[libvirt] VG backed storage pool start behavior.

[Luke Varnadore]

It was a distro specific issue. Arch Linux has the lvm tools in /usr/sbin
instead of /sbin. I made links for lvs, vgs, and vgchange and the issue
cleared up. Reported a bug for the package.


On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 6:40 AM, Ján Tomko <jtomko at redhat.com> wrote:

> On 02/18/13 23:11, Luke Varnadore wrote:
> > Libvirt 1.0.2-3
> >
> > I am unable to use vg storage pools that are shared with the host. I was
> > able to do this without issue an update before this one. Wondering if
> > anyone else is seeing this behavior.
> >
> > I am on an Arch Linux system but I can't see why that would matter yet.
> >
> > Here is the error I get when trying to start a pool defined from the
> > shared VG that my host, and guests share:
> >
> > Error starting pool 'vg_nimbus': internal error Child process
> > (/sbin/vgchange -aln vg_nimbus) unexpected exit status 5:   Can't
> > deactivate volume group "vg_nimbus" with 7 open logical volume(s)
>
> It looks like we're trying to deactivate the volumes when starting the
> pool, which is what happens when we can't refresh the pool succesfully.
>
> Deactivation fails, since some of the volumes are still open, and this
> overwrites the previous error message.
>
> Try looking in libvirtd.log if there is another error message before
> this one.
>
> Jan
>



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