From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx2.redhat.com (mx2.redhat.com [10.255.15.25]) by int-mx2.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l1G8jjit031394 for ; Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:45:45 -0500 Received: from carlit.cesca.es (carlit.cesca.es [84.88.0.2]) by mx2.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l1G8jhdK012787 for ; Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:45:43 -0500 Received: from carlit.cesca.es (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carlit.cesca.es (Postfix) with ESMTP id E10A7331E22 for ; Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:45:36 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.94.163.17] (santalis.cesca.es [192.94.163.17]) by carlit.cesca.es (Postfix) with ESMTP id 317B7330E9C for ; Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:45:35 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <45D56FD4.7060908@cesca.es> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:48:20 +0100 From: Jordi Prats MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [linux-lvm] pvscan/vgscan/lvscan error 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="utf-8"; format="flowed" To: linux-lvm@redhat.com Hi all, I've found that all vgscan is giving me an error. This is the output: # vgscan -v Wiping cache of LVM-capable devices Wiping internal VG cache Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while... Finding all volume groups /dev/dm-4: read failed after 0 of 4096 at 12989693952: Input/output error /dev/dm-4: read failed after 0 of 4096 at 0: Input/output error Finding volume group "padicat" Found volume group "padicat" using metadata type lvm2 Finding volume group "vg_bbdd" Found volume group "vg_bbdd" using metadata type lvm2 Finding volume group "vg_ordal" Found volume group "vg_ordal" using metadata type lvm2 Any idea what this "Input/output error" on /dev/dm-4 does it means? What is causing this error? Thank you! -- ...................................................................... __ / / Jordi Prats C E / S / C A Dept. de Sistemes /_/ Centre de Supercomputaci� de Catalunya Gran Capit�, 2-4 (Edifici Nexus) � 08034 Barcelona T. 93 205 6464 � F. 93 205 6979 � jprats@cesca.es ......................................................................