[linux-lvm] UUID Issue

[Koree A. Smith]

I am having the same issue as this previous post to the lvm list, but cannot
find if anyone ever had a solution for it:

*Author: *Tommaso Cecchi
*Date: *2006-07-19 11:352006-07-19 16:35 -500UTC
*To: *LVM general discussion and development
*Old-Topics: *RE: [linux-lvm] "pvchange --uuid" failed when PV is in
use<http://archives.free.net.ph/message/20050524.063104.84b50c45.en.html>
*Subject: *[linux-lvm] duplicate PV
Hello everyone,
I have the following problem: I want to use a snapshot mechanism external to

LVM2 (i.e. snapshot from the storage server) so it happens that I access
from a
linux box two identical LUNs with the same PVID. It is not a matter of
multipathing, they just are completely different devices with the same
content
(and with the same PVID of course).

What I would like to do is to use and mount the second device on a different

mount point. So:

/dev/sdd1 is the primary PV
/dev/sdf1 is the snapshot of the primary PV

The result of pvscan before the discovery is:

drdb2:~ # pvscan
PV /dev/sde1 VG drrg2_vg lvm2 [200.00 GB / 0 free]
PV /dev/sdd1 VG test_vg lvm2 [200.00 GB / 0 free]
PV /dev/sdb1 VG oracledb_vg lvm2 [220.00 GB / 0 free]
PV /dev/sdc1 VG oracledb_vg lvm2 [20.00 GB / 0 free]
PV /dev/sda3 VG root_vg lvm2 [59.75 GB / 47.26 GB free]
Total: 5 [699.73 GB] / in use: 5 [699.73 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0 ]

after the discovery of the new device is:

drdb2:~ # pvscan
Found duplicate PV PnvnzL7YFft76Ky0EaPbOh519SQD5Uxc: using /dev/sdf1 not
/dev/sdd1
PV /dev/sde1 VG drrg2_vg lvm2 [200.00 GB / 0 free]
PV /dev/sdd1 VG test_vg lvm2 [200.00 GB / 0 free]
PV /dev/sdb1 VG oracledb_vg lvm2 [220.00 GB / 0 free]
PV /dev/sdc1 VG oracledb_vg lvm2 [20.00 GB / 0 free]
PV /dev/sda3 VG root_vg lvm2 [59.75 GB / 47.26 GB free]
Total: 5 [699.73 GB] / in use: 5 [699.73 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0 ]

I guess this problem is the same I'd have if I copy any single byte from a
device to another the last one resulting in having the same LVM label.

What I tried is to:

1) vgreduce:

drdb2:~ # vgreduce test_vg /dev/sdf1
Found duplicate PV PnvnzL7YFft76Ky0EaPbOh519SQD5Uxc: using /dev/sdf1 not
/dev/sdd1
Physical Volume "/dev/sdf1" not found in Volume Group "test_vg"

sdf1 does not belong to test_vg

2) pvchange --uuid:

drdb2:~ # pvchange --uuid /dev/sdf1
Found duplicate PV PnvnzL7YFft76Ky0EaPbOh519SQD5Uxc: using /dev/sdd1 not
/dev/sdf1
Volume group containing /dev/sdf1 has active logical volumes
0 physical volumes changed / 1 physical volume not changed

My idea was to modify the PVID so to let LVM understand they are completely
different devices.
How can I manage this?

Thanks for any help you may give me.
Tommaso

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Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Koree
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