Package: fai-client Version: 3.4.4 Severity: important Hi,
We have been fighting with setup-storage lately to achieve a simple task: format part of a local disk while preserving the other part which contains a LVM group of its own (see attached disk_config below). The problem is that, no matter what we set, we cannot get the volume group to stay intact while having the rest of the disk partionned. Here is the disk_config we are using : ##################################### disk_config disk1 bootable:1 fstabkey:uuid preserve_lazy:3 primary /boot 512M ext4 rw,errors=remount-ro primary - 52G - - primary - 1G- - - vg vg disk1.2 pvcreateopts="-ff -y" disk_config lvm fstabkey:uuid vg-swap swap 2048 swap sw vg-root / 30G ext4 rw,errors=remount-ro vg-var /var 1G- ext4 rw vg extra disk1.3 pvcreateopts="-ff -y" disk_config lvm fstabkey:uuid preserve_lazy:extra-local extra-local /local 1G-100% ext4 rw ##################################### When the disk is clean, everything gets done the way it should (ie. both 'vg' and 'extra' volume group are created). Starting setup-storage 1.3 Using config file: /var/lib/fai/config/disk_config/inet-4 Executing: parted -s /dev/sda unit TiB print Executing: parted -s /dev/sda unit B print free Executing: parted -s /dev/sda unit chs print free Finding all volume groups No volume groups found Executing: mdadm --examine --scan --verbose -c partitions Executing: parted -s /dev/sda mklabel msdos Executing: parted -s /dev/sda mklabel msdos Executing: parted -s /dev/sda mkpart primary "ext3" 32256B 534643199B Executing: parted -s /dev/sda mkpart primary "" 534643200B 56367843839B Executing: parted -s /dev/sda mkpart primary "" 56367843840B 80031974399B Executing: parted -s /dev/sda set 1 boot on Executing: mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1 Executing: parted -s /dev/sda set 3 lvm on Executing: pvcreate -ff -y /dev/sda3 Executing: vgcreate extra /dev/sda3 Executing: vgchange -a y extra Executing: lvcreate -n local -L 22342.1947998047 extra Executing: mkfs.ext4 /dev/extra/local Executing: parted -s /dev/sda set 2 lvm on Executing: pvcreate -ff -y /dev/sda2 Executing: vgcreate vg /dev/sda2 Executing: vgchange -a y vg Executing: lvcreate -n var -L 19946.2225585937 vg Executing: mkfs.ext4 /dev/vg/var Executing: lvcreate -n swap -L 2048 vg Executing: mkswap /dev/vg/swap Executing: lvcreate -n root -L 30720 vg Executing: mkfs.ext4 /dev/vg/root Executing: fai-vol_id -u /dev/extra/local Executing: fai-vol_id -l /dev/extra/local /dev/extra/local UUID=6bbde7a3-2943-44c7-9b1c-28df7ce96124 Executing: fai-vol_id -u /dev/sda1 Executing: fai-vol_id -l /dev/sda1 /dev/sda1 UUID=43922c62-6b68-4b65-ac01-f5dd54b9b13d Executing: fai-vol_id -u /dev/vg/var Executing: fai-vol_id -l /dev/vg/var /dev/vg/var UUID=d4089c48-d3d9-451a-9555-f33a8fc9ea94 Executing: fai-vol_id -u /dev/vg/swap Executing: fai-vol_id -l /dev/vg/swap /dev/vg/swap UUID=b8fe18c0-4ecb-4b13-ac50-2986410fb23c Executing: fai-vol_id -u /dev/vg/root Executing: fai-vol_id -l /dev/vg/root /dev/vg/root UUID=ac610a39-fab8-4bcf-850e-55a322884274 When 'extra' exists, things go differently: the disk cannot get its partition table written correctly because fai activates the 'extra' volume group before calling parted. parted fails because direct access to the /dev/sda device is locked. Starting setup-storage 1.3 Using config file: /var/lib/fai/config/disk_config/inet-4 Executing: parted -s /dev/sda unit TiB print Executing: parted -s /dev/sda unit B print free Executing: parted -s /dev/sda unit chs print free Finding all volume groups Finding volume group "extra" Creating directory "/etc/lvm/archive" Archiving volume group "extra" metadata (seqno 2). Creating directory "/etc/lvm/backup" Creating volume group backup "/etc/lvm/backup/extra" (seqno 2). Finding volume group "vg" Archiving volume group "vg" metadata (seqno 4). Creating volume group backup "/etc/lvm/backup/vg" (seqno 4). Finding all volume groups Finding volume group "extra" Finding volume group "vg" Finding all volume groups Finding volume group "extra" Finding volume group "vg" Finding all volume groups Finding volume group "extra" Finding volume group "vg" Finding all volume groups Finding volume group "extra" Finding volume group "vg" Finding all volume groups Finding volume group "extra" Finding volume group "vg" Finding all volume groups Finding volume group "extra" Finding volume group "vg" Executing: mdadm --examine --scan --verbose -c partitions /dev/sda3 will be preserved extra/local will be preserved Executing: vgchange -a n Executing: lvremove -f vg/var Executing: lvremove -f vg/swap Executing: lvremove -f vg/root Executing: vgremove vg Executing: pvremove /dev/sda2 Executing: vgchange -a y extra Executing: parted -s /dev/sda mklabel msdos Command had non-zero exit code Executing the parted -s command outputs the following lines : Error: Partition(s ) 3 on /dev/sda has been written, but we have been unable to inform the kernel of the change, probably because it/they are in use. Can you please confirm this as a bug and not some kind of RTFM madness on my side ? Thank you Robert -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages fai-client depends on: ii file 5.04-5 Determines file type using "magic" ii iproute 20100519-3 networking and traffic control too ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.24+b1 Perl interface to libapt-pkg pn liblinux-lvm-perl <none> (no description available) pn libparse-recdescent-perl <none> (no description available) ii perl 5.10.1-16 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction Versions of packages fai-client recommends: ii cfengine2 2.2.10-2 Tool for configuring and maintaini ii debconf-utils 1.5.36 debconf utilities Versions of packages fai-client suggests: pn cryptsetup <none> (no description available) ii dmsetup 2:1.02.48-4 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use pn ntfsprogs <none> (no description available)
