[linux-lvm] LVM and multiple distributions

[Shanker Balan]

Hello:

Heinz J. Mauelshagen wrote,
> Did you run vgscan in order to read the metadata?
> "vgchange -ay" afterwards.

Yes i did, but does not look like it found something. It does not seem
to scan for LVM metadata /dev/hda.

~# vgscan -v -d
<1> lvm_get_iop_version -- CALLED
<22> lvm_check_special -- CALLED
<22> lvm_check_special -- LEAVING
<1> lvm_get_iop_version -- AFTER ioctl ret: 0
<1> lvm_get_iop_version -- LEAVING with ret: 10
<1> lvm_lock -- CALLED
<22> lvm_check_special -- CALLED
<22> lvm_check_special -- LEAVING
<1> lvm_lock -- LEAVING with ret: 0
<1> lvm_dont_interrupt -- CALLED
<1> lvm_dont_interrupt -- LEAVING
<1> lvm_remove_recursive -- CALLED with dir: /etc/lvmtab.d
<1> lvm_remove_recursive -- LEAVING with ret: 0
<1> lvm_tab_create -- CALLED
<22> lvm_tab_write -- CALLED
<22> lvm_tab_write -- LEAVING with ret: 0
<1> lvm_tab_create -- LEAVING with ret: 0
<1> vg_check_exist_all_vg -- CALLED
<22> pv_read_all_pv -- CALLED
<22> pv_read_all_pv -- calling lvm_dir_cache
<333> lvm_dir_cache -- CALLED
<4444> lvm_add_dir_cache -- CALLED
<4444> lvm_add_dir_cache -- LEAVING
<4444> lvm_add_dir_cache -- CALLED
<4444> lvm_add_dir_cache -- LEAVING
<4444> lvm_add_dir_cache -- CALLED
<4444> lvm_add_dir_cache -- LEAVING
<4444> lvm_add_dir_cache -- CALLED
<4444> lvm_add_dir_cache -- LEAVING
<4444> lvm_add_dir_cache -- CALLED
<4444> lvm_add_dir_cache -- LEAVING
<4444> lvm_add_dir_cache -- CALLED
<4444> lvm_add_dir_cache -- LEAVING
<4444> lvm_add_dir_cache -- CALLED
<4444> lvm_add_dir_cache -- LEAVING
<4444> lvm_add_dir_cache -- CALLED
<4444> lvm_add_dir_cache -- LEAVING
<4444> lvm_add_dir_cache -- CALLED
<4444> lvm_add_dir_cache -- LEAVING
<4444> lvm_add_dir_cache -- CALLED
<4444> lvm_add_dir_cache -- LEAVING
<4444> lvm_add_dir_cache -- CALLED
<4444> lvm_add_dir_cache -- LEAVING
<4444> lvm_add_dir_cache -- CALLED
<55555> lvm_check_dev -- CALLED
<55555> lvm_check_dev -- LEAVING with ret: 1
<55555> lvm_dir_cache_hit -- CALLED
<55555> lvm_dir_cache_hit -- LEAVING with ret: 0
<4444> lvm_add_dir_cache -- LEAVING
<4444> lvm_add_dir_cache -- CALLED
<55555> lvm_check_dev -- CALLED
<55555> lvm_check_dev -- LEAVING with ret: 1
<55555> lvm_dir_cache_hit -- CALLED
<55555> lvm_dir_cache_hit -- LEAVING with ret: 1
<4444> lvm_add_dir_cache -- LEAVING
<333> lvm_dir_cache -- LEAVING with ret: 1
<22> pv_read_all_pv -- calling stat with "/dev/hdc"
<333> pv_read -- CALLED with /dev/hdc
<4444> pv_check_name -- CALLED with "/dev/hdc"
<55555> lvm_check_chars -- CALLED with name: "/dev/hdc"
<55555> lvm_check_chars -- LEAVING with ret: 0
<55555> lvm_check_dev -- CALLED
<55555> lvm_check_dev -- LEAVING with ret: 1
<4444> pv_check_name -- LEAVING with ret: 0
<4444> pv_read_already_red -- CALLED with PV /dev/hdc
<4444> pv_read_already_red -- LEAVING with ret: 0
<4444> pv_flush -- CALLED to flush /dev/hdc
<55555> pv_check_name -- CALLED with "/dev/hdc"
<666666> lvm_check_chars -- CALLED with name: "/dev/hdc"
<666666> lvm_check_chars -- LEAVING with ret: 0
<666666> lvm_check_dev -- CALLED
<666666> lvm_check_dev -- LEAVING with ret: 1
<55555> pv_check_name -- LEAVING with ret: 0
<4444> pv_flush -- LEAVING with ret: 0
<333> pv_read -- going to read /dev/hdc
<333> pv_read -- LEAVING with ret: -282
<22> pv_read_all_pv -- pv_read returned: -282
<22> pv_read_all_pv -- avoiding multiple entries in case of MD; np: 0
<22> pv_read_all_pv -- LEAVING with ret: -282
<1> vg_check_exist_all_vg -- LEAVING with 0 VGs
<1> lvm_interrupt -- CALLED
<1> lvm_interrupt -- LEAVING
<1> lvm_unlock -- CALLED
<1> lvm_unlock -- LEAVING with ret: 0
<1> lvm_unlock -- CALLED
<1> lvm_unlock -- LEAVING with ret: -104
vgscan -- removing "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d"
vgscan -- creating empty "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d"
vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
vgscan -- "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d" successfully created
vgscan -- WARNING: This program does not do a VGDA backup of your volume group

-- Shanu

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 Shanker Balan							shanu at exocore.com