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From: David Teigland <teigland@redhat.com>
To: Neutron Sharc <neutronsharc@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-lvm@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] new multipath device mistakenly replaced another PV in existing volume group
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 11:24:11 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170420162411.GC29033@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170420160432.GB29033@redhat.com>

On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 11:04:32AM -0500, David Teigland wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 02:53:19PM -0700, Neutron Sharc wrote:
> > Please note that all these vol3_[0-3] are fresh, without any LVM
> > metadata on them, as shown by pvscan::
> > sudo pvscan --cache /dev/mapper/vol3_0
> >   Incorrect metadata area header checksum on /dev/mapper/vol3_0 at offset 4096
> >   Incorrect metadata area header checksum on /dev/mapper/vol3_0 at offset 4096
> >   Incorrect metadata area header checksum on /dev/mapper/vol3_0 at offset 4096
> 
> That error indicates there is LVM metadata on them.
> 
> >   Found duplicate PV 9F6vU9NVBfEq1w3e04T5UreO6fDVPJNy: using
> > /dev/mapper/vol1_3 not /dev/mapper/vol3_0
> 
> That error indicates it's the same LVM metadata on them.
> 
> Perhaps you're exporting the same data source on the back end via separate
> devices, or have copied the data sources, or are using snapshots of them.

Also, if you upgrade to a new version of lvm, there is better checking and
reporting for these conditions.

  reply	other threads:[~2017-04-20 16:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-04-19 21:53 [linux-lvm] new multipath device mistakenly replaced another PV in existing volume group Neutron Sharc
2017-04-20 16:04 ` David Teigland
2017-04-20 16:24   ` David Teigland [this message]
2017-04-22  2:13     ` Neutron Sharc
     [not found] <971194068.8176464.1492969500597.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
2017-04-23 17:45 ` matthew patton

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