2014-11-25 15:33 GMT+01:00 Peter Rajnoha <prajnoha@redhat.com>: > On 11/25/2014 03:19 PM, MegaBrutal wrote: >> 2014-11-25 9:01 GMT+01:00 Peter Rajnoha <prajnoha@redhat.com >> <mailto:prajnoha@redhat.com>>: >> >> What's the exact lvm2 version used (lvm --version)? >> >> >> root@vmhost:~# lvm version >> LVM version: 2.02.98(2) (2012-10-15) >> Library version: 1.02.77 (2012-10-15) >> Driver version: 4.27.0 >> >> >> >> Is lvmetad enabled in your setup? (global/use_lvmetad=1 setting >> in lvm.conf and lvmetad daemon running?) >> >> >> use_lvmetad = 0 >> >> No such daemon is running. > > This means that LV autoactivation is not enabled in that case too > (as it depends on lvmetad to be active) and there must a direct > call for the activation (vgchange/lvchange -ay/-aay) > > However, most distributions do not use lvmetad in initrd anyway > (the only I know of at the moment is Arch Linux). As such, I think > this is a problem with distribution's initrd that is not waiting > properly for all PVs to show up and it calls LV activation prematurely. > I'd report your issue to your distribution's initrd component as each > distribution uses its own initrd scheme (I could help you with Fedora's > dracut initrd, but I don't see into Debian's/Ubuntu initrd scheme). > >> >> >> >> Does it activate when you run vgchange -aay vmdata-vg vmhost-vg >> directly on the busybox cmd line? >> >> >> The exact command I used to use in the BusyBox prompt is >> lvm vgchange -ay vmhost-vg >> >> Or, if I remember correctly, it activates simply by >> lvm vgchange -ay >> as well. >> >> Then I exit the BusyBox prompt, and the boot process continues correctly. >> >> My root FS is in vmhost-vg, and I have no idea why it doesn't come up >> automatically. > > Yeah, it all points to premature vgchange call in initrd's script. > Please, report this in your distribution's bug tracking system if > possible. Thanks for the advice! I opened a Launchpad report here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1396213 _______________________________________________ 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/
