[linux-lvm] lvchange problem

[Colin Coe]

Hi all

I have come across a problem with lvchange.  When I change the availability
of an LV from active to inactive, and then try and change it back I get the
error "Operation not permitted".  I can only get the LV back by rebooting.

A search of Google turned up something similar but there were no responses
to that post.

System details are: 
Pentium II-400
2 x 20GB Quantum drives
256MB RAM
2.4.14 with XFS
lvm-tools              1.0.1rc4-2
Gnu C                  2.96
Gnu make               3.79.1
binutils               2.11.90.0.8
util-linux             2.11f
mount                  2.11g
modutils               2.4.6
e2fsprogs              1.23
reiserfsprogs          3.x.0j
Linux C Library        2.2.4
Dynamic linker (ldd)   2.2.4
Procps                 2.0.7
Net-tools              1.60
Console-tools          0.3.3
Sh-utils               2.0.11


Any ideas?

CC


[root at linux-lvm root]# df -k
Filesystem           1k-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/md0               2042880   1335560    707320  66% /
/dev/md1                 59328      5292     54036   9% /boot
none                    127472         0    127472   0% /dev/shm
/dev/rootvg/bbs          60736        80     60656   1% /bbs
/dev/rootvg/bbsdata    2026816       144   2026672   1% /bbs/data

[root at linux-lvm root]# umount /bbs/data

[root at linux-lvm root]# lvchange -an /dev/rootvg/bbsdata
lvchange -- logical volume "/dev/rootvg/bbsdata" changed
lvchange -- doing automatic backup of volume group "rootvg"
lvchange -- no difference to old backup in "/etc/lvmconf/rootvg.conf"

[root at linux-lvm root]# df -k
Filesystem           1k-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/md0               2042880   1335580    707300  66% /
/dev/md1                 59328      5292     54036   9% /boot
none                    127472         0    127472   0% /dev/shm
/dev/rootvg/bbs          60736        80     60656   1% /bbs

[root at linux-lvm root]# lvchange -ay /dev/rootvg/bbsdata
lvchange -- ERROR "Operation not permitted" couldn't open logical volume
"/dev/rootvg/bbsdata"

And the same again in verbose mode.

[root at linux-lvm root]# lvchange -ay -v /dev/rootvg/bbsdata
lvchange -- locking logical volume manager
lvchange -- checking logical volume name
lvchange -- checking volume group existence
lvchange -- checking for active volume group "rootvg"
lvchange -- reading volume group data of "rootvg" from disk(s)
lvchange -- checking consistency of "rootvg"
lvchange -- checking logical volume "/dev/rootvg/bbsdata" existence
lvchange -- getting index of logical volume "/dev/rootvg/bbsdata" in volume
group "rootvg"
lvchange -- getting status of "/dev/rootvg/bbsdata" from VGDA in kernel
lvchange -- changing logical volume "/dev/rootvg/bbsdata" in VGDA of kernel
lvchange -- ERROR "Operation not permitted" couldn't open logical volume
"/dev/rootvg/bbsdata"


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