LVM 1.0.3 on redhat linux 7.3 (2.4.18-3 kernel) on DELL PowerEdge 4600. I'm cutting and pasting my whole problem below, sorry for the size, but I'll describe it here in short: Every time I remove a logical volume, I am then unable to create any new filesystem within that volume group. The only way I can create another filesystem is to blow away the VG and recreate it, then the problem is fixed. The text below shows how I started with a good VG and 3 LV's in that VG, then removed the LV, recreated an LV, tried to make a filesystem on it and got an error. In fact I can't make any filesystem on the VG anymore. Any ideas? I'm doing it per the man pages, and the LVM manual I downloaded from sistina. I hope I can get this working, because if this is some bug, then there is no way we can rely on it. But I must be doing something wrong, there is no way something this bad could be a bug. Thanks in advance, Alex [root@discord root]# vgdisplay -v --- Volume group --- VG Name homevg VG Access read/write VG Status available/resizable VG # 0 MAX LV 256 Cur LV 3 Open LV 3 MAX LV Size 2 TB Max PV 256 Cur PV 1 Act PV 1 VG Size 477.62 GB PE Size 32 MB Total PE 15284 Alloc PE / Size 12750 / 398.44 GB Free PE / Size 2534 / 79.19 GB VG UUID UkPr3d-7hyp-Yb7x-bxbb-pcc3-5m1S-dxSoTE --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/homevg/stafflv VG Name homevg LV Write Access read/write LV Status available LV # 1 # open 1 LV Size 195.31 GB Current LE 6250 Allocated LE 6250 Allocation next free Read ahead sectors 1024 Block device 58:0 --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/homevg/userslv VG Name homevg LV Write Access read/write LV Status available LV # 2 # open 1 LV Size 195.31 GB Current LE 6250 Allocated LE 6250 Allocation next free Read ahead sectors 1024 Block device 58:1 --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/homevg/publiclv VG Name homevg LV Write Access read/write LV Status available LV # 3 # open 1 LV Size 7.81 GB Current LE 250 Allocated LE 250 Allocation next free Read ahead sectors 1024 Block device 58:2 --- Physical volumes --- PV Name (#) /dev/sdb (1) PV Status available / allocatable Total PE / Free PE 15284 / 2534 [root@discord root]# umount /home/staff /home/users /home/public [root@discord root]# df -k Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda5 68262580 2151392 62643560 4% / /dev/sda2 62217 34141 24863 58% /boot none 1905076 0 1905076 0% /dev/shm [root@discord root]# lvremove /dev/homevg/stafflv lvremove -- do you really want to remove "/dev/homevg/stafflv"? [y/n]: y lvremove -- doing automatic backup of volume group "homevg" lvremove -- logical volume "/dev/homevg/stafflv" successfully removed [root@discord root]# lvremove /dev/homevg/userslv lvremove -- do you really want to remove "/dev/homevg/userslv"? [y/n]: y lvremove -- doing automatic backup of volume group "homevg" lvremove -- logical volume "/dev/homevg/userslv" successfully removed [root@discord root]# lvremove /dev/homevg/publiclv lvremove -- do you really want to remove "/dev/homevg/publiclv"? [y/n]: y lvremove -- doing automatic backup of volume group "homevg" lvremove -- logical volume "/dev/homevg/publiclv" successfully removed [root@discord root]# vgdisplay -v --- Volume group --- VG Name homevg VG Access read/write VG Status available/resizable VG # 0 MAX LV 256 Cur LV 0 Open LV 0 MAX LV Size 2 TB Max PV 256 Cur PV 1 Act PV 1 VG Size 477.62 GB PE Size 32 MB Total PE 15284 Alloc PE / Size 0 / 0 Free PE / Size 15284 / 477.62 GB VG UUID UkPr3d-7hyp-Yb7x-bxbb-pcc3-5m1S-dxSoTE --- No logical volumes defined in "homevg" --- --- Physical volumes --- PV Name (#) /dev/sdb (1) PV Status available / allocatable Total PE / Free PE 15284 / 15284 [root@discord root]# vgchange -an vgchange -- volume group "homevg" successfully deactivated [root@discord root]# vgchange -ay vgchange -- volume group "homevg" successfully activated [root@discord root]# lvcreate -L75000 -nstafflv homevg lvcreate -- rounding size up to physical extent boundary lvcreate -- doing automatic backup of "homevg" lvcreate -- logical volume "/dev/homevg/stafflv" successfully created [root@discord root]# vgdisplay -v --- Volume group --- VG Name homevg VG Access read/write VG Status available/resizable VG # 0 MAX LV 256 Cur LV 1 Open LV 0 MAX LV Size 2 TB Max PV 256 Cur PV 1 Act PV 1 VG Size 477.62 GB PE Size 32 MB Total PE 15284 Alloc PE / Size 2344 / 73.25 GB Free PE / Size 12940 / 404.38 GB VG UUID UkPr3d-7hyp-Yb7x-bxbb-pcc3-5m1S-dxSoTE --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/homevg/stafflv VG Name homevg LV Write Access read/write LV Status available LV # 1 # open 0 LV Size 73.25 GB Current LE 2344 Allocated LE 2344 Allocation next free Read ahead sectors 1024 Block device 58:0 --- Physical volumes --- PV Name (#) /dev/sdb (1) PV Status available / allocatable Total PE / Free PE 15284 / 12940 [root@discord root]# mkfs.ext3 /dev/homevg/stafflv /home/staff mke2fs 1.27 (8-Mar-2002) mkfs.ext3: bad blocks count - /home/staff ACK!!! _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
