On Mon, January 30, 2012 11:30, Bryn M. Reeves wrote: ) > > These LVs all have active kpartx mappings (the names with > pN > suffixes). Remove them with kpartx -d: > > # kpartx -d /dev/mapper/vg_vhost01-lv_vm_base > # kpartx -d > /dev/mapper/vg_vhost01-lv_vm_pas.harte--lyne.ca > # kpartx -d > /dev/mapper/vg_vhost01-lv_vm_pas.harte--lyne.ca_01 > # kpartx -d > /dev/mapper/vg_vhost01-lv_vm_pgsql--dbms.harte--lyne.ca_00 > # kpartx -d > /dev/mapper/vg_vhost01-lv_vm_pgsql--dbms.harte--lyne.ca_01 > > Regards, > Bryn. I tried this with no change in the result. [root@vhost01 ~]# kpartx -d /dev/mapper/vg_vhost01-lv_vm_base [root@vhost01 ~]# kpartx -d /dev/mapper/vg_vhost01-lv_vm_basep1 [root@vhost01 ~]# kpartx -d /dev/mapper/vg_vhost01-lv_vm_basep2 [root@vhost01 ~]# /sbin/lvremove -f /dev/vg_vhost01/lv_vm_base Can't remove open logical volume "lv_vm_base" [root@vhost01 ~]# dmsetup info -c vg_vhost01-lv_vm_base Name Maj Min Stat Open Targ Event UUID vg_vhost01-lv_vm_base 253 5 L--w 2 1 0 LVM-gXMt00E1RDjpSX3INLZ35Prtg66aX36BeAOlKIkmfSNQRNol3Hni920R4YVaZr52 [root@vhost01 ~]# lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT . . . ├─vg_vhost01-lv_vm_base (dm-5) 253:5 0 7.8G 0 lvm │ ├─vg_vhost01-lv_vm_basep1 (dm-17) 253:17 0 500M 0 dm │ └─vg_vhost01-lv_vm_basep2 (dm-18) 253:18 0 7.3G 0 dm . . . Am I misunderstanding your instructions? -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3 _______________________________________________ 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/