XFS with an external log device does not always mount
Issue
- Filesystem logdev device causes a no boot scenario with sd device names in fstab for logdev
- Sometimes the filesystem is mountable, but sometimes it is not.
- When the expected sd device name changes, the system fails to boot to completion.
- Below is an example
/etc/fstab
resembling such a setup:
/dev/mapper/vg_satellite-lv_info1 /var/lib/info1 xfs defaults,logdev=/dev/sdg1,noatime 1 2
/dev/mapper/vg_satellite-lv_info2 /var/lib/info2 xfs defaults,logdev=/dev/sdn1,noatime 1 2
/dev/mapper/vg_satellite-lv_data1 /var/lib/data1 xfs defaults,logdev=/dev/sdk2,noatime 1 2
/dev/mapper/vg_satellite-lv_data2 /var/lib/data2 xfs defaults,logdev=/dev/sdz2,noatime 1 2
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- XFS (with separate log device)
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