Bug#691271: lvm2: Losing data when moving LV between regular HD → SSD

Alasdair G Kergon agk at redhat.com
Tue Oct 23 18:52:54 UTC 2012


On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 08:24:11PM +0200, Laurent Bigonville wrote:
> Package: lvm2
> Version: 2.02.95-4
> Severity: important
 
> I'm not sure if this should be reported against the LVM package or

LVM

> Today I've tried to move data[0] between my old HD to my new SSD. I first
> set issue_discards = 1 in the /etc/lvm/lvm.conf config file. I then used
> pvmove[0] to do the migration.

Do not do this!  You can lose your data!

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=832392

Please upgrade to 2.02.97 or later or apply the fix:

https://lists.fedorahosted.org/pipermail/lvm2-commits/2012-June/000037.html
https://lists.fedorahosted.org/pipermail/lvm2-commits/2012-June/000038.html
https://lists.fedorahosted.org/pipermail/lvm2-commits/2012-June/000039.html

Alasdair



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