Following is the extract from the logs where failure occurred. [2014-05-06 18:01:18.752857] D [run.c:190:runner_log] (-->/usr/lib64/glusterfs/3.5qa2/xlator/mgmt/glusterd.so(glusterd_snapshot_create_commit+0x2b1) [0x7f2627dad3e1] (-->/usr/lib64/glusterfs/3.5qa2/xlator/mgmt/glusterd.so(glusterd_do_snap_vol+0x892) [0x7f2627da94e2] (-->/usr/lib64/glusterfs/3.5qa2/xlator/mgmt/glusterd.so(glusterd_take_lvm_snapshot+0x10d) [0x7f2627da891d]))) 0-: running lvcreate help: /sbin/lvcreate --help [2014-05-06 18:01:18.761000] D [run.c:190:runner_log] (-->/usr/lib64/glusterfs/3.5qa2/xlator/mgmt/glusterd.so(glusterd_snapshot_create_commit+0x2b1) [0x7f2627dad3e1] (-->/usr/lib64/glusterfs/3.5qa2/xlator/mgmt/glusterd.so(glusterd_do_snap_vol+0x892) [0x7f2627da94e2] (-->/usr/lib64/glusterfs/3.5qa2/xlator/mgmt/glusterd.so(glusterd_take_lvm_snapshot+0x1f5) [0x7f2627da8a05]))) 0-: taking snapshot of the brick snapshot09.lab.eng.blr.redhat.com:/brick2/b2: /sbin/lvcreate -s /dev/mapper/VolGroup0-thin_vol2 --setactivationskip n --name a98f98898ade4433b2272b430cf7779f [2014-05-06 18:01:19.328292] D [run.c:190:runner_log] (-->/usr/lib64/glusterfs/3.5qa2/xlator/mgmt/glusterd.so(glusterd_do_snap_vol+0x892) [0x7f2627da94e2] (-->/usr/lib64/glusterfs/3.5qa2/xlator/mgmt/glusterd.so(glusterd_take_lvm_snapshot+0x218) [0x7f2627da8a28] (-->/usr/lib64/glusterfs/3.5qa2/xlator/mgmt/glusterd.so(glusterd_build_snap_device_path+0x12c) [0x7f2627da85bc]))) 0-management: Get volume group for device /dev/mapper/VolGroup0-thin_vol2: /sbin/lvs --noheadings -o vg_name /dev/mapper/VolGroup0-thin_vol2 [2014-05-06 18:01:19.373457] D [run.c:190:runner_log] (-->/usr/lib64/glusterfs/3.5qa2/xlator/mgmt/glusterd.so(glusterd_do_snap_vol+0x8b4) [0x7f2627da9504] (-->/usr/lib64/glusterfs/3.5qa2/xlator/mgmt/glusterd.so(glusterd_snap_brick_create+0x24b) [0x7f2627d9f6fb] (-->/usr/lib64/glusterfs/3.5qa2/xlator/mgmt/glusterd.so(glusterd_mount_lvm_snapshot+0xf5) [0x7f2627d352c5]))) 0-management: mount -o nouuid /dev/VolGroup0/a98f98898ade4433b2272b430cf7779f /var/run/gluster/snaps/a98f98898ade4433b2272b430cf7779f/brick1: mount -o nouuid /dev/VolGroup0/a98f98898ade4433b2272b430cf7779f /var/run/gluster/snaps/a98f98898ade4433b2272b430cf7779f/brick1 [2014-05-06 18:01:20.346320] D [glusterd-utils.c:11605:glusterd_mount_lvm_snapshot] 0-management: mounting the snapshot logical device /dev/VolGroup0/a98f98898ade4433b2272b430cf7779f successful [2014-05-06 18:01:20.346492] D [glusterd-utils.c:892:glusterd_brickinfo_new] 0-management: Returning 0 [2014-05-06 18:01:20.346597] D [glusterd-utils.c:892:glusterd_brickinfo_new] 0-management: Returning 0 [2014-05-06 18:01:20.346890] D [run.c:190:runner_log] (-->/usr/lib64/glusterfs/3.5qa2/xlator/mgmt/glusterd.so(glusterd_snapshot_create_commit+0x2b1) [0x7f2627dad3e1] (-->/usr/lib64/glusterfs/3.5qa2/xlator/mgmt/glusterd.so(glusterd_do_snap_vol+0x892) [0x7f2627da94e2] (-->/usr/lib64/glusterfs/3.5qa2/xlator/mgmt/glusterd.so(glusterd_take_lvm_snapshot+0x10d) [0x7f2627da891d]))) 