On Tue, January 17, 2012 16:01, Dennis Jacobfeuerborn wrote: > On 01/17/2012 06:46 PM, James B. Byrne wrote: >> >> On Mon, January 16, 2012 17:01, Dennis Jacobfeuerborn >> wrote: >>> On 01/16/2012 10:16 PM, James B. Byrne wrote: >>> >>> ... >>>> The xmldump for this guest instance contains this: >>> ... >>> >>> Please post the xmldumps of the original guest and >>> cloned >>> guest right after >>> cloning and without any modifications. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Dennis >> >> Prototype dumpxml >> >> virsh # dumpxml vm-centos-6 >> <domain type='kvm' id='34'> > ... >> <source dev='/dev/vg_vhost01/lv_vm_base'/> >> </domain> > >> virsh # dumpxml sshpipe.harte-lyne.ca >> <domain type='kvm' id='19'> > ... >> <source >> dev='/dev/vg_vhost01/lv_vm_sshipe.harte-lyne.ca_00'/> >> </domain> >> >> The second guest, sshpipe, shows this for pvdisplay: >> >> [root at sshpipe ~]# pvdisplay >> Couldn't find device with uuid >> umrIn6-Np0c-NC4Z-MuUo-5TBj-IKRE-XBU0De. >> --- Physical volume --- >> PV Name /dev/vda2 >> VG Name vg_vm_centos_6 >> PV Size 7.32 GiB / not usable 3.00 MiB >> Allocatable yes (but full) >> PE Size 4.00 MiB >> Total PE 1874 >> Free PE 0 >> Allocated PE 1874 >> PV UUID >> djM23m-6Yeb-BQ2x-gPh9-ORMt-dX2i-Ou9xBQ >> >> --- Physical volume --- >> PV Name unknown device >> VG Name vg_vm_centos_6 >> PV Size 31.25 GiB / not usable 3.97 MiB >> Allocatable yes >> PE Size 4.00 MiB >> Total PE 7999 >> Free PE 1855 >> Allocated PE 6144 >> PV UUID >> umrIn6-Np0c-NC4Z-MuUo-5TBj-IKRE-XBU0De >> > > What does the first guest say for pvdisplay? > The key here is the PV UUID "umrIn6-Np0c...". Either this > PV must exists > somewhere else on the host or in one of the guest or maybe > the cloning > process has corrupted the LVM metadata. I finally found the time to check for this UUID on the kvm host and I find it referenced in these files: /etc/lvm/archive/vg_vm_centos_6_00003-2133754855.vg: id = "umrIn6-Np0c-NC4Z-MuUo-5TBj-IKRE-XBU0De" /etc/lvm/archive/vg_vm_centos_6_00002-2048459897.vg: id = "umrIn6-Np0c-NC4Z-MuUo-5TBj-IKRE-XBU0De" /etc/lvm/archive/vg_vm_centos_6_00004-568234656.vg: id = "umrIn6-Np0c-NC4Z-MuUo-5TBj-IKRE-XBU0De" /etc/lvm/backup/vg_vm_centos_6: id = "umrIn6-Np0c-NC4Z-MuUo-5TBj-IKRE-XBU0De" Now, by my way of thinking, as vg_vm_centos_6 is the volume group originally assigned to the prototype guests when it was created from the install dvd then it should not exist in the vhost01 file system at all. Am I correct? I cannot see any other vgs for guests that were created by a dvd style install. I have shutdown the affected guests and have installed new guests with different names from dvd media to take over the functions of those guests exhibiting the disk/lv cross linkage problem. What would happen if I simply deleted the files containing vg_vm-centos_6 in their name from the kvm host? These exist only in /etc/lvm/archive and /etc/lvm/backup. -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3