Hello, > After a failed vgchange -ay, what does 'dmsetup ls' report? <snip> [root@hetfield ~]# vgchange -ay VolGroup02 device-mapper ioctl cmd 9 failed: Invalid argument Couldn't load device 'VolGroup02-DVD'. 1 logical volume(s) in volume group "VolGroup02" now active [root@hetfield ~]# dmsetup ls VolGroup00-Home (253, 1) pdc_jahacaib (253, 6) VolGroup00-Swap (253, 5) VolGroup02-DVD (253, 10) VolGroup00-Root (253, 0) VolGroup01-Media (253, 9) pdc_jahacaib1 (253, 7) VolGroup00-Usr (253, 2) VolGroup01-Data (253, 8) VolGroup00-Var (253, 4) VolGroup00-Local (253, 3) [root@hetfield ~]# ls -lF /dev/mapper total 0 crw------- 1 root root 10, 63 Oct 15 10:00 control brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 6 Oct 15 17:00 pdc_jahacaib brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 7 Oct 15 17:00 pdc_jahacaib1 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 1 Oct 15 10:00 VolGroup00-Home brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 3 Oct 15 10:00 VolGroup00-Local brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 0 Oct 15 10:00 VolGroup00-Root brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 5 Oct 15 10:00 VolGroup00-Swap brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 2 Oct 15 10:00 VolGroup00-Usr brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 4 Oct 15 10:00 VolGroup00-Var brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 8 Oct 15 17:00 VolGroup01-Data brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 9 Oct 15 17:00 VolGroup01-Media brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 10 Oct 18 14:32 VolGroup02-DVD <snip> The node is indeed created in /dev/mapper (which I assume 'dmsetup ls' is querying.) If I deactivate that volgroup the entry is removed. Hope this helps. Regards, Pat _______________________________________________ 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/
