jose nuno neto [jose.neto@liber4e.com] wrote: > Hi > > I'm trying to test the failure of a SAN Mirrored Lv, and the recover and > check for data lost. > > Im runing RedHat 5.4 > 2.6.18-164.2.1.el5 > lvm2-2.02.46-8.el5_4.1 > > I create a 2mirror+log lv ok, can lvconvert to one leg only, can delete ok. > But when I simulate a disk fail either with > dd if=/dev/zero of=pvmirror_device > echo offline > /sys/block/pvmirror_device/device/status What is the output of "dmsetup status" at this point? There must be some messages in the /var/log/messages file if you enable them. > lvs -a -o +devices > stills shows the lv has mirrored ( should switch to non-mirrored right?) , Yes, provided you successfully started the dmeventd monitoring thread and it handled the failure event. Thanks, Malahal. _______________________________________________ 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/