[linux-lvm] PV Status NOT available
Patrick Boutilier
boutilpj at ednet.ns.ca
Tue Feb 11 10:44:01 UTC 2003
Works for me.
Old pvdisplay:
--- Physical volume ---
PV Name /dev/sda6
VG Name imap_vg
PV Size 261.11 GB [547591527 secs] / NOT usable 16.25 MB
[LVM: 189 KB]
PV# 1
PV Status NOT available
Allocatable yes (but full)
Cur LV 1
PE Size (KByte) 16384
Total PE 16710
Free PE 0
Allocated PE 16710
PV UUID O7WnwM-5ASt-AsiV-8BlZ-h6KP-NjFl-cdY33C
Patched pvdisplay:
--- Physical volume ---
PV Name /dev/sda6
VG Name imap_vg
PV Size 261.11 GB [547591527 secs] / NOT usable 16.25 MB
[LVM: 189 KB]
PV# 1
PV Status available
Allocatable yes (but full)
Cur LV 1
PE Size (KByte) 16384
Total PE 16710
Free PE 0
Allocated PE 16710
PV UUID O7WnwM-5ASt-AsiV-8BlZ-h6KP-NjFl-cdY33C
Heinz J . Mauelshagen wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 03:33:44PM -0000, Rupert Hair wrote:
>
>>>do all 3 PVs show up active (the [] following 'PV:' should contain 'AA'
>>>unless you set a PV to inallocatable) in /proc/lvm/global ?
>>
>>LVM driver LVM version 1.0.5(15/07/2002)
>>
>>Total: 1 VG 3 PVs 1 LV (1 LV open 1 times)
>>
>>Global: 179278 bytes malloced IOP version: 10 5 days 1:33:43 active
>>
>>VG: datavg [3 PV, 1 LV/1 open] PE Size: 32768 KB
>> Usage [KB/PE]: 357171200 /10900 total 357171200 /10900 used 0 /0 free
>> PVs: [AA] hdg1 119996416 /3662 119996416 /3662
>>0 /0
>> [AA] hde1 119996416 /3662 119996416 /3662
>>0 /0
>> [AA] hdf1 117178368 /3576 117178368 /3576
>>0 /0
>> LV: [AWDL ] datalv 357171200 /10900 1x open
>>
>>Looks like Patrick and I have the same problem. Thanks for your help Heinz.
>
>
> Hmmm, pretty od really. pvdisplay calls the pv_status() lib function
> which retrieves the information from the kernel. That's why i asked for
> the proc output which shows that the PVs are _active_ and allocatable.
>
> Wait, need to preserve the core flags to make this work...
>
> Could you test if the following patch to pvdisplay.c helps ?
>
> diff -u -B -u -r1.25 pvdisplay.c
> --- tools/pvdisplay.c 6 Feb 2003 15:05:30 -0000 1.25
> +++ tools/pvdisplay.c 11 Feb 2003 15:31:51 -0000
> @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
> * 06/02/2002 - cope with changed pv_get_size() return cast
> * 07/02/2002 - fixes for > 1TB support
> * 17/02/2002 - avoid pv_get_size() altogether
> + * 11/02/2002 - fixed bug preventing correct 'active' status displayed [HM]
> *
> */
>
> @@ -231,7 +232,8 @@
> return LVM_EPVDISPLAY_PV_CHECK_CONSISTENCY;
> }
>
> - /* restore the from disk pointer */
> + /* restore the from disk pointer _but_ preserve kernel status */
> + pv_from_disk->pv_status = pv->pv_status;
> pv = pv_from_disk;
>
> if ( opt_c == 0) {
>
>
>
>>Rupert
>>
>>
>>
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>
>
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