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Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 12:23:21 -0500
From: Jeffrey Johnson <capitan.dorko@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] "Close failed: Bad file descriptor" messages on
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On 5/3/05, Sreedharan_Vinod@emc.com <Sreedharan_Vinod@emc.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> When I do pvcreate, I get deluged with "pvcreate /dev/sdf: close failed:
> Bad file descriptor" messages.
>=20
> I need to explicity open another session to kill the previous pvcreate
> instance to get out of this situation.
>=20
> On the same system, pvcreate another device succeeds.
>=20

I've had the same problem with some SAN attached storage. I was able to=20
workaround it by doing a vgcreate using the physical volume pvcreate failed=
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on. This will obviously fail, but a subsequent pvcreate on the device will=
=20
then work.

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<br><br><div><span class=3D"gmail_quote">On 5/3/05, <b class=3D"gmail_sende=
rname"><a href=3D"mailto:Sreedharan_Vinod@emc.com">Sreedharan_Vinod@emc.com=
</a></b> &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:Sreedharan_Vinod@emc.com">Sreedharan_Vinod@e=
mc.com
</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-lef=
t: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1=
ex;">Hi,<br><br>When I do pvcreate, I get deluged with &quot;pvcreate&nbsp;=
&nbsp;/dev/sdf: close failed:
<br>Bad file descriptor&quot; messages.<br><br>I need to explicity open ano=
ther session to kill the previous pvcreate<br>instance to get out of this s=
ituation.<br><br>On the same system, pvcreate another device succeeds.<br>

</blockquote></div><br>
I've had the same problem with some SAN attached storage.&nbsp; I was
able to workaround it by doing a vgcreate using the physical volume
pvcreate failed on.&nbsp; This will obviously fail, but a subsequent
pvcreate on the device will then work.<br>
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