Hi all I have come across a problem with lvchange. When I change the availability of an LV from active to inactive, and then try and change it back I get the error "Operation not permitted". I can only get the LV back by rebooting. A search of Google turned up something similar but there were no responses to that post. System details are: Pentium II-400 2 x 20GB Quantum drives 256MB RAM 2.4.14 with XFS lvm-tools 1.0.1rc4-2 Gnu C 2.96 Gnu make 3.79.1 binutils 2.11.90.0.8 util-linux 2.11f mount 2.11g modutils 2.4.6 e2fsprogs 1.23 reiserfsprogs 3.x.0j Linux C Library 2.2.4 Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.2.4 Procps 2.0.7 Net-tools 1.60 Console-tools 0.3.3 Sh-utils 2.0.11 Any ideas? CC [root@linux-lvm root]# df -k Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/md0 2042880 1335560 707320 66% / /dev/md1 59328 5292 54036 9% /boot none 127472 0 127472 0% /dev/shm /dev/rootvg/bbs 60736 80 60656 1% /bbs /dev/rootvg/bbsdata 2026816 144 2026672 1% /bbs/data [root@linux-lvm root]# umount /bbs/data [root@linux-lvm root]# lvchange -an /dev/rootvg/bbsdata lvchange -- logical volume "/dev/rootvg/bbsdata" changed lvchange -- doing automatic backup of volume group "rootvg" lvchange -- no difference to old backup in "/etc/lvmconf/rootvg.conf" [root@linux-lvm root]# df -k Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/md0 2042880 1335580 707300 66% / /dev/md1 59328 5292 54036 9% /boot none 127472 0 127472 0% /dev/shm /dev/rootvg/bbs 60736 80 60656 1% /bbs [root@linux-lvm root]# lvchange -ay /dev/rootvg/bbsdata lvchange -- ERROR "Operation not permitted" couldn't open logical volume "/dev/rootvg/bbsdata" And the same again in verbose mode. [root@linux-lvm root]# lvchange -ay -v /dev/rootvg/bbsdata lvchange -- locking logical volume manager lvchange -- checking logical volume name lvchange -- checking volume group existence lvchange -- checking for active volume group "rootvg" lvchange -- reading volume group data of "rootvg" from disk(s) lvchange -- checking consistency of "rootvg" lvchange -- checking logical volume "/dev/rootvg/bbsdata" existence lvchange -- getting index of logical volume "/dev/rootvg/bbsdata" in volume group "rootvg" lvchange -- getting status of "/dev/rootvg/bbsdata" from VGDA in kernel lvchange -- changing logical volume "/dev/rootvg/bbsdata" in VGDA of kernel lvchange -- ERROR "Operation not permitted" couldn't open logical volume "/dev/rootvg/bbsdata" ************************************************************************** Bunnings Legal Disclaimer: 1) This document is confidential and may contain legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you must not read, copy, distribute or act in reliance on it. If you have received this document in error, please telephone us immediately on (08) 9365-1555. 2) All e-mails sent to and sent from Bunnings Building Supplies are scanned for content. Any material deemed to contain inappropriate subject matter will be reported to the e-mail administrator of all parties concerned. **************************************************************************
