Hi, there is only one dm-device in /dev: ... drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 100 2012-04-05 12:50 disk brw-rw---- 1 root disk 251, 18 2012-04-05 12:51 dm-18 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 80 2012-04-05 12:51 drbd ... /dev/data/kvm_disk0 is a blockdevice for drbd, so there are many drbd files in /dev ... brw-rw---- 1 root disk 147, 20 2012-04-08 11:48 drbd20 ... drbd20 is the drbd resource using kvm_disk0 as device. The symlink in /dev/data/ is: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 2012-04-05 12:51 kvm_disk0 -> ../mapper/data-kvm_disk0 Should I be using this: filter = [ "r|/dev/mapper/data-kvm_disk0|", "r|/dev/kvm_disk0|", "a|.*|"] I know, it is a little bit confusing. The LV in VG data is called kvm_disk0 and the VG initiated on this device is also called kvm_disk0. Sorry, but thank you for help. Regards, Erik ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryn M. Reeves" <bmr@redhat.com> To: "LVM general discussion and development" <linux-lvm@redhat.com> Cc: "Erik Schwalbe" <erik.schwalbe@canoo.com> Sent: Thursday, 12 April, 2012 1:52:20 PM Subject: Re: Hide volume group during startup On 04/12/2012 12:41 PM, Erik Schwalbe wrote: > Hi, > > filter was: > > filter = [ "r|/dev/data/kvm_disk0|" ] > > path: > /dev/data/kvm_disk0 -> ../mapper/data-kvm_disk0 To filter a device-mapper device you also have to filter out the /dev/dm-N device nodes that udev manages. There's also a symlink from /dev/$VG_NAME/$LV_NAME to the dm-N node (although I think that should be handled by filtering /dev/dm-N). I'd be using something like: [ "r|/dev/dm.*|", "r|/dev/$VG_NAME|", "a|.*|"] Alternately (and I prefer this for many configurations) you can accept ("a|..|") the device you need for the data VG and reject all other devices ("r|.*|"). > The device name is stable, but what other way of control activation are possible?? Tags but since you're not currently filtering dm-N nodes I would try that first. Regards, Bryn. _______________________________________________ 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/