[linux-lvm] Can't mount or run fdisk on an existing logical volume, help!

[Adam Olsen]

imgserv:/storage/# vgchange -ay
  device-mapper: resume ioctl failed: Invalid argument
  Unable to resume storage-storage (254:0)
  1 logical volume(s) in volume group "storage" now active
imgserv:/storage/# pvs
  PV         VG      Fmt  Attr PSize PFree
  /dev/sda3  storage lvm2 a-   1.44T    0
  /dev/sdb1  storage lvm2 a-   1.09T    0
  /dev/sdc1  storage lvm2 a-   1.09T 4.98G

imgserv:/storage/# pvdisplay
  --- Physical volume ---
  PV Name               /dev/sda3
  VG Name               storage
  PV Size               1.44 TB / not usable 1.51 MB
  Allocatable           yes (but full)
  PE Size (KByte)       4096
  Total PE              378339
  Free PE               0
  Allocated PE          378339
  PV UUID               ddnHh1-BvAl-5zpd-8KFT-YnZ8-MWHp-pQAWs1

  --- Physical volume ---
  PV Name               /dev/sdb1
  VG Name               storage
  PV Size               1.09 TB / not usable 3.73 MB
  Allocatable           yes (but full)
  PE Size (KByte)       4096
  Total PE              285949
  Free PE               0
  Allocated PE          285949
  PV UUID               Qhl3tF-JWTY-ORbb-liI9-XteR-vlY9-wtInW5

  --- Physical volume ---
  PV Name               /dev/sdc1
  VG Name               storage
  PV Size               1.09 TB / not usable 3.73 MB
  Allocatable           yes
  PE Size (KByte)       4096
  Total PE              285949
  Free PE               1275
  Allocated PE          284674
  PV UUID               Z6h80h-oZfP-QMPW-iZdt-dGL0-haBJ-r93Ooi

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Ray Van Dolson<rvandolson at esri.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 12:55:50PM -0700, Adam Olsen wrote:
>> This pretty much sums it up:
>>
>> imgserv:/storage/# lvscan
>>   ACTIVE            '/dev/storage/storage' [3.62 TB] inherit
>> imgserv:/storage/# fdisk /dev/storage/storage
>>
>> Unable to read /dev/storage/storage
>>
>> I can't mount it, access it with fdisk.  Here's the lvdisplay output:
>>
>> imgserv:/storage/# lvdisplay
>>   --- Logical volume ---
>>   LV Name                /dev/storage/storage
>>   VG Name                storage
>>   LV UUID                Cw8aAr-YHsR-oVfH-7AAx-2ppa-Zm3M-U9z1eA
>>   LV Write Access        read/write
>>   LV Status              available
>>   # open                 0
>>   LV Size                3.62 TB
>>   Current LE             948962
>>   Segments               3
>>   Allocation             inherit
>>   Read ahead sectors     auto
>>   - currently set to     256
>>   Block device           254:0
>>
>> This is on debian etch.   This is what I see at the end of dmesg:
>>
>> cdrom: open failed.
>> hdc: packet command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>> hdc: packet command error: error=0x54
>>
>> Which I don't think has anything to do with this problem, as hdc is
>> NOT one of the physical volumes... it's a cdrom drive.
>>
>> Is there anything I can do to debug this?
>>
>
> You've already done a vgchange -ay on the volgroup?  What's the output
> of pvs/pvdisplay?
>
> Ray
>
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