Bug#673000: lvm2: enabling dm-thin is currently dangerous

2012-06-04 Thread Jarek Kamiński
W dniu 04.06.2012 17:03, Bastian Blank pisze: > On Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 02:18:03PM +0200, Jarek Kamiński wrote: >> Building lvm --with-thin=internal is currently dangerous. > Why is _building_ (not _using_) it dangerous? Sorry for not being clear, of course dangerous is using LVM thin provisionin

Bug#673000: lvm2: enabling dm-thin is currently dangerous

2012-06-04 Thread Bastian Blank
On Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 02:18:03PM +0200, Jarek Kamiński wrote: > Building lvm --with-thin=internal is currently dangerous. Why is _building_ (not _using_) it dangerous? Bastian -- Violence in reality is quite different from theory. -- Spock, "The Cloud Minders", stardate 5818.4

Bug#673000: lvm2: enabling dm-thin is currently dangerous

2012-06-04 Thread Zdenek Kabelac
Thin provisioning is still 'experimental' but users should try to use and report bugs and problems. As for thin_check tool - user could elimitnate it's usage by setting: /etc/lvm/lvm.confglobal { thin_check_executable="" } # empty string But in general checks should not be skipped! Curre

Bug#673000: lvm2: enabling dm-thin is currently dangerous

2012-06-04 Thread Jarek Kamiński
Hi. Building lvm --with-thin=internal is currently dangerous. Trying to open thin volume I get: #v+ [jarek@rocket ~]% sudo lvchange -ay thinpool /sbin/thin_check: execvp failed: No such file or directory Check of thin pool vg0/thinpool failed (status:2). Manual repair required (thin_dump --re