ok, i found the problem. i'm mixed using devfsd, and somehow, i forgot that you have to use /dev/md/1 instead of /dev/md1 when working with lvm. so i have to say sorry for my last email!
best regards, raoul bhatia
raoul bhatia wrote:
hi!
i've ran into some problems with mdraid and lvm. as i guess that log messages will give you more information than i might do, i will begin:
i've got an identical setup on another server, which works flawlessly. as i don't know, where these problems might originate from, i hope that you can help me!
best regards, raoul bhatia
yellow:~# cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [linear] [raid0] [raid1] [raid5]
read_ahead 1024 sectors
md3 : active raid1 ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part3[1] ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3[0]
489856 blocks [2/2] [UU]
md0 : active raid1 ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part5[1] ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5[0]
979840 blocks [2/2] [UU]
md1 : active raid1 ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part6[1] ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part6[0]
37069888 blocks [2/2] [UU]
unused devices: <none>
yellow:~# pvcreate -v /dev/md1 pvcreate -- locking logical volume manager pvcreate -- checking physical volume name "/dev/md1" pvcreate -- getting physical volume size pvcreate -- checking maximum physical volume size pvcreate -- checking partition type pvcreate -- creating new physical volume pvcreate -- setting up physical volume for /dev/md1 with 74139776 sectors pvcreate -- writing physical volume data to disk "/dev/md1" pvcreate -- physical volume "/dev/md1" successfully created pvcreate -- unlocking logical volume manager
yellow:~# pvdisplay /dev/md1 pvdisplay -- "/dev/md1" is a new physical volume of 35.35 GB
yellow:~# pvdata -v /dev/md1 --- NEW Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/md1 VG Name PV Size 35.35 GB [74139776 secs] PV# 0 PV Status NOT available Allocatable NO Cur LV 0 PE Size (KByte) 0 Total PE 0 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 0 PV UUID FzRQMD-gyz0-xB06-iP2s-Pog2-4MtC-lYSuab
yellow:~# vgcreate -v vg0 /dev/md1 vgcreate -- checking volume group name vgcreate -- checking volume group directory existence vgcreate -- locking logical volume manager vgcreate -- checking volume group "vg0" existence vgcreate -- counting all existing volume groups vgcreate -- reading all physical volume data from disks vgcreate -- checking if all given physical volumes in command line are new vgcreate -- checking physical volumes name "/dev/md1" vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in command line
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