[linux-lvm] LVM snapshot with Clustered VG [SOLVED]

[Vladislav Bogdanov]

13.03.2013 18:14, Andreas Pflug wrote:
> Hi Vladislav,
> 
> I finally succeeded making all working as expected!
> 
> What I did:
> - compile corosync 2.3.0
> (http://corosync.org/download/corosync-2.3.0.tar.gz)
> - compile libqb 0.14.4
> (https://fedorahosted.org/releases/q/u/quarterback/libqb-0.14.4.tar.gz)
> - compile dlm_4.0.1
> (http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/dlm.git/snapshot/dlm-4.0.1.tar.gz)
> - Compiled LVM 2.2.98
> (http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/lvm2.git/snapshot/lvm2-2_02_98.tar.gz)
>    with your PREVIOUS patch (
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/linux-lvm/2013-January/msg00006.html )
> 
> I made a 2-node test cluster, both accessing a test iscsi target, all
> daemons load fine.
> Everything works as expected! Snapshotting is possible after -aey
> --force explicit exclusive locking, lvresize works as well.
> 
> Previously, I tried your latest patch. I had a plethiora of errors,
> starting with lvcreate failing:
> 
> #metadata/lv_manip.c:4137     Clearing start of logical volume "testvol2"
> #device/dev-cache.c:599       /dev/san2/testvol2: stat failed: No such
> file or directory
> #metadata/lv_manip.c:4140   /dev/san2/testvol2: not found: device not
> cleared
> #metadata/lv_manip.c:4620   Aborting. Failed to wipe start of new LV.

Yep, I know about this, I reworked that patch a lot, and now it does
every thing I wanted without regressions.
I will try to post updated version in the next few days when I manage to
apply it to a git tree.

> 
> I need to add -Z n to have it created. After that, most activations
> failed, with error code 5. I  went back to vanilla 2.2.98, all ok except
> exclusive locking, applied the initial locking patch and voila! All done.
> 
> Thanks for your support!
> Andreas
> 
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