On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 11:27:42PM +0000, Brian Strand wrote: > 2462 dual-port FC HBA, using qla2400 (no dm-multipath). Note: I had > just completed a successful pvmove of another lv about 30 minutes prior > to this incident. > LVM version: 2.02.13 (2006-10-27) > Library version: 1.02.12 (2006-10-13) > Driver version: 4.7.0 > Linux somebox 2.6.18.2-34-default #1 SMP Mon Nov 27 11:46:27 UTC 2006 > x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux (need to check those versions are all compatible and kernel isn't missing relevant patches) > Creating switch-pvmove0 > device-mapper: create ioctl failed: Device or resource busy That should *not* happen. Are you sure the preceding pvmove completed correctly? Is some version of udev enabled on dm devices that might be interfering? > device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument > Creating volume group backup "/etc/lvm/backup/switch" (seqno 250). Need to check through the sequence of backups to see all the metadata changes it actually made (probably need the ones in the on-disk metadata area rather than just the /etc/lvm/backup ones). > ABORTING: Segment progression failed. > /dev/sdc: Moved: 60.0% Message could be incorrect, need to check. > Oct 9 22:33:21 somebox kernel: device-mapper: table: 253:13: linear: > dm-linear: Device lookup failed So it couldn't use that device (a common cause is a size error when wrong device is used e.g. with software raid or partially-cloned devices). Alasdair -- agk@redhat.com _______________________________________________ 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/
