[linux-lvm] metadata device too small

[Ede Wolf]

Forgot to add the journal output, though I do not think this raises chances:

kernel: device-mapper: table: 253:8: thin: Couldn't open thin internal 
device
kernel: device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table



Am 11.01.20 um 23:00 schrieb Ede Wolf:
> So I reverted (swapped) to the _meta0 backup, that had been created by 
> --repair, that brought me back to the transaction error, then I did a 
> vgcfgbackup and changed the transaction id to what lvm was expecting and 
> restored it, and,  wohoo, the thinpool can be activated again.
> 
> However, when trying to activate an actual volume within that thinpool:
> 
> # lvchange -ay VG_Raid6/data
>    device-mapper: reload ioctl on  (253:8) failed: No data available
> 
> And that message holds true for all lv of that thinpool.
> 
> 
> Am 11.01.20 um 18:57 schrieb Ede Wolf:
>> After having swapped a 2,2T thinpool metadata device for a 16GB one, 
>> I've run into a transaction id mismatch. So run lconvert --repair on 
>> the thinvolume - in fact, I've had to run the repair twice, as the 
>> transaction id error persisted after the first run.
>>
>> Now ever since I cannot activate the thinpool any more:
>>
>> [root]# lvchange -ay VG_Raid6/ThinPoolRaid6
>>    WARNING: Not using lvmetad because a repair command was run.
>>    Activation of logical volume VG_Raid6/ThinPoolRaid6 is prohibited 
>> while logical volume VG_Raid6/ThinPoolRaid6_tmeta is active.
>>
>> So disable them and try again:
>>
>> [root]# lvchange -an VG_Raid6/ThinPoolRaid6_tdata
>>    WARNING: Not using lvmetad because a repair command was run.
>>
>> [root]# lvchange -an VG_Raid6/ThinPoolRaid6_tmeta
>>    WARNING: Not using lvmetad because a repair command was run.
>>
>> [root]# lvchange -ay VG_Raid6/ThinPoolRaid6
>>    WARNING: Not using lvmetad because a repair command was run.
>>    device-mapper: resume ioctl on  (253:3) failed: Invalid argument
>>    Unable to resume VG_Raid6-ThinPoolRaid6-tpool (253:3).
>>
>> And from the journal:
>>
>> kernel: device-mapper: thin: 253:3: metadata device (4145152 blocks) 
>> too small: expected 4161600
>> kernel: device-mapper: table: 253:3: thin-pool: preresume failed, 
>> error = -22
>>
>>
>> Despite not using ubuntu, I may have been bitten by this bug(?), as my 
>> new metadata partion happens to be 16GB:
>>
>> "If pool meta is 16GB , lvconvert --repair will destroy logical volumes."
>>
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lvm2/+bug/1625201
>>
>> Is there any way to make the data accessible again?
>>
>> lvm2 2.02.186
>>
>>
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