Hi Ray On Wednesday, January 05, 2011 09:53:33 pm Ray Morris wrote: > What says lvscan -vv ? lvscan tells the 'Original' LV is inactive, 'lv_snap1' is active, 'lv_snap2' is inactive. Executing 'lvchange -ay lv_origin' does not change the status of 'lv_snap2'. If i run the command 'vgchange -ay' without 'vgchange -an', i get this error message: _get_device_info: device not found Thanks Roberto Sassu > -- > Ray Morris > support@bettercgi.com > > Strongbox - The next generation in site security: > http://www.bettercgi.com/strongbox/ > > Throttlebox - Intelligent Bandwidth Control > http://www.bettercgi.com/throttlebox/ > > Strongbox / Throttlebox affiliate program: > http://www.bettercgi.com/affiliates/user/register.php > > On 01/05/2011 11:48:54 AM, Roberto Sassu wrote: > > Hi all > > > > i configured a LVM volume group using two iSCSI devices as > > physical volumes. > > I designed one node (A) to create snapshots of a Logical Volume, > > called 'lv_origin' and i want other nodes (B, C) access them > > exclusively. > > I assume that 'lv_origin' is never modified after the first snapshot > > is created. > > So, A first creates 'lv_origin' and then a snapshot called > > 'lv_snap1', which is available for this node. > > The node B executes the command 'vgscan' and 'vgchange -ay'. > > In this way, 'lv_origin' and 'lv_snap1' become available for B. > > Next step, A creates a new snapshot of 'lv_origin' called > > 'lv_snap2'. This is not available for B and the only way that i > > found to use it is to perform (on the node B) the following > > commands: > > > > 1) vgscan > > 2) vgchange -an > > 3) vgchange -ay > > > > However this procedure is not applicable if one of created > > LVs is in use. How to solve this issue? > > > > Thanks in advance for replies > > > > Roberto Sassu > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/
