From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l9VBCiRX012718 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:12:44 -0400 Received: from luther.localdomain (eshfire.ESH.Uni-Linz.AC.AT [193.171.36.5]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l9VBCce4007723 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:12:39 -0400 Received: from [193.171.36.121] (eshfire.ESH.Uni-Linz.AC.AT [193.171.36.5]) by luther.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3A2F137F1 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:26:04 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <47286325.7080900@esh.jku.at> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:12:37 +0100 From: Christian MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] LVM2 Problem Can t resize locked LV lv References: <47277994.3020803@esh.jku.at> <472832A8.60201@esh.jku.at> In-Reply-To: <472832A8.60201@esh.jku.at> 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 just got the solution over irc. i post it in case anyone else encounters this strange behaviour. i need to mention first that pvmove was not running (checked using lvs -a), so this is kind of a stange behaviour. to fix the "locked" error, you first need to deactivate your lv # lvchange -an /dev/vg/lv then edit your vg backup (/etc/lvm/backup/vg) and remove "LOCKED" in the lv status line. after that do # vgcfgrestore vg # lvchange -ay /dev/vg/lv when doing lvreduce now, everything should work properly. big thanks to the guys on #lvm. cheers christian Christian wrote: > Let me extend my previously posted message, as I mixed up some error > messages: here are the correct ones: > > # lvreduce -L -150G /dev/vg/lv > Can't resize locked LV lv > > # pvmove /dev/hdb1 /dev/hdf1 > Skipping locked LV lv > No data to move for vg > > Anyways I am still looking for an answer what "locked" means and how I > unlock the logical volume. > > I am using gentoo with kernel 2.6.17-gentoo-r8. > > Once again, thank you for your help in advance > > Cheers > Christian > > > Christian wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am using LVM2 for some time now and haven't had any troubles. >> But this week one of the hard disks, the one I added approx. one >> month ago, started to report read/write errors. >> I bought a new one and followed the steps of an LVM how-to found on >> this website >> (http://charlesnadeau.blogspot.com/2006/10/howto-replaceupgrade-disk-part-of-lvm2_04.html). >> >> >> The first steps worked fine. Even shrinking the reiser file system >> was no problem. >> But when I tried to pvmove /dev/hdb1 /dev/hdf1, I am getting the >> error message: Can't resize locked LV lv. >> >> As there is no available information about what this error message >> actually means nor how to resolve it, I hope someone on this list >> might be able to help me. >> >> Thank you very much in advance. >> >> Cheers Christian >> >> PS: this is my current configuration. where hdb1 is the failing hdd, >> and hdf1 the new one. >> >> vgdisplay -v >> Finding all volume groups >> Finding volume group "vg" >> --- Volume group --- >> VG Name vg >> System ID >> Format lvm2 >> Metadata Areas 6 >> Metadata Sequence No 10 >> VG Access read/write >> VG Status resizable >> MAX LV 0 >> Cur LV 1 >> Open LV 0 >> Max PV 0 >> Cur PV 6 >> Act PV 6 >> VG Size 1.37 TB >> PE Size 4.00 MB >> Total PE 359489 >> Alloc PE / Size 264102 / 1.01 TB >> Free PE / Size 95387 / 372.61 GB >> VG UUID bf1tJ5-X79X-Uy02-iilF-XEM8-u2GK-6lFhQZ >> >> --- Logical volume --- >> LV Name /dev/vg/lv >> VG Name vg >> LV UUID oyJf6j-xKtk-qtQv-LLE3-wy4I-9qC3-9VLPr0 >> LV Write Access read/write >> LV Status available >> # open 0 >> LV Size 1.01 TB >> Current LE 264102 >> Segments 5 >> Allocation inherit >> Read ahead sectors 0 >> Block device 253:0 >> >> --- Physical volumes --- >> PV Name /dev/hda3 >> PV UUID IKxWRX-hzHO-fra9-vm8O-JyVp-FyM8-trMXlw >> PV Status allocatable >> Total PE / Free PE 25632 / 0 >> >> PV Name /dev/hde1 >> PV UUID wM0a1a-mT0y-2M2s-9CVH-1CYJ-sNGV-sdjrkJ >> PV Status allocatable >> Total PE / Free PE 47694 / 0 >> >> PV Name /dev/hdg1 >> PV UUID oeAOVW-D4qq-24QO-PiH0-WyYh-y8lP-rqL3r9 >> PV Status allocatable >> Total PE / Free PE 76310 / 0 >> >> PV Name /dev/hdh1 >> PV UUID o58ymK-u6zC-J63r-w98A-cPPw-JcMN-FXWQUi >> PV Status allocatable >> Total PE / Free PE 76310 / 0 >> >> PV Name /dev/hdb1 >> PV UUID uLgbrb-aNFy-8nsE-X7Aa-q0mp-n8AY-46FqSc >> PV Status allocatable >> Total PE / Free PE 38156 / 0 >> >> PV Name /dev/hdf1 >> PV UUID uKsPbR-CNjT-IWTr-edSp-VmrO-CgtL-rxm0M2 >> PV Status allocatable >> Total PE / Free PE 95387 / 95387 >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> linux-lvm mailing list >> linux-lvm@redhat.com >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm >> read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ > >