From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from null.msp.redhat.com (null.msp.redhat.com [10.15.80.136]) by pobox.corp.redhat.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id j4NK41UF018655 for ; Mon, 23 May 2005 16:04:03 -0400 Received: from null.msp.redhat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by null.msp.redhat.com (8.13.4/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j4NK3xck021252 for ; Mon, 23 May 2005 15:03:59 -0500 Received: (from alewis@localhost) by null.msp.redhat.com (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id j4NK3x4T021251 for linux-lvm@redhat.com; Mon, 23 May 2005 15:03:59 -0500 Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 15:03:59 -0500 From: AJ Lewis Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] pvcreate issues Message-ID: <20050523200358.GJ6097@null.msp.redhat.com> References: <4292256B.7060509@m-cam.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="W13SgbpmD6bhZUTM" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4292256B.7060509@m-cam.com> 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: To: LVM general discussion and development --W13SgbpmD6bhZUTM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 02:48:11PM -0400, Arshavir Grigorian wrote: > Hi, >=20 > We have a SAN that exports 4 LUNs. These appear as SCSI devices on the=20 > server (/dev/sd[c-f]). When I try to create physical volumes on these=20 > devices, I get the following error: >=20 > #>pvcreate /dev/sdc > Physical volume "/dev/sdc" successfully created >=20 > #>pvcreate /dev/sdd > Found duplicate PV ZlhU50ejJ1VkoULTcU5ODsl2BP26IjQW: using /dev/sdc=20 > not /dev/sdd > Found duplicate PV ZlhU50ejJ1VkoULTcU5ODsl2BP26IjQW: using /dev/sde=20 > not /dev/sdd > Found duplicate PV ZlhU50ejJ1VkoULTcU5ODsl2BP26IjQW: using /dev/sdf=20 > not /dev/sdd > Physical volume "/dev/sdd" successfully created >=20 > This happens after pvcreate is run the second time, does not matter in=20 > which order. It looks like when pvcreate sets the device id, it somehow= =20 > sets it for all the devices. You're sure sd[c-f] is not the same device on multiple paths? --=20 AJ Lewis Voice: 612-638-0500 Red Hat Inc. E-Mail: alewis@redhat.com 720 Washington Ave. SE, Suite 200 Minneapolis, MN 55414 =20 Current GPG fingerprint =3D D9F8 EDCE 4242 855F A03D 9B63 F50C 54A8 578C 8= 715 Grab the key at: http://people.redhat.com/alewis/gpg.html or one of the many keyservers out there... --W13SgbpmD6bhZUTM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCkjcu9QxUqFeMhxURAonDAJ41I3vWSXZN8e/1Jp+6czq2vxuRSQCg2+0r 3cDLZyhD+7OHfUdR4/wVA6o= =4WUi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --W13SgbpmD6bhZUTM--