From: Gerry Reno <greno@verizon.net>
To: LVM general discussion and development <linux-lvm@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] F7 will not boot after running backup w/snapshot
Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 11:30:52 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <481B33AC.7050102@verizon.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0805021111170.30896-100000@bmsred.bmsi.com>
Stuart D. Gathman wrote:
> On Fri, 2 May 2008, Bryn M. Reeves wrote:
>
>
>> Am I missing something here? vgchange --partial seems like it will do
>> what you want (man 8 lvm):
>>
>
> It does part of what I want. It would at least allow a system to boot
> from a partial VG containing the root fs. It does not allow any
> metadata changes while VG is partial - not even reducing missing PV.
>
Well, what good is this if you cannot fix anything? You are stuck in
'broken' mode.
Regards,
Gerry
> If a PV is temporarily missing, and you using the pvcreate -u option,
> then the original PV comes back as well, you have fireworks.
> Also, it doesn't ensure partially missing LVs are readonly (including
> where a snapshot is on a missing PV).
>
> In any case, the --partial might be good for initrd. Although a newbie
> admin would be terribly confused by the "no metadatachanges" restriction.
>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-05-02 15:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-04-30 0:53 [linux-lvm] F7 will not boot after running backup w/snapshot Gerry Reno
2008-04-30 2:29 ` Gerry Reno
2008-04-30 3:51 ` Gerry Reno
2008-04-30 14:00 ` Gerry Reno
2008-04-30 15:09 ` Larry Dickson
2008-04-30 17:23 ` Gerry Reno
2008-04-30 18:19 ` Gerry Reno
2008-04-30 18:28 ` Charles Marcus
2008-04-30 20:24 ` Gerry Reno
2008-04-30 21:19 ` Milan Broz
2008-04-30 22:30 ` Gerry Reno
2008-05-01 15:48 ` malahal
2008-05-01 16:30 ` Mikulas Patocka
2008-05-01 18:15 ` Gerry Reno
2008-05-01 18:38 ` Charles Marcus
2008-05-01 19:37 ` Gerry Reno
2008-05-01 19:42 ` Charles Marcus
2008-05-01 19:53 ` Gerry Reno
2008-05-01 20:03 ` Charles Marcus
2008-05-01 20:21 ` Gerry Reno
2008-05-01 20:25 ` Alasdair G Kergon
2008-05-01 20:30 ` Gerry Reno
2008-05-01 20:34 ` Charles Marcus
2008-05-01 20:36 ` Gerry Reno
2008-05-01 20:44 ` Charles Marcus
2008-05-01 20:57 ` Gerry Reno
2008-05-01 21:59 ` Alasdair G Kergon
2008-05-01 22:12 ` Gerry Reno
2008-05-01 23:50 ` Gerry Reno
2008-05-02 0:38 ` Stuart D. Gathman
2008-05-02 0:47 ` Stuart D. Gathman
2008-05-02 2:03 ` Gerry Reno
2008-05-02 8:14 ` Marek Podmaka
2008-05-02 14:00 ` Gerry Reno
2008-05-02 14:14 ` Charles Marcus
2008-05-02 14:25 ` Larry Dickson
2008-05-02 14:45 ` Marek Podmaka
2008-05-02 14:38 ` Stuart D. Gathman
2008-05-02 14:47 ` Bryn M. Reeves
2008-05-02 15:05 ` Marek Podmaka
2008-05-02 15:17 ` Stuart D. Gathman
2008-05-02 15:30 ` Gerry Reno [this message]
2008-05-02 15:36 ` Bryn M. Reeves
2008-05-03 2:27 ` Mikulas Patocka
2008-05-04 0:45 ` [linux-lvm] Temporary shapshots Stuart D. Gathman
2008-05-05 14:30 ` Larry Dickson
2008-05-05 14:45 ` Charles Marcus
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