[linux-lvm] Unable to remove a pvmove LV

Delian Krustev linux-lvm at krustev.net
Thu Nov 3 13:44:08 UTC 2005


On Thursday 03 November 2005 01:37, Alasdair G Kergon wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 10:28:20PM +0200, Delian Krustev wrote:
> > Surprisingly after trying to resume some minutes
> > later I've found the move had completed successfully.
>
> The userspace process just manage and monitor the pvmove - the actual
> work is done by a kernel thread.
>
> So killing the userspace processes doesn't stop the pvmove.
> Only pvmove --abort is capable of telling the kernel to
> abandon it.

The bug in the userspace is quite nasty though. Has it been reported and/or
fixed in the recent versions ?

Additionally, would you suggest a way to remove the stale LV ? Ofcourse
as a last step I might go creating a new VG and moving the data to it,
but moving a terrabyte is not s.t. I would like to do often.

On the other side, the stale LV is not causing any problems ..

Cheers,
Delian





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