Mariano Gonzalvo wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to configure lvm2 on top of drbd. I've configured drbd > (/dev/drbd0 and /dev/drbd1) and put them as primary node, but when I try > to create a physical volume this is what it does happens > > pvcreate /dev/drbd0 > Physical volume "/dev/drbd0" successfully created > pvdisplay > --- NEW Physical volume --- > PV Name /dev/md4 > VG Name > PV Size 129,45 GB > Allocatable NO > PE Size (KByte) 0 > Total PE 0 > Free PE 0 > Allocated PE 0 > PV UUID MtxjHy-8zfW-i9nq-TJA4-b6F9-jtcW-FkanLB > > /dev/md4 is the raid device over was configured drbd0. > > Why /dev/md4 it's taken as PV Name? > It's trying to be helpful! Normally people build MD devices out of other devices and so LVM uses the MD in preference to other devices it finds with the same UUID. You'll need to exclude the MD device in the /etc/lvm/lvm.conf filters entry. something like: filter =[ "r/md4/" ] -- Patrick Registered Address: Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 ITE, UK. Registered in England and Wales under Company Registration No. 3798903 _______________________________________________ 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/
