From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3E47B064.9040506@ednet.ns.ca> From: Patrick Boutilier MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] PV Status NOT available References: <000801c2d0e8$91e8d320$0d01a8c0@aphrodite> <20030210143353.A5958@sistina.com> In-Reply-To: <20030210143353.A5958@sistina.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Errors-To: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Reply-To: linux-lvm@sistina.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Mon Feb 10 08:02:01 2003 List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-lvm@sistina.com I have the same problem on RedHat 8.0 # pvdisplay /dev/sda6 --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/sda6 VG Name imap_vg PV Size 261.11 GB [547591527 secs] / NOT usable 16.25 MB [LVM: 189 KB] PV# 1 PV Status NOT available Allocatable yes (but full) Cur LV 1 PE Size (KByte) 16384 Total PE 16710 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 16710 PV UUID O7WnwM-5ASt-AsiV-8BlZ-h6KP-NjFl-cdY33C # cat /proc/lvm/global LVM driver LVM version 1.0.6(25/10/2002) Total: 1 VG 1 PV 1 LV (1 LV open 1 times) Global: 271038 bytes malloced IOP version: 10 63 days 17:26:47 active VG: imap_vg [1 PV, 1 LV/1 open] PE Size: 16384 KB Usage [KB/PE]: 273776640 /16710 total 273776640 /16710 used 0 /0 free PV: [AA] sda6 273776640 /16710 273776640 /16710 0 /0 LV: [AWDL ] imap_lv 273776640 /16710 1x open Heinz J . Mauelshagen wrote: > Rupert, > > do all 3 PVs show up active (the [] following 'PV:' should contain 'AA' > unless you set a PV to inallocatable) in /proc/lvm/global ? > > if so pvdisplay (pv_status in the library respectively) doesn't seem > to get the PV_ACTIVE status from the kernel correctly. > > > On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 09:41:18AM -0000, Rupert Hair wrote: > >>Hi Everyone. >> >>I have a rather strange 'problem' with my LVM setup. I am using a very >>standard install of Redhat 8.0 (Kernel 2.4.18-14smp (I guess the "-14smp" is >>some Redhat version number.)) with LVM version 1.0.3(19/02/2002). I used >>the Redhat installer to create a single VG (datavg) and LV (datalv) made up >>of 3 PVs (hdd5 hdd6 hdd7 (Yes all three PVs are on the same disk as this is >>just a test setup.)). This all went fine and the installer created an ext3 >>filesystem on top of the LV. I have put some data on the filesystem and >>rebooted a few times to test it out and everything works great. >> >>Now the 'problem': two of my PVs (hdd5 hdd7) have a status of "NOT >>available" (reported by pvdisplay). This is very strange as the whole setup >>seems to work fine and all three PVs are on the same disk (which is working >>fine). I have attached various files which are the outputs of some of the >>LVM utilities that seemed useful. >> >>I would be very grateful if anyone could shed any light on this problem and >>what I have done wrong. >> >>Thanks. >>Rupert > >