From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n3LG5feP030808 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:05:41 -0400 Received: from pluto.sivell.com (z-t3.aifi.com [65.112.245.198]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n3LG5SZK017798 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:05:28 -0400 Received: from ef.sivell.com (ef [192.168.249.210]) (authenticated bits=0) by pluto.sivell.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n3LG8Vl5023694 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:08:31 -0500 Message-ID: <49EDEEA5.6060409@sivell.com> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:04:53 -0500 From: vu pham MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] re-activate lv after reboot ? References: <49EDEA93.1090406@sivell.com> <49EDED3C.4060608@brunson.com> In-Reply-To: <49EDED3C.4060608@brunson.com> 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"; format="flowed" To: LVM general discussion and development Eric Brunson wrote: > On 04/21/2009 09:47 AM, vu pham wrote: >> My server uses iscsiadm to access a remote iscsi device. VG and LV are >> created on that device and can be accessed just fine. >> The problem is after reboot, the LVs are in inactive mode and I have >> to run vgchange -a y to activate the VG on the iscsi device or to put >> that command /etc/rcd./rc.local. > > In RH and Fedora you need to updated your initrd image to have the > drivers for the disk access available before the real filesystems are > mounted. You don't mention what distro you're using, so I'll avoid > boring you with details that may not be pertinent to your situation. > Hi Eric, thanks for your reply. I am using RHEL5.3 Thanks again. Vu