From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <4F26C5A4.1080907@redhat.com> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:30:28 +0000 From: "Bryn M. Reeves" MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4F26BE81.7040608@redhat.com> <0e76b29210b181e84d1c5762f9c8f07d.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> In-Reply-To: <0e76b29210b181e84d1c5762f9c8f07d.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Cannot delete lv 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" To: "James B. Byrne" Cc: LVM general discussion and development -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 01/30/2012 04:25 PM, James B. Byrne wrote: > At this point I could use a little more guidance. I wish to remove > all the lvs associated with the following defunct vm guests: > > base <--- guest name vg_vhost01-lv_vm_base (dm-5) > vg_vhost01-lv_vm_basep1 (dm-17) vg_vhost01-lv_vm_basep2 (dm-18) > > pas.harte--lyne.ca <--- guest name > vg_vhost01-lv_vm_pas.harte--lyne.ca (dm-12) > vg_vhost01-lv_vm_pas.harte--lyne.cap1 (dm-15) > vg_vhost01-lv_vm_pas.harte--lyne.cap2 (dm-16) > vg_vhost01-lv_vm_pas.harte--lyne.ca_01 (dm-13) > vg_vhost01-lv_vm_pas.harte--lyne.ca_01p1 (dm-14) > > pgsql--dbms.harte--lyne.ca <--- guest name > vg_vhost01-lv_vm_pgsql--dbms.harte--lyne.ca_00 (dm-6) > vg_vhost01-lv_vm_pgsql--dbms.harte--lyne.ca_00p1 (dm-10) > vg_vhost01-lv_vm_pgsql--dbms.harte--lyne.ca_00p2 (dm-11) > vg_vhost01-lv_vm_pgsql--dbms.harte--lyne.ca_01 (dm-7) > vg_vhost01-lv_vm_pgsql--dbms.harte--lyne.ca_01p1 (dm-9) These LVs all have active kpartx mappings (the names with pN suffixes). Remove them with kpartx -d: # kpartx -d /dev/mapper/vg_vhost01-lv_vm_base # kpartx -d /dev/mapper/vg_vhost01-lv_vm_pas.harte--lyne.ca # kpartx -d /dev/mapper/vg_vhost01-lv_vm_pas.harte--lyne.ca_01 # kpartx -d /dev/mapper/vg_vhost01-lv_vm_pgsql--dbms.harte--lyne.ca_00 # kpartx -d /dev/mapper/vg_vhost01-lv_vm_pgsql--dbms.harte--lyne.ca_01 Regards, Bryn. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk8mxaQACgkQ6YSQoMYUY957KACg3LuLaueEx2NDBUDyLe5vVILR d3cAn0+qhBcPlYaEz73d2gywKHPzu5kZ =Oi4S -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----