Home / server / Questions / 833705
In Process
Amin
Asked: 2017-02-21 06:28:34 +0800 CST

remove lvs with specific attribute

  • 772

I found that there are many zombie LV in my CentOS 6 server which is being used for KVM vps hosting with LVM storage. Their attribute is "-wi-a-----" while normal LV attribute is "-wi-ao----". What I am doing now is exporting the lv list using "lvs" command and then filtering those LV with "-wi-a-----" attribute. Now I am looking for a command to remove these zombies in a faster way, like using lvremove -f xxxxxx.

lvm kvm-virtualization centos6

1 Answers

  1. Don't do that!

    The missing o flag simply means that a Logical Volume is not opened, so no processes are using it. However, this does not means that you can safely remote it: maybe it's corresponding VPS is simply powered-off, but it can be powered-on at any time.

    If you remove all not opened LV, without a deep understanding of what is stored on them, you really risk to lose data.

    • 0