[linux-lvm] [dm-crypt] LVM on LUKS: volumes missing

[fauno]

On 31/05/16 04:53, Ondrej Kozina wrote:
> Hi fauno,
> 
> provided the driver was unlocked successfully it seems unrelated to
> cryptsetup/LUKS to me. Could we move the discussion to lvm mail list?

ok :)

> On 05/30/2016 11:54 PM, fauno wrote:
>> Hi, maybe I'm too shocked but I couldn't find anything on this issue :)
>>
>> I have a fully encrypted HD using the LVM on LUKS method from
>> ArchWiki[^0], with the LUKS header and key file on an external device.
>>
>> Today I started having some disk failures (root remounted ro, xfs
>> partition giving errors), and after I decided to reboot to run fsck, I
>> can't find anything.
> 
> Could you paste here output of pvscan -vvvv --cache
> /dev/mapper/insert_the_unlocked_device_name?

#libdm-config.c:863       Setting activation/monitoring to 0
#lvmcmdline.c:1093         Processing: pvscan -vvvv --cache
/dev/mapper/system
#lvmcmdline.c:1096         O_DIRECT will be used
#libdm-config.c:799       Setting global/locking_type to 1
#libdm-config.c:799       Setting global/wait_for_locks to 1
#locking/locking.c:242       File-based locking selected.
#libdm-config.c:768       Setting global/locking_dir to /run/lock/lvm
#libdm-config.c:863       Setting global/prioritise_write_locks to 1
#locking/file_locking.c:236       Locking /run/lock/lvm/P_global RB
#locking/file_locking.c:141         _do_flock /run/lock/lvm/P_global:aux WB
#locking/file_locking.c:51         _undo_flock /run/lock/lvm/P_global:aux
#locking/file_locking.c:141         _do_flock /run/lock/lvm/P_global RB
#pvscan.c:150     Using physical volume(s) on command line
#device/dev-cache.c:347         /dev/mapper/system: Added to device cache
#locking/file_locking.c:74       Unlocking /run/lock/lvm/P_global
#locking/file_locking.c:51         _undo_flock /run/lock/lvm/P_global
  Command failed with status code 5.

> Together with your
> /etc/lvm/lvm.conf file? If it's a device with rootfs we're talking about
> you will most probably have to extract /etc/lvm/lvm.conf file from
> initramfs image.

this is the lvm.conf from the initramfs (removed comments)


config {
	checks = 1
	abort_on_errors = 0
	profile_dir = "/etc/lvm/profile"
}
devices {
	dir = "/dev"
	scan = [ "/dev" ]
	obtain_device_list_from_udev = 1
	external_device_info_source = "none"
	cache_dir = "/etc/lvm/cache"
	cache_file_prefix = ""
	write_cache_state = 1
	sysfs_scan = 1
	multipath_component_detection = 1
	md_component_detection = 1
	fw_raid_component_detection = 0
	md_chunk_alignment = 1
	data_alignment_detection = 1
	data_alignment = 0
	data_alignment_offset_detection = 1
	ignore_suspended_devices = 0
	ignore_lvm_mirrors = 1
	disable_after_error_count = 0
	require_restorefile_with_uuid = 1
	pv_min_size = 2048
	issue_discards = 0
}
allocation {
	maximise_cling = 1
	use_blkid_wiping = 1
	wipe_signatures_when_zeroing_new_lvs = 1
	mirror_logs_require_separate_pvs = 0
	cache_pool_metadata_require_separate_pvs = 0
	thin_pool_metadata_require_separate_pvs = 0
}
log {
	verbose = 0
	silent = 0
	syslog = 1
	overwrite = 0
	level = 0
	indent = 1
	command_names = 0
	prefix = "  "
	activation = 0
	debug_classes = [ "memory", "devices", "activation", "allocation",
"lvmetad", "metadata", "cache", "locking", "lvmpolld" ]
}
backup {
	backup = 1
	backup_dir = "/etc/lvm/backup"
	archive = 1
	archive_dir = "/etc/lvm/archive"
	retain_min = 10
	retain_days = 30
}
shell {
	history_size = 100
}
global {
	umask = 077
	test = 0
	units = "h"
	si_unit_consistency = 1
	suffix = 1
	activation = 1
	proc = "/proc"
	etc = "/etc"
	locking_type = 1
	wait_for_locks = 1
	fallback_to_clustered_locking = 1
	fallback_to_local_locking = 1
	locking_dir = "/run/lock/lvm"
	prioritise_write_locks = 1
	abort_on_internal_errors = 0
	detect_internal_vg_cache_corruption = 0
	metadata_read_only = 0
	mirror_segtype_default = "raid1"
	raid10_segtype_default = "raid10"
	sparse_segtype_default = "thin"
	use_lvmetad = 1
	use_lvmlockd = 0
	system_id_source = "none"
	use_lvmpolld = 0
}
activation {
	checks = 0
	udev_sync = 1
	udev_rules = 1
	verify_udev_operations = 0
	retry_deactivation = 1
	missing_stripe_filler = "error"
	use_linear_target = 1
	reserved_stack = 64
	reserved_memory = 8192
	process_priority = -18
	raid_region_size = 512
	readahead = "auto"
	raid_fault_policy = "warn"
	mirror_image_fault_policy = "remove"
	mirror_log_fault_policy = "allocate"
	snapshot_autoextend_threshold = 100
	snapshot_autoextend_percent = 20
	thin_pool_autoextend_threshold = 100
	thin_pool_autoextend_percent = 20
	use_mlockall = 0
	monitoring = 1
	polling_interval = 15
	activation_mode = "degraded"
}
dmeventd {
	mirror_library = "libdevmapper-event-lvm2mirror.so"
	snapshot_library = "libdevmapper-event-lvm2snapshot.so"
	thin_library = "libdevmapper-event-lvm2thin.so"
}



> Well, generally, if disk sectors accommodating PV header are damaged,
> lvm2 won't recognise the device...

:(


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