> Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 11:13:41 -0400 > From: "Brown, Rodrick R" <rodrick.r.brown@bofasecurities.com> > Reply-To: redhat-sysadmin-list@redhat.com > To: redhat-sysadmin-list@redhat.com > Cc: linux-lvm@redhat.com > Subject: Cleaning up stale handles in /etc/mtab > > Not sure what exactly happened on this server but it looks like the LUNS > were pulled w/o removing the volumes correctly or something of that > sort. If you've got processes in D waiting on those volumes I think you might be hosed beyond recovery without reboot. Having said that, you could try bumping up /proc/sys/fs/file-max to something insanely high and then cat /proc/mounts > /etc/mtab After that, I could only make wild guesses as to what needs to happen next. -- Matthew Galgoci IS Production Operations Red Hat, Inc 919.754.3700 x44155 _______________________________________________ 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/