From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [172.16.59.2] (dogpound.rdu.redhat.com [172.16.59.2]) by pobox.corp.redhat.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id jA24T95E020647 for ; Tue, 1 Nov 2005 23:29:10 -0500 Message-ID: <43683E70.9080400@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 23:20:00 -0500 From: Josef Whiter MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] aborted pvmove; how to remove locked LV "pvmove0" References: <43683CA4.4090406@svs.gsfc.nasa.gov> In-Reply-To: <43683CA4.4090406@svs.gsfc.nasa.gov> 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 Randall A. Jones wrote: > > I started a pvmove that was interrupted before it was finished. > lvdisplay reports that the pvmove0 LV is still there. Looking in > /etc/lvm/backup/vg0 shows that pvmove0 is locked. If I try to use > lvremove pvmove0, it fails stating that it is locked. > > Is there a way to unlock a locked LV? Or is there a way to tell LVM > that the pvmove operation is no longer needed so it will clean up? > > Thank you, > Randall pvmove --abort should do what you are looking for. Josef -- Josef Whiter, RHCE Global Support Services Red Hat, Inc. 919-754-3700 x44429