[linux-lvm] Re: Cleaning up stale handles in /etc/mtab

[Matthew Galgoci <mgalgoci redhat com>]

> Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 11:13:41 -0400
> From: "Brown, Rodrick R" <rodrick r brown bofasecurities com>
> Reply-To: redhat-sysadmin-list redhat com
> To: redhat-sysadmin-list redhat com
> Cc: linux-lvm redhat com
> Subject: Cleaning up stale handles in /etc/mtab
>
> Not sure what exactly happened on this server but it looks like the LUNS
> were pulled w/o removing the volumes correctly or something of that
> sort.

If you've got processes in D waiting on those volumes I think you might
be hosed beyond recovery without reboot.

Having said that, you could try bumping up /proc/sys/fs/file-max to something
insanely high and then cat /proc/mounts > /etc/mtab

After that, I could only make wild guesses as to what needs to happen next.

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Matthew Galgoci
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Red Hat, Inc
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