Bug 723548
| Summary: | Add '--partial' to LVM activation code in dracut initramfs | |||
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| Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Reporter: | Peter Rajnoha <prajnoha> | |
| Component: | dracut | Assignee: | Harald Hoyer <harald> | |
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | Release Test Team <release-test-team-automation> | |
| Severity: | high | Docs Contact: | ||
| Priority: | unspecified | |||
| Version: | 6.2 | CC: | atodorov, jstodola, pknirsch | |
| Target Milestone: | rc | |||
| Target Release: | --- | |||
| Hardware: | All | |||
| OS: | Linux | |||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | ||
| Doc Text: |
LVM mirrors were not supported as a root device by the dracut initramfs. This enhancement adds support for LVM mirror devices to serve as the root device. Additionally degraded mirrors are used after a certain timeout, when the other half could not be found at booting time.
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Story Points: | --- | |
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| : | 734124 (view as bug list) | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2011-12-06 16:48:07 UTC | Type: | --- | |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- | |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | ||
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | ||
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | ||
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | ||
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| Bug Depends On: | ||||
| Bug Blocks: | 498670, 734124 | |||
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Description
Peter Rajnoha
2011-07-20 14:41:37 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.
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LVM mirrors were not supported as a root device by the dracut initramfs. This enhancement adds support for LVM mirror devices to serve as the root device. Additionally degraded mirrors are used after a certain timeout, when the other half could not be found at booting time.
Tested and fixed in dracut-004-234.el6.noarch: dracut: Scanning devices vda3 vdb1 for LVM logical volumes vg_root/lv_root dracut: Couldn't find device with uuid 1OxUpW-StWs-arT8-uysD-gej0-Do7c-Dcjjs0. dracut: inactive '/dev/vg_root/lv_root' [6.00 GiB] inherit dracut: Couldn't find device with uuid 1OxUpW-StWs-arT8-uysD-gej0-Do7c-Dcjjs0. dracut: Refusing activation of partial LV lv_root. Use --partial to override. dracut: Scanning devices vda3 vdb1 for LVM logical volumes vg_root/lv_root dracut: Couldn't find device with uuid 1OxUpW-StWs-arT8-uysD-gej0-Do7c-Dcjjs0. dracut: inactive '/dev/vg_root/lv_root' [6.00 GiB] inherit dracut: Partial mode. Incomplete logical volumes will be processed. dracut: Couldn't find device with uuid 1OxUpW-StWs-arT8-uysD-gej0-Do7c-Dcjjs0. EXT4-fs (dm-4): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: dracut: Mounted root filesystem /dev/mapper/vg_root-lv_root dracut: Loading SELinux policy type=1404 audit(1316610779.536:2): enforcing=1 old_enforcing=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 type=1403 audit(1316610779.951:3): policy loaded auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 dracut: dracut: Switching root readahead: starting Welcome to Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Starting udev: udev: starting version 147 Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-1521.html |