7C020090 for ; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 17:36:26 -0400 Received: from [192.168.0.11] (unknown [192.168.0.11]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hetfield.patsoffice.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0D17CB37B for ; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 14:35:53 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Problem with LVM2 and device-mapper From: "Patrick Lawrence (LVM List)" <5e67ea4d1e39ed0d23e6@patsoffice.com> In-Reply-To: <85f72c0fd806dec224faff1ca6dd83a3@redhat.com> References: <1129665057.4262.7.camel@cantrell.patsoffice.com> <85f72c0fd806dec224faff1ca6dd83a3@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 14:35:40 -0700 Message-Id: <1129671341.2901.2.camel@cantrell.patsoffice.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: LVM general discussion and development Hello, > After a failed vgchange -ay, what does 'dmsetup ls' report? [root@hetfield ~]# vgchange -ay VolGroup02 device-mapper ioctl cmd 9 failed: Invalid argument Couldn't load device 'VolGroup02-DVD'. 1 logical volume(s) in volume group "VolGroup02" now active [root@hetfield ~]# dmsetup ls VolGroup00-Home (253, 1) pdc_jahacaib (253, 6) VolGroup00-Swap (253, 5) VolGroup02-DVD (253, 10) VolGroup00-Root (253, 0) VolGroup01-Media (253, 9) pdc_jahacaib1 (253, 7) VolGroup00-Usr (253, 2) VolGroup01-Data (253, 8) VolGroup00-Var (253, 4) VolGroup00-Local (253, 3) [root@hetfield ~]# ls -lF /dev/mapper total 0 crw------- 1 root root 10, 63 Oct 15 10:00 control brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 6 Oct 15 17:00 pdc_jahacaib brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 7 Oct 15 17:00 pdc_jahacaib1 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 1 Oct 15 10:00 VolGroup00-Home brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 3 Oct 15 10:00 VolGroup00-Local brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 0 Oct 15 10:00 VolGroup00-Root brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 5 Oct 15 10:00 VolGroup00-Swap brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 2 Oct 15 10:00 VolGroup00-Usr brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 4 Oct 15 10:00 VolGroup00-Var brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 8 Oct 15 17:00 VolGroup01-Data brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 9 Oct 15 17:00 VolGroup01-Media brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 10 Oct 18 14:32 VolGroup02-DVD The node is indeed created in /dev/mapper (which I assume 'dmsetup ls' is querying.) If I deactivate that volgroup the entry is removed. Hope this helps. Regards, Pat