Why lvm2-lvmetad.socket is still running after reboot, even though it is disabled using "systemctl disable lvm2-lvmetad.socket" command?
Issue
- I'm trying to disable lvmetad. I set
use_lvmetad = 0in/etc/lvm/lvm.confand also stopped & disabled lvm2-lvmetad.service. However, I see that lvm2-lvmetad.socket is still running, but it comes back "active" upon reboot
# systemctl stop lvm2-lvmetad
# systemctl disable lvm2-lvmetad
# systemctl stop lvm2-lvmetad.socket
# systemctl disable lvm2-lvmetad.socket
- After reboot
# systemctl status lvm2-lvmetad.socket
● lvm2-lvmetad.socket - LVM2 metadata daemon socket
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/lvm2-lvmetad.socket; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (listening) since Mon 2017-05-01 09:15:29 CDT; 37s ago
Docs: man:lvmetad(8)
Listen: /run/lvm/lvmetad.socket (Stream)
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (RHEL 7)
- Logical Volume Manager (lvm2)
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