Change the /etc/lvm/lvm.conf to filter out all the sd* devices and only see the /dev/emcpower* devices. Then when running the lvmdiskscan and pvscan it should only see the emcpower devices. Allen, Jack wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-lvm-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:linux-lvm-bounces@redhat.com] > On Behalf Of Gary Mansell > Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 9:20 AM > To: linux-lvm@redhat.com > Subject: Using LVM with EMC Powerpath... > > Hi, > > I have a powerpath device that I want to encapsulate in LVM so that I > can grow it in the future but when I try and create the physical volume, > I get an error: > > [root@ricserver ~]# powermt display dev=emcpowera > Pseudo name=emcpowera > CLARiiON ID=29R231J [Ricardo] > Logical device ID=600601604EC01000E0FC2ED6AAF5DA11 [5FCALRAID5] > state=alive; policy=CLAROpt; priority=0; queued-IOs=0 > Owner: default=SP B, current=SP B > ======================================================================== > ====== > ---------------- Host --------------- - Stor - -- I/O Path - -- > Stats --- > ### HW Path I/O Paths Interf. Mode State Q-IOs > Errors > ======================================================================== > ====== > 1 lpfc sde SP B0 active alive 0 > 0 > 2 lpfc sdi SP A1 active alive 0 > 0 > 3 lpfc sdm SP A0 active alive 0 > 0 > 4 lpfc sdq SP B1 active alive 0 > 0 > > > When I try to create the physical volume: > > [root@ricserver ~]# pvcreate /dev/emcpowera1 > Physical volume "/dev/emcpowera1" successfully created > > > [root@ricserver ~]# pvscan > Found duplicate PV QwbwqAi02sELEsEpefW6PNZ53XY8Wgo0: > using /dev/emcpowera1 not /dev/sdq1 > Found duplicate PV QwbwqAi02sELEsEpefW6PNZ53XY8Wgo0: using /dev/sde1 > not /dev/sdq1 > Found duplicate PV QwbwqAi02sELEsEpefW6PNZ53XY8Wgo0: using /dev/sdi1 > not /dev/sdq1 > Found duplicate PV QwbwqAi02sELEsEpefW6PNZ53XY8Wgo0: using /dev/sdm1 > not /dev/sdq1 > PV /dev/sda2 VG VolGroup00 lvm2 [33.75 GB / 32.00 MB free] > PV /dev/sdq1 lvm2 [266.42 GB] > Total: 2 [300.17 GB] / in use: 1 [33.75 GB] / in no VG: 1 [266.42 GB] > > What am I doing wrong? > > Any help gladly recieved > > Regards > > Gary Mansell > > ==================== > Depending on the Linux version you are using, look at /etc/lvm/lvm.conf > and do man on lvm.conf. Basically you need to exclude the /dev/sd* > entries so the various LVM commands will not look at them. They will > only look at the emcpower* names. > > Jack Allen > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/
