Bug#376283: lvm2: pvmove doesn't work on distributed kernel in testing

Stefan Pfetzing dreamind at dreamind.de
Mon Aug 7 17:27:52 UTC 2006


Hi Bastian,

Am 06.08.2006 um 21:29 schrieb Bastian Blank:

> No, it is not critical. If you try to move extends of a LV, which is
> necessary for the system to work, and the table reloads fails like  
> this,
> it will not resume them and the filesystem remains unaccessible.

IMHO this can lead to data loss (most filesystems don't like a dead  
device they're on), so its at least grave.

Also this was _really_ a problem for me, because I tried to pvmove a  
pv on a machine, which is in a cabinet at the edge of the forest  
without a monitor and a keyboard.

>> A locally build debian package of the latest lvm2 and device mapper
>> works fine for me.
>
> The bug is fixed in devive-mapper 1.02.08.

Well, ok.

bye

Stefan

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