The Problem
While trying to create a logical volume, lvcreate fails with error “Volume “test_vg/lvol0″ Is Not Active Locally” even though the volume group is active, with an error output such as the following:
# lvcreate -L 4G test_vg Volume "test_vg/lvol0" is not active locally. Aborting. Failed to wipe start of new LV.
The Root Cause
The “volume_list” is commented out in lvm.conf file and ‘volume group’ was not added to the volume_list.
– Physical volume and Volume group was successfully created:
# pvcreate /dev/sdc1 Physical volume "/dev/sdc1" successfully created
# vgcreate test_vg /dev/sdc1 Volume group "test_vg" successfully created
– The ‘volume_list’ is modified and there is no volume group was added:
# cat /etc/lvm/lvm.conf| grep -i "volume_list" ... # volume_list = [ "vg1", "vg2/lvol1", "@tag1", "@*" ] volume_list = [ "vg1", "vg2/lvol1", "@tag1", "@*" ] ...
– PV and VG are visible:
# vgdisplay |grep -i "test_vg" VG Name test_vg
# pvs PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree /dev/sda2 vg_6 lvm2 a--u 29.51g 0 /dev/sdb1 testvg lvm2 a--u 9.99g 7.99g /dev/sdc1 test_vg lvm2 a--u 4.99g 4.99g
Error while creating logical volume and after activation of VG manually:
# lvcreate -L 4G test_vg Volume "test_vg/lvol0" is not active locally. Aborting. Failed to wipe start of new LV.
# vgchange -ay test_vg 0 logical volume(s) in volume group "test_vg" now active
# lvcreate -L 4G test_vg Volume "test_vg/lvol0" is not active locally. Aborting. Failed to wipe start of new LV.
The Solution
Avail the backup of lvm.conf and comment “# ” the line “volume_list” in /etc/lvm/lvm.conf.
# less /etc/lvm/lvm.conf | grep -i "volume_list" ... # volume_list = [ "vg1", "vg2/lvol1", "@tag1", "@*" ] ...
Or add the Volume Group to volume_list.
# less /etc/lvm/lvm.conf|grep -i "volume_list" volume_list = [ "vg1", "vg2/lvol1", "@tag1", "@*", "Volume Group Name" ]
Try to run ‘lvcreate’ command:
# lvcreate -L 4G test_vg Logical volume "lvol0" created.