[linux-lvm] volume developing problems even though should be static...

Ray Morris support at bettercgi.com
Wed Apr 21 14:21:31 UTC 2010


> so I disabled my  snapshoting cron job and deleted any
> logical jobs for now

dm-1 may be a volume (snapshot?) you deleted.  Check with:
cat /sys/block/dm-1/dm/name

    Why it's trying to read something that has been deleted
I don't know, but I know I get the same problem.
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On 04/21/2010 12:45:48 AM, Linda A. Walsh wrote:
> I needed extra space on my home partition, and speed, so I disabled my
>  snapshoting cron job and deleted any logical jobs for now.
> 
> But during this transition time, I've started getting some were  
> symptoms.
> Now when I do a "pvs", I see:
> 
> # pvs
>   /dev/dm-1: read failed after 0 of 4096 at 0: Input/output error
>   PV         VG   Fmt  Attr PSize   PFree
>   /dev/sdb1  Home lvm2 a-   888.48G      0
>   /dev/sdb2  Home lvm2 a-   888.48G 640.96G
>   /dev/sdb3  Home lvm2 a-   584.87G 584.87G
> # vgs
>   /dev/dm-1: read failed after 0 of 4096 at 0: Input/output error
>   VG   #PV #LV #SN Attr   VSize VFree
>   Home   3   7   6 wz--n- 2.31T 1.20T
> # lvs
>   /dev/dm-1: read failed after 0 of 4096 at 0: Input/output error
>   lvol0               Home -wi-ao  1.00T
> 
> -----------------------------------------------
> So, the "output of the commands looks mostly 'right', as near as I  
> can tell: 3 physical volumes,
> -> 1 volume group with the 3 volumes, and
> 1 logical volume taking up space in that pv (only using part of the  
> space).
> 
> What I don't get and what worries me a fair amount are the I/O errors  
> --
> any idea what's going on and how I shoudl fix this?
> 
> Thanks much!
> linda
> 
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