LVM command output is different for shared devices on different nodes.
Issue
- LVM commands do not show the PV, VG and LV created on shared device in passive node of cluster.
- lvs output shows a mismatch in the size of the same shared LV across different nodes
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We do see LVM warning in /var/log/messages file.
WARNING: Disable lvmetad in lvm.conf. lvmetad should never be enabled in a clustered environment. Set use_lvmetad=0 and kill the lvmetad process
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
- Shared storage.
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