Why does the `LVM-activate` resource fails to activate the VG with `ERROR: vg_name: failed to activate` ?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The active/passive LVM-activate resource fails to start when Pacemaker cluster is configured to manage both GFS2 & XFS filesystem with the following error:
Apr 23 14:35:26 node1 LVM-activate(web-lv)[1460784]: INFO: Activating cluster_vg
Apr 23 14:35:26 node1 LVM-activate(web-lv)[1460784]: ERROR: cluster_vg: failed to activate.
Apr 23 14:35:26 node1 pacemaker-controld[1459385]: notice: Result of start operation for web-lv on node1: error (cluster_vg: failed to activate.)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, 9
  • Pacemaker Cluster managing both GFS2 as well as XFS or EXT3/4 filesystems

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