Bug 202864

Summary: Error message for failed vgsplit seems to imply that it actually worked
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Reporter: Corey Marthaler <cmarthal>
Component: lvm2Assignee: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
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Version: 4.0CC: agk, dkl, dwysocha, mbroz
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Fixed In Version: RHBA-2007-0287 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Corey Marthaler 2006-08-16 20:34:42 UTC 
Description of problem:
[root@taft-04 ~]# pvscan
  PV /dev/sdb2   VG linear_4_176   lvm2 [136.23 GB / 0    free]
  PV /dev/sdb1   VG linear_4_176   lvm2 [136.23 GB / 0    free]
  PV /dev/sdc2   VG linear_4_176   lvm2 [136.23 GB / 0    free]
  PV /dev/sdc1   VG linear_4_176   lvm2 [136.23 GB / 84.00 MB free]
  PV /dev/sdd2   VG linear_4_176   lvm2 [930.89 GB / 0    free]
  PV /dev/sdd1   VG linear_4_176   lvm2 [930.89 GB / 0    free]
  Total: 6 [2.35 TB] / in use: 6 [2.35 TB] / in no VG: 0 [0   ]
[root@taft-04 ~]# vgscan
  Reading all physical volumes.  This may take a while...
  Found volume group "linear_4_176" using metadata type lvm2
[root@taft-04 ~]# vgsplit linear_4_176 split_862 /dev/sdb1
  Logical Volume linear_4_1760 split between Volume Groups

Seems to imply that it did indeed split

[root@taft-04 ~]# echo $?
5
[root@taft-04 ~]# vgscan
  Reading all physical volumes.  This may take a while...
  Found volume group "linear_4_176" using metadata type lvm2
[root@taft-04 ~]# lvscan
  inactive Original '/dev/linear_4_176/linear_4_1760' [2.35 TB] inherit
  inactive Snapshot '/dev/linear_4_176/snap0' [76.00 MB] inherit
[root@taft-04 ~]# lvs -a -o +devices
  LV            VG           Attr   LSize  Origin        Snap%  Move Log Copy% 
Devices
  linear_4_1760 linear_4_176 owi---  2.35T                                     
/dev/sdd2(0)
  linear_4_1760 linear_4_176 owi---  2.35T                                     
/dev/sdd1(0)
  linear_4_1760 linear_4_176 owi---  2.35T                                     
/dev/sdb2(0)
  linear_4_1760 linear_4_176 owi---  2.35T                                     
/dev/sdb1(0)
  linear_4_1760 linear_4_176 owi---  2.35T                                     
/dev/sdc2(0)
  linear_4_1760 linear_4_176 owi---  2.35T                                     
/dev/sdc1(0)
  snap0         linear_4_176 swi--- 76.00M linear_4_1760                       
/dev/sdc1(34835)


The message could be improved to say something like:
"This operation would cause the LV to be split across 2 VGs, can't proceed"

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
[root@taft-04 ~]# rpm -q lvm2
lvm2-2.02.06-6.0.RHEL4
Comment 1 Jay Turner 2006-08-17 04:06:49 UTC 
QE ack for 4.5.
Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2006-08-18 14:37:39 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.
Comment 4 Dave Wysochanski 2006-12-06 23:00:01 UTC 
Created attachment 143002 [details]
patch against upstream cvs

agk - are you ok with this simple change?  I have a patch against upstream I
can post then to rhel4.
Comment 5 Dave Wysochanski 2007-01-08 22:09:45 UTC 
Posted patch to lvm-devel
Comment 6 Dave Wysochanski 2007-01-17 21:35:03 UTC 
In Version 2.02.18 - 11th January 2007
Comment 7 Corey Marthaler 2007-01-18 22:40:34 UTC 
Fix verified in lvm2-2.02.19-1.el4.
Comment 12 Red Hat Bugzilla 2007-05-08 00:05:49 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2007-0287.html