Snapshot changed state to invalid and should be removed.
Issue
- LVM snapshot status became invalid.
- "Snapshot xxx changed state to: Invalid and should be removed" displayed in /var/log/messages.
messages:Dec 18 14:29:52 abc123 kernel: device-mapper: snapshots: Invalidating snapshot: Unable to allocate exception.
messages:Dec 18 14:29:52 abc123 kernel: device-mapper: snapshots: Invalidating snapshot: Unable to allocate exception.
messages:Dec 18 14:29:52 abc123 lvm[1894]: WARNING: Snapshot rootvg-snap changed state to: Invalid and should be removed.
messages:Dec 18 14:29:52 abc123 lvm[1894]: WARNING: Snapshot rootvg-ssnap changed state to: Invalid and should be removed.
- From lvs output, "I" flag shows in volume attributes.
ssnap rootvg swi-I-s--- 600.00m optvol 100.00 /dev/sda2(12349
^
ssnap rootvg swi-I-s--- 600.00m optvol 100.00 /dev/sda2(13474
^
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL)
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