Alan D. Brunelle [Alan.Brunelle@xxxxxx] wrote:
> The vgreduce --removemissing helped a lot, thanks! But I still remain
> with all these error messages about the removed device. I tried
> everything again - using devices sda, sdab & sdad (failing sdab), and
> now every time I issue an LVM2/DM command I get all sorts of error
> messages about /dev/sdab failures. The 'pvs -a -o +devices' command not
> only puts out a ton - but also has a messed up display about the devices
> left working:
>
> # pvs -a -o +devices
> /dev/sdab: read failed after 0 of 2048 at 0: Input/output error
> Volume group name (null) has invalid characters
> Skipping volume group (null)
> ...
> Volume group name (null) has invalid characters
> Skipping volume group (null)
> Volume group name (null) has invalid characters
> Skipping volume group (null)
> PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree Devices
> /dev/sda vg lvm2 a- 271.34G 239.34G /dev/sda(0)
> /dev/sda vg lvm2 a- 271.34G 239.34G
> /dev/sda vg lvm2 a- 271.34G 239.34G
> /dev/sdad vg lvm2 a- 271.34G 271.34G
> /dev/sdad vg lvm2 a- 271.34G 271.34G
>
> Why the 5 lines for 2 devices?
>
> I've attached a log of commands & results.
>
> I have tried adding in "/dev/sdab" as being filtered out
> in /etc/lvm/lvm.conf but that doesn't change things. Here is first part
> of the output from lvm dumpconfig:
>
> # lvm dumpconfig
> devices {
> dir="/dev"
> scan="/dev"
> preferred_names=[]
> filter=["r|sdab|", "a/.*/"]
> cache_dir="/etc/lvm/cache"
> cache_file_prefix=""
> write_cache_state=1
> sysfs_scan=1
> md_component_detection=1
> md_chunk_alignment=1
> ignore_suspended_devices=0
> }
>
> but commands still error on /dev/sdab:
Did you remove the cache or ran vgscan?
/etc/lvm/lvm.conf recommends running 'vgscan -vvvv' to see what is going
on with filters.
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