Hello Guys, Any ideas? or what information do I need to provide to help this problem? Thanks a lot. Gang >>> On 2019/6/19 at 17:26, in message <5D09FFC9020000F90006D3D6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Gang He" <ghe@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello List, > > Our user is using lvm2-2.02.180, he attempted to remove a snapshot LV, but > failed with the below error, > lvremove /dev/evg00/snap_var > WARNING: Failed to connect to lvmetad. Falling back to device scanning. > Do you really want to remove active logical volume evg00/snap_var? [y/n]: y > device-mapper: reload ioctl on (254:36) failed: Invalid argument > Failed to refresh var without snapshot. > > But I can not reproduce in local, how do I find the root cause behind this > problem? > I also can see one related error message in /var/log/messages > Jun 12 09:00:22 gtunxlnb04864 sudo: buss18 : TTY=pts/0 ; > PWD=/PZIR/users/buss18 ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/sbin/lvremove > /dev/evg00/snap_opt > Jun 12 09:00:22 gtunxlnb04864 sudo[25821]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session > opened for user root by buss18(uid=0) > Jun 12 09:00:22 gtunxlnb04864 kernel: [1492631.077551] device-mapper: ioctl: > can't change device type after initial table load. <<== here > Jun 12 09:00:22 gtunxlnb04864 sudo[25821]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session > closed for user root > Jun 12 09:01:01 gtunxlnb04864 cron[25932]: pam_unix(crond:session): session > opened for user ggmonux1 by (uid=0) > > Thanks > Gang > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@xxxxxxxxxx > 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@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/