From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (ext-mx11.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.110.16]) by int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q3CC1goF026248 for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:01:42 -0400 Received: from mail09.linbit.com (mail09.linbit.com [212.69.161.110]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q3CC1eZk007039 for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:01:40 -0400 Received: from soda.linbit (unknown [10.9.9.55]) by mail09.linbit.com (LINBIT Mail Daemon) with ESMTP id 775C8106DCC2 for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:01:39 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:01:39 +0200 From: Lars Ellenberg Message-ID: <20120412120139.GP9163@barkeeper1-xen.linbit> References: <4F86B870.5090301@redhat.com> <1875424017.355888.1334230891233.JavaMail.root@nelson.canoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1875424017.355888.1334230891233.JavaMail.root@nelson.canoo.com> Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Hide volume group during startup 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" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-lvm@redhat.com On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 01:41:31PM +0200, Erik Schwalbe wrote: > Hi, > > filter was: > > filter = [ "r|/dev/data/kvm_disk0|" ] > > path: > /dev/data/kvm_disk0 -> ../mapper/data-kvm_disk0 > > The device name is stable, but what other way of control activation are possible?? Forgot to update the initramfs/initrd, and the VGs are activated from there already, even before pivoting to the real root? Run update-initramfs or mkinitrd /boot/initramfs-`uname -r`.img `uname -r` or something like that. > > Regards, > Erik > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bryn M. Reeves" > To: "LVM general discussion and development" > Cc: "Erik Schwalbe" > Sent: Thursday, 12 April, 2012 1:11:44 PM > Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Hide volume group during startup > > On 04/11/2012 11:04 AM, Erik Schwalbe wrote: > > The iscsiinitiator created a new volume group (kvm_disk0) on the > > blockdevice and new virtual disks (vm-203-disk-1). > > > > Our problem is, that the iscsitarget host found not only the VG "data" > > during system startup but also the other VG (kvm_disk0) and activate it. > > So DRBD can't get exclusive access to the LV kvm_disk0. > > > > We try to filter in lvm.conf, but after startup, the VG kvm_disk0 is > > allways activated. > > Please post the filter you are using as well as the full path name of > the disk you are attempting to filter (a complete recursive listing of > /dev as generated by lvmdump or run by hand would be useful. You can use > a service like pastebin for this - please don't send large attachments > to the list). > > There are other ways to control activation if for some reason filtering > will not work (e.g. the device name is not stable). > > Regards, > Bryn. -- : Lars Ellenberg : LINBIT | Your Way to High Availability : DRBD/HA support and consulting http://www.linbit.com