[linux-lvm] Volume group "vgs" not found

[Eli Morris]

Hi,

I finally got a chance to reboot and get back to this problem. Here is  
a bit from rc.sysinit.

[root at nimbus etc]# more rc.sysinit | grep lvm
if [ -x /sbin/lvm.static -o -x /sbin/multipath.static -o -x /sbin/ 
dmraid ]; then
     if [ -x /sbin/lvm.static ]; then
	    action $"Setting up Logical Volume Management:" /sbin/lvm.static  
vgchange -a y --ignorelockingfailure
		if [ -x /sbin/lvm.static ]; then
			action $"Setting up Logical Volume Management:" /sbin/lvm.static  
vgchange -a y --ignorelockingfailure
		if [ -x /sbin/lvm.static ]; then
			action $"Setting up Logical Volume Management:" /sbin/lvm.static  
vgchange -a y --ignorelockingfailure


  I think the error happens during boot, because like you said there  
is some sort of problem with the initialization script. Here is a  
snippet from the lvm2.log during bootup:

lvmcmdline.c:877   Parsing: /usr/sbin/vgchange --monitor y vgs
lvmcmdline.c:905 vgchange  Processing: /usr/sbin/vgchange --monitor y  
vgs
lvmcmdline.c:908 vgchange  O_DIRECT will be used
config/config.c:952 vgchange  Setting global/locking_type to 1
locking/locking.c:222 vgchange  File-based locking selected.
config/config.c:929 vgchange  Setting global/locking_dir to /var/lock/ 
lvm
toollib.c:560 vgchange  Using volume group(s) on command line
locking/file_locking.c:164 vgchange  Locking /var/lock/lvm/V_vgs WB
toollib.c:506 vgchange  Finding volume group "vgs"

Any ideas? Thanks,

Eli



On Jun 19, 2008, at 11:30 AM, Jonathan Brassow wrote:

> if you can activate the volume group once the machine is up, it  
> sounds like there is a problem in the initrd.  Perhaps the static  
> binaries there or the lvm config file it contains...
>
> You turned on logging... When you see "vgs" not found, is that  
> during bootup, or after?
>
> ('vgs' is an LVM command.  There could be a script somewhere that is  
> duplicating the string 'vgs' and inadvertently sending it as an  
> argument...)
>
> Might need more information for this one... :(
>
> brassow
>
> On Jun 12, 2008, at 11:23 AM, Eli Morris wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> 	I'm running Centos 4, as part of a Rocks cluster. I have a 13 TB  
>> lvm2 volume. At boot up, the volume group doesn't get activated.  
>> When I run 'vgchange -ay' it activates the volume group without  
>> error and I can then mount it. I've turned lvm logging on and I  
>> notice the message 'toollib.c:508 vgchange  Volume group "vgs" not  
>> found'. I don't think I have a 'vgs' volume group. At least I don't  
>> find I have one if I use tools like 'vgscan'. The only thing that  
>> shows up is my 13 TB volume, as it should be. I haven't been able  
>> to find any information on such an error. I used yum update to make  
>> sure I had the latest lvm2 packages for my distro. I can't upgrade  
>> distros, because that would screw other stuff up. Any info on this,  
>> or recommendations as to how I could track it down?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Eli
>>
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