I hope that problem was fixed in newer packages. Meanwhile try running 'clvmd -R' between some of the commands. If all else fails, you may have to kill the clvmd daemons in the cluster and restart them, or even add a 'vgscan' on each node before the restart. Alasdair -- agk@xxxxxxxxxx -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster