Chad Vogelsong on 16 May 2008 09:39:15 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] LVM - Open # value


Neill R wrote:
> Hey Guys, I have an issue where I can not remove a logical volume, it
> is unmounted. Running Red hat EL box.
>
> The #open value is suspicious to me, but I dont see anything when doing a lsof.
>
>
>
> [root@host1~]# lvdisplay /dev/vg_oracle/lv_u11
>   --- Logical volume ---
>   LV Name                /dev/vg_oracle/lv_u11
>   VG Name                vg_oracle
>   LV UUID                7K321a-M5fw-BmLS-9r6H-ssur-Yzfb-bh221T
>   LV Write Access        read/write
>   LV Status              available
>   # open                 1
>   LV Size                37.00 GB
>   Current LE             9472
>   Segments               1
>   Allocation             inherit
>   Read ahead sectors     0
>   Block device           253:9
>
> [root@host1~]# lvremove -v /dev/vg_oracle/lv_u11
>     Using logical volume(s) on command line
>   Can't remove open logical volume "lv_u11"
>
>
> Thanks in advance!
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>   

Your best bet may be to shut down the Oracle processes if that is 
possible.  Could you show the output of  `df -h` to verify unmount and 
also `lsof | grep /mountpoint` ?

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