0-: running lvcreate help: /sbin/lvcreate --help [2014-05-06 18:01:20.354907] D [run.c:190:runner_log] (-->/usr/lib64/glusterfs/3.5qa2/xlator/mgmt/glusterd.so(glusterd_snapshot_create_commit+0x2b1) [0x7f2627dad3e1] (-->/usr/lib64/glusterfs/3.5qa2/xlator/mgmt/glusterd.so(glusterd_do_snap_vol+0x892) [0x7f2627da94e2] (-->/usr/lib64/glusterfs/3.5qa2/xlator/mgmt/glusterd.so(glusterd_take_lvm_snapshot+0x1f5) [0x7f2627da8a05]))) 0-: taking snapshot of the brick snapshot09.lab.eng.blr.redhat.com:/brick3/b3: /sbin/lvcreate -s /dev/mapper/VolGroup0-thin_vol3 --setactivationskip n --name a98f98898ade4433b2272b430cf7779f [2014-05-06 18:01:20.409856] D [run.c:190:runner_log] (-->/usr/lib64/glusterfs/3.5qa2/xlator/mgmt/glusterd.so(glusterd_do_snap_vol+0x892) [0x7f2627da94e2] (-->/usr/lib64/glusterfs/3.5qa2/xlator/mgmt/glusterd.so(glusterd_take_lvm_snapshot+0x218) [0x7f2627da8a28] (-->/usr/lib64/glusterfs/3.5qa2/xlator/mgmt/glusterd.so(glusterd_build_snap_device_path+0x12c) [0x7f2627da85bc]))) 0-management: Get volume group for device /dev/mapper/VolGroup0-thin_vol3: /sbin/lvs --noheadings -o vg_name /dev/mapper/VolGroup0-thin_vol3 [2014-05-06 18:01:20.451011] D [run.c:190:runner_log] (-->/usr/lib64/glusterfs/3.5qa2/xlator/mgmt/glusterd.so(glusterd_do_snap_vol+0x8b4) [0x7f2627da9504] (-->/usr/lib64/glusterfs/3.5qa2/xlator/mgmt/glusterd.so(glusterd_snap_brick_create+0x24b) [0x7f2627d9f6fb] (-->/usr/lib64/glusterfs/3.5qa2/xlator/mgmt/glusterd.so(glusterd_mount_lvm_snapshot+0xf5) [0x7f2627d352c5]))) 0-management: mount -o nouuid /dev/VolGroup0/a98f98898ade4433b2272b430cf7779f /var/run/gluster/snaps/a98f98898ade4433b2272b430cf7779f/brick3: mount -o nouuid /dev/VolGroup0/a98f98898ade4433b2272b430cf7779f /var/run/gluster/snaps/a98f98898ade4433b2272b430cf7779f/brick3 [2014-05-06 18:01:20.475025] D [glusterd-utils.c:11605:glusterd_mount_lvm_snapshot] 0-management: mounting the snapshot logical device /dev/VolGroup0/a98f98898ade4433b2272b430cf7779f successful [2014-05-06 18:01:20.475133] W [glusterd-snapshot.c:3369:glusterd_snap_brick_create] 0-management: stat of the brick /var/run/gluster/snaps/a98f98898ade4433b2272b430cf7779f/brick3/b3(brick mount: /var/run/gluster/snaps/a98f98898ade4433b2272b430cf7779f/brick3) failed (No such file or directory) In this test case multiple LVMs are present in the same Volume Group. If bricks are formed from these LVMs snapshot creation will fail. (Fix for this is already under review). We are using runner apis to create lvm snapshot, but the runner_start call does not give error in case the command fails. To fix this we should be using runner_run which gives the correct error or check error in runner_end.
Patch http://review.gluster.org/#/c/7581/ will fix this issue.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1091934 ***