LVM snapshots are automatically getting created on system
Issue
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The snapshot volumes are automatically getting created for all the LVs present in root volume group, need to find out root cause about what is triggering snapshot creation periodically:
[root@host1 ~]# lvs LV VG Attr LSize Origin Snap% Move Log Copy% Convert home_lv rootvg owi-ao 12.00G home_lv-PS-snapshot rootvg swi-a- 12.00G home_lv 0.06 opt_lv rootvg owi-ao 20.00G opt_lv-PS-snapshot rootvg swi-a- 21.75G opt_lv 0.04 root_lv rootvg owi-ao 5.00G root_lv-PS-snapshot rootvg swi-a- 5.00G root_lv 0.63 swaplv rootvg -wi-ao 8.00G tmp_lv rootvg owi-ao 40.00G tmp_lv-PS-snapshot rootvg swi-a- 40.00G tmp_lv 0.03 usr_lv rootvg owi-ao 15.00G usr_lv-PS-snapshot rootvg swi-a- 15.00G usr_lv 0.41 var_lv rootvg owi-ao 15.00G var_lv-PS-snapshot rootvg swi-a- 13.31G var_lv 0.33
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- LVM snapshot
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