Alasdair wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 05:27:52PM +0200, Lentes, Bernd wrote: > > lvcreate -v -L 45G -n lv_root_snapshot -s vg1/lv_root >> > > /var/log/update.log 2>&1 > > > lvcreate Suspending vg1-lv_root (252:0) with filesystem sync with device > flush > > /var/log is presumably part of a filesystem on the same LV that is getting its > I/O paused for a brief moment while the snapshot is taken. > Yes it is. I have just one lv for the whole directory / . > 1) Run lvm dumpconfig log/activation to double-check this is not set to 1. log { verbose=2 syslog=0 file="/var/log/lvm2.log" overwrite=0 level=5 indent=1 command_names=1 prefix=" " } activation { missing_stripe_filler="/dev/ioerror" reserved_stack=256 reserved_memory=8192 process_priority=-18 mirror_region_size=512 readahead="auto" monitoring=1 mirror_log_fault_policy="allocate" mirror_device_fault_policy="remove" thin_pool_autoextend_threshold=100 thin_pool_autoextend_percent=20 udev_rules=1 udev_sync=1 } > > 2) What filesystem is this and precisely what kernel? (cat /proc/mounts) FS is ext3, kernel is 3.0.76-0.11-default vm58820-6:~ # cat /proc/mounts rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0 udev /dev tmpfs rw,relatime,nr_inodes=0,mode=755 0 0 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw,relatime 0 0 /dev/mapper/vg1-lv_root / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,user_xattr,acl,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0 proc /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs rw,relatime 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000 0 0 debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs rw,relatime 0 0 /dev/vda3 /boot ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,user_xattr,acl,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0 fusectl /sys/fs/fuse/connections fusectl rw,relatime 0 0 securityfs /sys/kernel/security securityfs rw,relatime 0 0 none /var/lib/ntp/proc proc ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime 0 0 > > 3) Try to obtain a stack trace at the point where this locks up e.g. > echo t > /proc/sysrq-trigger followed by dmesg (or divert your logging of > kernel messages to a different filesystem outside the snapshot). > > Alasdair the stack trace you find here (~190KB): http://www.filedropper.com/stacktracevm58820-6lvcreate Strange thing is that it worked now once without system stop. But second time stop again. Thanks for your help. Bernd Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH) Ingolstädter Landstr. 1 85764 Neuherberg www.helmholtz-muenchen.de Aufsichtsratsvorsitzende: MinDir´in Bärbel Brumme-Bothe Geschäftsführer: Prof. Dr. Günther Wess, Dr. Nikolaus Blum, Dr. Alfons Enhsen Registergericht: Amtsgericht München HRB 6466 USt-IdNr: DE 129521671 _______________________________________________ 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/