On Tue, 2009-09-01 at 09:25 -0700, malahal@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 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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#device/dev-cache.c:245 /dev/sdab: Already in device cache
How does one remove the cache? I tried remove /etc/lvm/cache/.cache &
running vgscan, but no difference.
Alan
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