Bug#774082: systemd: system with LVM and lvmetad does not bot after upgrade to jessie

[Michael Biebl]

control: reassign -1 lvm2

Am 28.12.2014 um 15:28 schrieb Vincent Danjean:
> Package: systemd
> Version: 215-8
> Severity: important
> 
>   I upgraded a system from wheezy to jessie. It has 3 disks with 8 main
> partitions (not counting /boot, grub-core, ...) assembled 2 by 2 (from
> different disks in each pair) in 4 RAID1 arrays that are all used as PV for a
> big LVM group.
>   I was using lvmetad (use_lvmetad=1 in /etc/lvm/lvm.conf)
> 
>   After rebooting in jessie (so, with systemd while I was with sysv init
> scripts before), I got a timeout while trying to mount my filesystems.
> Once I've the emergency shell, typing "vgchange -ay" fixes the problem
> (until the next reboot).
>   From my reading, "vgchange -ay" whould not be required when using lvmetad
> because udev rules should activate things when they appair. I do not kwow
> where the root of the problem leads. Perhaps udev rules are not correct.
> Or, as lvmetad seems not present initially (to find the /root filesystem in
> initramfs : I've a message on the console telling my that, as lvmetad is not
> present, scanning is used), udev rules are not executed, or they are executed
> but they have no effect, or ... 
> 
>   For now, I desactivated lvmetad and my system is now booting correctly.
> But there is a bug somewhere.
>   I made this report against systemd, but it is possible that the problem comes
> from another package (lvm and/or udev). Feel free to reassign if required.
> 

This looks like an lvm2 issue, therefore reassigning.


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