One possibility is that, say you try to unmount /mountpoint, however you have another partition mounted at /mountpoint/subdir, that would prevent /mountpoint to be unmounted, without unmounting /mountpoint/subdir first. You could check the output of mount command. On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Jonathan Barber <jonathan.barber@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 3 November 2010 11:55, Corey Kovacs <corey.kovacs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> John, >> >> This is a cluster managed mount so there is no fstab entry. > > That doesn't mean you can't umount it from the command line: > # umount /path/to/mount/point > > As commented in another thread the other day, you probably want to do > a "clusvcadm -Z servicename" to stop RHCS from taking action if you > manage to umount the filesystem. Don't forget to do "clusvcadm -U > servicename" afterwards... > >> The lsof options you show... >> >> "vgs -o vg_name,vg_tags" >> >> are a welcome addition to my tool belt, thanks for that. >> >> seems I need to practice what I preach and use the man pages more... >> >> I am out today but I'll try these tomorrow. >> >> Thanks >> >> Corey >> >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Jonathan Barber >> <jonathan.barber@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On 2 November 2010 20:14, Corey Kovacs <corey.kovacs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> Folks, >>> >>> [snip] >>> >>>> lsof doesn't reveal anything "holding" onto that mount point yet the >>>> umount fails consistently (force_umount is enabled) >>> >>> Are you sure that you're specifying the filesystem mount point (as >>> listed in fstab) and not the directory. I've cut myself on the sharp >>> options in lsof before. It might be worth adding the +D argument to >>> traverse all of the directories under the filesystem looking for open >>> files. >>> >>> You could also use fuser command in case it's pre-coffee operator >>> induced error ;) >>> >>>> Furthermore, it appears I have at least one ov my VG's with bad tags, >>>> is there a way to show what tags a VG has? >>> >>> "vgs -o vg_name,vg_tags" >>> >>> Can you umount the volume manually? If you can then it's something to >>> do with the RHCS, otherwise it's something else. >>> >>>> I've gone over the config several times and although I cannot show the >>>> config, here is a basic rundown in case something jumps out... >>> >>> [snip] >>> >>>> >>>> If anyone has any ideas I'd appreciate it. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Jonathan Barber <jonathan.barber@xxxxxxxxx> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 >> > > > > -- > Jonathan Barber <jonathan.barber@xxxxxxxxx> > > -- > 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