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>Appendix B. Reporting Errors and Bugs</H1
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> Just telling us that LVM did not work does not provide us with enough
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information to help you. We need to know about your setup and the
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various components of your configuration. The first thing you should
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do is check the
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<A
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HREF="http://lists.sistina.com/pipermail/linux-lvm/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>linux-lvm mailing list archives</A
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to see if someone else has already reported the same bug. If you do
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not find a bug report for a problem similar to yours you should
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collect as much of the following information as possible. The list is
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grouped into three categories of errors.
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> For compilation errors:
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TYPE="1"
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> Detail the specific version of LVM you have. If you
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extracted LVM from a tarball give the name of the tar file
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and list any patches you applied. If you acquired LVM
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from the Public CVS server, give the date and time you
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checked it out.
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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> Provide the exact error message. Copy the lines
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of output before the actual error message as well
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as the lines after. These lines occasionally
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give hints as to why the error occurred.
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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> List the steps, in order, that produced the error. Is the
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error reproducible? If you start from a clean state does
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the same sequence of steps reproduce the error?
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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> For LVM errors:
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</P
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><P
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TYPE="1"
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> Include all of the information requested in the
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compilation section.
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</P
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><LI
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> Attach a short description of your hardware: types of
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machines and disks, disks interface (SCSI, FC, NBD). Any
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other tidbits about your hardware you feel is important.
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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> The command lines used with LVM to produce the error.
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</P
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> A log file produced when running the offending commands.
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Make sure you have the following in your
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>/etc/lvm/lvm.conf</TT
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> file:
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> log {
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file="/tmp/lvm2.log"
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level=7
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activation=1
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}
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</PRE
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>
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</P
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></LI
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></LI
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><LI
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> When LVM trips a panic trap:
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</P
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TYPE="1"
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><LI
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> Include all of the information requested in two sections
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above.
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</P
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><LI
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> Provide the debug dump for the machine. This is best
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accomplished if you are watching the console output of the
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computer over a serial link, since you can't very well
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copy and paste from a panic'd machine, and it is very easy
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to mistype something if you try to copy the output by
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hand.
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</P
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> This can be a lot of information. If you end up with more
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than a couple of files, tar and gzip them into a single
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archive. Submit a link to where this file can be found to
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the appropriate mailing list (see <A
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HREF="maillists.html"
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>Section C.1</A
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>) along with a short description of the
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error. If you do not have a public web or ftp site that you
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can post the information to, you can try to submit the file
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to the list.
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