[linux-lvm] ThinProvisioned lvm's Don't Activate or Mount

[Jack Waterworth]

Try passing the -K flag with vgchange.

     # vgchange -Kay

   Jack Waterworth, Red Hat Certified Architect
   Senior Storage Technical Support Engineer
   Red Hat Global Support Services ( 1.888.467.3342 )

On 12/03/2014 11:12 AM, Rock wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I have two PV's with Thin Volumes within them.
> Im not able to mount or activate either after trying to
> vgcfgrestore one of them.
> PV,VG and LV display/scan all show volumes
> but cant activate them or mount them.
>
>
> I ran the following command to restore the thin volume
> from the metadata file in /etc/lvm/archive.
>
> vgcfgrestore --force -f
> /etc/lvm/archive/vg_sfim_00640-658506285.vg vg_sfim
> Scan commands:
>
> [root at erbium ~]# pvs
>    PV         VG        Fmt  Attr PSize  PFree
>    /dev/sda2  vg_erbium lvm2 a--  59.51g    0
>    /dev/sdb   vg_sfim   lvm2 a--  29.80t    0
>    /dev/sdc   vg_sfim   lvm2 a--   6.58t    0
>    /dev/sdd   vg_fmrif  lvm2 a--  36.39t    0
> You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root
> [root at erbium ~]# vgs
>    VG        #PV #LV #SN Attr   VSize  VFree
>    vg_erbium   1   3   0 wz--n- 59.51g    0
>    vg_fmrif    1  14   0 wz--n- 36.39t    0
>    vg_sfim     2   3   0 wz--n- 36.39t    0
> [root at erbium ~]# lvs
>    lv_home                   vg_erbium -wi-ao----  3.19g
>    lv_root                   vg_erbium -wi-ao---- 32.68g
>    lv_swap                   vg_erbium -wi-ao---- 23.64g
>    lv_fmrif                  vg_fmrif  Vwi---tz-- 20.00t thinpool
>    lv_fmrif_2014_11_20_23_00 vg_fmrif  Vwi---tz-k 20.00t thinpool      lv_fmrif
>    lv_fmrif_2014_11_21_23_00 vg_fmrif  Vwi---tz-k 20.00t thinpool      lv_fmrif
>    lv_fmrif_2014_11_22_23_00 vg_fmrif  Vwi---tz-k 20.00t thinpool      lv_fmrif
>    lv_fmrif_2014_11_23_23_00 vg_fmrif  Vwi---tz-k 20.00t thinpool      lv_fmrif
>    lv_fmrif_2014_11_24_23_00 vg_fmrif  Vwi---tz-k 20.00t thinpool      lv_fmrif
>    lv_fmrif_2014_11_25_23_00 vg_fmrif  Vwi---tz-k 20.00t thinpool      lv_fmrif
>    lv_users                  vg_fmrif  Vwi---tz--  1.00t thinpool
>    lv_users_2014_11_21_23_00 vg_fmrif  Vwi---tz-k  1.00t thinpool      lv_users
>    lv_users_2014_11_22_23_00 vg_fmrif  Vwi---tz-k  1.00t thinpool      lv_users
>    lv_users_2014_11_23_23_00 vg_fmrif  Vwi---tz-k  1.00t thinpool      lv_users
>    lv_users_2014_11_24_23_00 vg_fmrif  Vwi---tz-k  1.00t thinpool      lv_users
>    lv_users_2014_11_25_23_00 vg_fmrif  Vwi---tz-k  1.00t thinpool      lv_users
>    thinpool                  vg_fmrif  twi---tz-- 36.39t
>    lv_sfim                   vg_sfim   Vwi---tz-k 35.00t sfim_thinpool
>    lv_sfim_2014_11_23_23_00  vg_sfim   Vwi---tz-k 35.00t sfim_thinpool
>    sfim_thinpool             vg_sfim   twi---tz-- 36.39t
>
> cant seam to activate them when i do a vgchange.
>
> Get the following output:
>
> [root at erbium ~]# vgchange -ay
>    Check of pool vg_fmrif/thinpool failed (status:1). Manual repair required!
>    0 logical volume(s) in volume group "vg_fmrif" now active
>    Thin pool transaction_id is 649, while expected 647.
>    0 logical volume(s) in volume group "vg_sfim" now active
>    3 logical volume(s) in volume group "vg_erbium" now active
>
> Also dmsetup command used to show me the volumes in question,
> however after reboot it does not
>
> [root at erbium ~]# dmsetup info -c
> Name              Maj Min Stat Open Targ Event  UUID
> vg_erbium-lv_root 253   0 L--w    1    1      0 LVM-
> vg_erbium-lv_home 253   2 L--w    1    1      0 LVM-
> vg_erbium-lv_swap 253   1 L--w    1    1      0 LVM-
>
> [root at erbium ~]# dmsetup table
> vg_erbium-lv_root: 0 68534272 linear 8:2 2048
> vg_erbium-lv_home: 0 6684672 linear 8:2 68536320
> vg_erbium-lv_swap: 0 49577984 linear 8:2 75220992
>
> [root at erbium ~]# dmsetup status
> vg_erbium-lv_root: 0 68534272 linear
> vg_erbium-lv_home: 0 6684672 linear
> vg_erbium-lv_swap: 0 49577984 linear
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks in advance
> Rock
>
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