Package: lvm2 Version: 2.02.39-7 Severity: normal I was using LVM2 on XEN server for some time now and recently lvcreate command started to fail with an error like this:
# lvcreate -L20G vg -ntest device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument Aborting. Failed to activate new LV to wipe the start of it. LV vg/test in use: not deactivating Unable to deactivate failed new LV. Manual intervention required. Output from syslog: device-mapper: table: device 8:7 too small for target device-mapper: table: 254:6: linear: dm-linear: Device lookup failed device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table What i found out is lvcreate actually successfully creates LV only if it 7Gb or smaller which is weird because there is plenty of space left. Also lvcreate creates device file in /dev/mapper directory and the volume shows up in lvs and lvscan output but is unusable. Ive tried using vgmknodes command as #293693 bug report suggests but it didnt help either. # pvdisplay --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/sda7 VG Name vg PV Size 2.58 TB / not usable 2.57 MB Allocatable yes PE Size (KByte) 4096 Total PE 677265 Free PE 549265 Allocated PE 128000 PV UUID clyY3Z-pu3m-sfQY-wbIA-fv8B-Xr7b-KdwAXq # vgdisplay --- Volume group --- VG Name vg System ID Format lvm2 Metadata Areas 1 Metadata Sequence No 90 VG Access read/write VG Status resizable MAX LV 0 Cur LV 7 Open LV 6 Max PV 0 Cur PV 1 Act PV 1 VG Size 2.58 TB PE Size 4.00 MB Total PE 677265 Alloc PE / Size 128000 / 500.00 GB Free PE / Size 549265 / 2.10 TB VG UUID 0U2oEv-AjZ8-dAVJ-9zsE-6Q0A-KnRM-pKNWl9 # lvs LV VG Attr LSize Origin Snap% Move Log Copy% Convert abcpolise vg -wi-ao 30.00G cruncher1 vg -wi-ao 60.00G infomedia vg -wi-ao 90.00G ldapserver2 vg -wi-ao 10.00G ns20 vg -wi-ao 200.00G springtime vg -wi-ao 90.00G test vg -wi-d- 20.00G # lvscan ACTIVE '/dev/vg/cruncher1' [60.00 GB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/vg/springtime' [90.00 GB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/vg/infomedia' [90.00 GB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/vg/ldapserver2' [10.00 GB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/vg/abcpolise' [30.00 GB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/vg/ns20' [200.00 GB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/vg/test' [20.00 GB] inherit # dmsetup status vg-abcpolise: 0 62914560 linear vg-ldapserver2: 0 20971520 linear vg-springtime: 0 188743680 linear vg-cruncher1: 0 125829120 linear vg-ns20: 0 419430400 linear vg-test: vg-infomedia: 0 188743680 linear # lvm version LVM version: 2.02.39 (2008-06-27) Library version: 1.02.27 (2008-06-25) Driver version: 4.13.0 Any ideas what might wrong here? Thanks in advance, Igors -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.4 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-xen-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages lvm2 depends on: ii libc6 2.7-18lenny2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libdevmapper1.02.1 2:1.02.27-4 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use ii libreadline5 5.2-3.1 GNU readline and history libraries ii lsb-base 3.2-20 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip Versions of packages lvm2 recommends: ii dmsetup 2:1.02.27-4 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use lvm2 suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
