[linux-lvm] Recovering from lvm thin metadata exhaustion

[Gionatan Danti]

Il 15-07-2018 21:47 Zdenek Kabelac ha scritto:
Hi Zdenek,

> Hi
> 
> Try to open BZ like i.e. this one:
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1532071

this is quite scary, especially considering no updates on the ticket in 
recent months. How did the OP solve the issue?

> Add all possible details (lvm2 version, kernel version, lvm2 
> metadata,...)
> and xz compressed dump  of _meta0  device.
> There is small hope that some metadata can be possibly restored with
> 'hand-extension' of thin_repair tool.

Any insight on what went wrong (yes, I know, metadata space was exausted 
- but it should not result in total volume loss, right)?

Thanks.

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