[Linux-cluster] gfs2 convert hosed all VMs

[Steven Whitehouse]

Hi,

You don't say what kernel version you are using. I'd suspect that maybe
its too old. Do you get any messages in syslog at all?

Steve.

On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 19:53 -0800, Dave Costakos wrote:
> 
> I just converted a shared file-backed Xen VM GFS filesystem to a GFS2
> filesystem.  The conversion was successfully and all my files appear
> intact.  I followed the GFS instructions by unmounting the filesystem
> on all machines, running gfs_fsck, and gfs2_covert.  
> 
> Since I converted the filesystem, all my file-backed Xen VMs can no
> longer boot.  pygrub reports errors that the boot loader isn't
> returning any data.  If I edit the Xen config to boot of a kernel on
> the DomU, VMs still can't start up because LVM cannot identify any
> volume groups.
> 
> If I try to access the VM device files locally via losetup and kpartx,
> I get "read errors".
> 
> So what's the deal  I know GFS2 is a preview, but I have to assume
> I've missed some crucial step here.
> 
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