Dear all I did an upgrade of my Ubuntu 16.04.2 system and when I rebooted my key volume group won’t activate properly. If I do a pvs, vgs, or lvs all the volumes appear good but dmsetup doesn’t show any information For example I do this and I see the volume (VM70POOL is the VG I am interested in) >vgs VG #PV #LV #SN Attr VSize VFree VM70POOL 1 11 0 wz--n- 1.82t 1.08t ubuntu-vg 2 2 0 wz--n- 3.64t 48.19g and root@vmhost:/var/log# lvdisplay /dev/VM70POOL/health-root-1610 --- Logical volume --- LV Path /dev/VM70POOL/health-root-1610 LV Name health-root-1610 VG Name VM70POOL LV UUID jVkRfy-tQ6M-D9RM-xcvO-NxGX-24RY-jQv1r1 LV Write Access read/write LV Creation host, time vmhost, 2016-11-16 10:10:58 +0200 LV Status NOT available LV Size 64.00 GiB Current LE 16384 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto But I can’t activate the volume — I get root@vmhost:/var/log# vgchange -ay VM70POOL device-mapper: reload ioctl on (252:6) failed: Device or resource busy device-mapper: reload ioctl on (252:6) failed: Device or resource busy device-mapper: reload ioctl on (252:6) failed: Device or resource busy device-mapper: reload ioctl on (252:6) failed: Device or resource busy device-mapper: reload ioctl on (252:6) failed: Device or resource busy device-mapper: reload ioctl on (252:6) failed: Device or resource busy device-mapper: reload ioctl on (252:6) failed: Device or resource busy device-mapper: reload ioctl on (252:6) failed: Device or resource busy device-mapper: reload ioctl on (252:6) failed: Device or resource busy device-mapper: reload ioctl on (252:6) failed: Device or resource busy device-mapper: reload ioctl on (252:6) failed: Device or resource busy 0 logical volume(s) in volume group "VM70POOL" now active and in kern.log we have "kernel: [ 3819.113149] device-mapper: table: 252:6: linear: Device lookup failed" Indeed there is no /dev/dm-6 or above and dmsetup ls shows no sign of the volume root@vmhost:/var/log# dmsetup ls --tree -o device ubuntu--vg-swap_1 (252:5) └─ (8:5) ubuntu--vg-root (252:4) ├─ubuntu--vg-root_rimage_1 (252:3) │ └─ (8:21) ├─ubuntu--vg-root_rmeta_1 (252:2) │ └─ (8:21) ├─ubuntu--vg-root_rimage_0 (252:1) │ └─ (8:5) └─ubuntu--vg-root_rmeta_0 (252:0) └─ (8:5) For the record root@vmhost:/var/log#root@vmhost:/var/log# pvdisplay --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/sdc VG Name VM70POOL PV Size 1.82 TiB / not usable 1.09 MiB Allocatable yes PE Size 4.00 MiB Total PE 476932 Free PE 284420 Allocated PE 192512 PV UUID X2Pzgr-nqNp-ri8n-HoT6-Zs7y-e7FC-sNURM6 smartmon shows no problem with the disk though I realize that doesn’t necessarily mean anything FWIW, in one posting I found that someone with a similar problem had there was a suggestion to do vgscan —mknodes This had no effect. I have rebooted the machine too Any suggestions gratefully received? Many thanks Scott <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%;"> <tr> <td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font face="arial,sans-serif" size="1" color="#999999"><span style="font-size:11px;">This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. </span></font></td> </tr> </table _______________________________________________ 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/