On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 09:39:19AM +0000, Joe Thornber wrote: > > i) do a 'dmsetup info <dev>' and confirm that the 'open count' is 0 # dmsetup info Name: pvfoo State: ACTIVE Tables present: LIVE Open count: 3 Event number: 0 Major, minor: 254, 1 Number of targets: 1 Name: vgfoo-lvfoo State: ACTIVE Tables present: LIVE Open count: 0 Event number: 0 Major, minor: 254, 3 Number of targets: 1 UUID: [snipped] Name: vgfoo-lvbar State: ACTIVE Tables present: LIVE Open count: 1 Event number: 0 Major, minor: 254, 2 Number of targets: 1 UUID: [snipped] > ii) use 'lsof' to find out who has opened the device. # lsof /dev/mapper/vgfoo-lvfoo # lsof /dev/mapper/vgfoo-lvbar COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME [snipped many lines of output] # lvchange -a n vgfoo/lvfoo LV vgfoo/lvfoo in use: not removing Hmmmm. Looks to me like it shouldn't be complaining. I don't know if this would affect anything at the lv layer, but the only unusual thing here is that my pv happens to be built on top of device mapper (dm-crypt). Everything has been working fine except for lv and vg deactivation. mossmann _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
