[Linux-cluster] lvremove error

[Ryan McCabe]

On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 04:04:03PM -0400, Mahmoud Hanafi wrote:
> I am trying to remove a lv via cmd line but I get the following error.
> 
> [root at nfs1 /]# lvremove /dev/gfs_vg/gfs_st2_sz512
> Do you really want to remove active logical volume "gfs_st2_sz512"? [y/n]: 
> y
>   Error locking on node nfs1.local: Volume is busy on another node
>   Can't get exclusive access to volume "gfs_st2_sz512"
> 
> But I can remove lv via the GUI (luci). 

Conga (luci) will execute an lvchange -an /dev/gfs_vg/gfs_st2_sz512
before executing lvremove. That command will (should) fail if the volume
is in use by other nodes. Can you try to execute that command first and
see what the results are?


Ryan