Please do (at the point of failure) dmsetup info -c dmsetup table Also, I need to see more of the log to work out what's going on and a copy of the metadata (/etc/lvm/backup/VGf11). Is the original LV activated with the old or new code? Alasdair _______________________________________________ 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/