I just found bugzilla report BZ#651007 which seems to be the issue. I think its fixed now. Thanks On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Dusty Mabe <dustymabe@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am on a basic CentOS 6 install (kernel-2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64 and > lvm2-2.02.72-8.el6.x86_64) . I took an lvm snapshot of an lv (that > contains my root fs). After erasing a few rpms I "reverted" my changes > by doing an lvmconvert --merge back to the original. Since the root fs > is mounted the merge is done the next time the lv is activated. I then > rebooted my machine so that the merge would happen. After boot I can > see the merge did happen but I still have the other dm devices > vgroot-lvroot-real vgroot-snap and vgroot-snap-cow. Is it a bug that > lvm is not cleaning up these devices? > > Note that doing the lvconvert --merge on an lv that is not mounted > will result in the dm devices being removed and the snapshot lv being > removed. > > > Thanks for any help! > > Dusty Mabe > _______________________________________________ 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/
