thanks for your reply, I have started cmirror: [root@wplccdlvm445 ~]# service cmirror status cmirror is running. [root@wplccdlvm445 ~]# service clvmd status clvmd (pid 5392) is running... [root@wplccdlvm445 ~]# service cman status cman is running. [root@wplccdlvm445 ~]# clustat Cluster Status for clearcase @ Mon Dec 28 10:54:49 2009 Member Status: Quorate Member Name ID Status ------ ---- ---- ------ wplccdlvm445.cn.ibm.com 1 Online, Local wplccdlvm446.cn.ibm.com 2 Online [root@wplccdlvm445 ~]# lvcreate -vvv -m1 --corelog -L 800M vg100 Processing: lvcreate -vvv -m1 --corelog -L 800M vg100 O_DIRECT will be used Setting global/locking_type to 3 Cluster locking selected. Getting target version for linear dm version OF [16384] dm versions OF [16384] Getting target version for striped dm versions OF [16384] Setting logging type to core Setting activation/mirror_region_size to 512 Finding volume group "vg100" Locking VG V_vg100 PW B (0x4) On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 8:04 AM, brem belguebli <brem.belguebli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > try to run cmirror (service cmirror start) before doing any clvm with mirror > > > > 2009/12/24 Diamond Li <diamondiona@xxxxxxxxx>: >> Could someone kindly help me to get through because I haven been >> blocked for very long time. >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 10:38 PM, Diamond Li <diamondiona@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> I am trying to create a mirror LVM on cluster, but lvcreate hangs >>> every time and I have to use kill from another terminal. According to >>> release note, this should be supported since 5.3 >>> >>> Any words from wisdoms? >>> >>> [root@wplccdlvm446 ~]# lvcreate -vvvv -m1 --mirrorlog core -L 800M vg00 >>> #lvmcmdline.c:987 Processing: lvcreate -vvvv -m1 --mirrorlog >>> core -L 800M vg00 >>> #lvmcmdline.c:990 O_DIRECT will be used >>> #config/config.c:950 Setting global/locking_type to 3 >>> #locking/locking.c:253 Cluster locking selected. >>> #activate/activate.c:363 Getting target version for linear >>> #ioctl/libdm-iface.c:1672 dm version OF [16384] >>> #ioctl/libdm-iface.c:1672 dm versions OF [16384] >>> #activate/activate.c:363 Getting target version for striped >>> #ioctl/libdm-iface.c:1672 dm versions OF [16384] >>> #lvcreate.c:318 Setting logging type to core >>> #config/config.c:950 Setting activation/mirror_region_size to 512 >>> #lvcreate.c:997 Finding volume group "vg00" >>> #locking/cluster_locking.c:458 Locking VG V_vg00 PW B (0x4) >>> >>> [root@wplccdlvm446 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release >>> Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.4 (Tikanga) >>> >>> [root@wplccdlvm446 ~]# uname -r >>> 2.6.18-164.el5 >>> same result, every I added nosync parameter. >>> >>> [root@wplccdlvm446 ~]# lvcreate -vvvv --nosync -m1 --mirrorlog core >>> -L 800M vg00 >>> >> >> -- >> Linux-cluster mailing list >> Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster >> > > -- > Linux-cluster mailing list > Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster > -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster