<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Hello!<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Trying to split one of mirror volumes :<br><br><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"># lvs<br></span><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">  LV                  VG   Attr       LSize   Pool Origin Data%  Meta%  Move Log Cpy%Sync Convert</span>  <br>  gatewayVol          vg1  rwi-aor---   8.00g                                    100.00<br><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"># lvconvert --splitmirrors 1 -n split1 vg1/gatewayVol<br># lvs<br>  LV                  VG   Attr       LSize   Pool Origin Data%  Meta%  Move Log Cpy%Sync Convert<br>  gatewayVol          vg1  -wi-ao----   8.00g<br>  split1              vg1  -wi-a-----   8.00g</span><br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">converting original volume back to mirror configuration, leaving split1 volume intact:<br><br><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"># lvconvert -m1 vg1/gatewayVol<br>  device-mapper: create ioctl on vg1-gatewayVol_rimage_1 failed: Device or resource busy<br>  Failed to lock logical volume vg1/gatewayVol.<br></span><br><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"># lvs<br>  LV                  VG   Attr       LSize   Pool Origin Data%  Meta%  Move Log Cpy%Sync Convert<br>  gatewayVol          vg1  -wi-ao----   8.00g<br>  gatewayVol_rimage_1 vg1  -wi-------   8.00g<br>  gatewayVol_rmeta_0  vg1  -wi-a-----   4.00m<br>  gatewayVol_rmeta_1  vg1  -wi-a-----   4.00m<br>  split1              vg1  -wi-a-----   8.00g<br>  <br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">So, what I should do now? What is rimage* and rmeta* ? How do I get rid of them, preserving data on gatewayVol and split1 volumes? <br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Thanks.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">PS: opensuse 13.2<br><br># lvm version  <br>  LVM version:     2.02.114(2) (2014-11-28)<br>  Library version: 1.03.01 (2014-11-28)<br>  Driver version:  4.27.0<br></div></div>