[linux-lvm] [lvmlockd] "VG xxx lock faied: error -221" while lv operation sucess

[David Teigland]

On Thu, Jul 05, 2018 at 05:37:57PM +0800, Damon Wang wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Sometimes I got "VG f68643c145454594871f6f51b69bf8ba lock failed:
> error -221" at vg operations, likes lvcreate, while lv operation and
> i/o on disks is good.

It looks like the lock was acquired but not released for some reason,
so subsequent attempts to acquire it are failing.  There are a couple
things you could send that might narrow down what happened:

- Anything from /var/log/messages (or /var/log/sanlock.log) related
  to that lock.

- 'sanlock status' which will probably show that it's still held.

> I have tried stop lock and start again, but still error -221

That was the right idea.  Stop was probably ignored (because it thought
the lockspace/vg was busy).  I'll try some possible workarounds and send
you a suggestion based on that.

Dave