On 07/06/2017 04:43 AM, Volker wrote: > Hi all, > > one of my lv has become completely unaccessible. Every read access > results in a buffer io error: > > Buffer I/O error on dev dm-13, logical block 0, async page read > > this goes for every block in the lv. A ddrescue failed on every single > block. > > > $ lvdisplay > --- Logical volume --- > LV Path /dev/vg0/lv-vm-tviewer > LV Name lv-vm-tviewer > VG Name vg0 > LV UUID XdgHFs-RHVZ-9BAH-1ZSK-yiBX-qqf0-273CtT > LV Write Access read/write > LV Creation host, time host1, 2016-02-06 14:58:19 +0100 > LV snapshot status INACTIVE destination for lv-vm-tviewer_vorigin > LV Status available > # open 0 > LV Size 58.59 GiB > Current LE 15000 > COW-table size 5.86 GiB > COW-table LE 1500 > Snapshot chunk size 4.00 KiB > Segments 1 > Allocation inherit > Read ahead sectors auto > - currently set to 8192 > Block device 253:13 That looks like a snapshot volume that became invalid because it was filled to capacity. Such a snapshot is lost forever. It si your responsibility to monitor snapshot usage to make sure it does not run out of space. The base volume, lv-vm-tviewer_vorigin, should still have its original content. -- Bob Nichols "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address. Do NOT delete it.