Hello,
I'm trying to use the snapshot feature, but i have trouble. I don't have error message (kernel or others), i don't know how to check if lvcreate still running..
My first try was with a volume group of ~ 580 GB (hardware raid 5) I created a logical volume 50GB, create a XFS Filesystem, put some data (~1GB) and run the following commands :
$ xfs_freeze -f <mount point> $ lvcreate -v -s -L 2GB -n snapshot <device>
I got same problem (and even wrote on this group).
Don't do xfs_freeze before taking snapshot. lvcreate when snapshoting tries to lock filesystem by itself, and when filesystem is locked with xfs_freeze, is hand during lock and wait... and wait... and wait...
According to my tests, lvm locking is enought to create stable snap.
HTH
-- Piw
_______________________________________________ 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/
