[linux-lvm] fc4 lvm2 snapshot problem
Dennis Ortsen
dortsen at gmail.com
Tue Jul 25 11:34:02 UTC 2006
Hi All,
After struggling for a while, I thought I'd try it on the list.
I have filed a bugreport in Red Hat's Bugzilla (bug ID: 188013). There
you can find the whole story. The shorter version (and latest added
comment) is as follows:
When creating a snapshot volume you get a message saying the newly created
snapshot volume is in use and will not be removed/not able to deactivate new
snapshot:
localhost.localdomain:~# lvcreate -s -n snap -L 512M /dev/vg/home
LV vg/snap in use: not removing
Couldn't deactivate new snapshot.
When examining the attributes of the various volumes, the snapshot volume
doesn't have the expected attributes or origin volume set:
localhost.localdomain:~# lvs
LV VG Attr LSize Origin Snap% Move Copy%
home vg -wi-ao 500.00M
snap vg -wi-a- 512M
log vg -wi-oa 500.00M
I was told that I needed to update to kernel 2.6.16+ and update the
userspace tools too. For FC5 these were released, but not for FC4.
Until july 2. I have installed the updates
(kernel-smp-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4, lvm2-2.02.06-1.0.fc4
and device-mapper-1.02.07-2.0 from FC4 updates by AGK at redhat.com). I tested the
updates a few times (about 50) with some reboots in between and it all seemed to
be working like a charm again. Until I updated a (semi) production server...
Luckily it isn't in production yet, but the problem remains on that server...
However when I shoot down udevd (udev-071-0.FC4.3) I can create as many snapshot
devices as I like. Until the udevd daemon has been respawned. Then it all stops
working (the creation of snapshot volumes). When I disable udev in
/etc/rc.sysinit (place comments before start_udev and udevsend) and reboot, I
can create snapshot volumes a dozen of times without problems. Until I manually
start udevd. Then the fun is over. When I kill udevd again, I can continue
creating snapshot volumes. Both servers (the one that works and the one that
doesn't) have the exact same versions of the kernel, lvm2,
device-mapper and udev.
My best guess is udev that is messing about. I don't know whether I can safely
disable udev on a production server. But more importantly: what can I
do to get this properly fixed? Am I missing an important update? Are
there any known conflicts with other packages or third party software
(such as roxen)? Is there anyone who has similar problems?
Thanks in advance,
Dennis
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