Error executing action create on resource 'lvm_physical_volume['/dev/sdb']'

[bcorner13]

Cookbook version

2.1

Chef-client version

version 12.8.1

Platform Details

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.7 (Santiago)

Scenario:

execute lvm_physical_volume physical_volumes.to_s on subsequent executions of the chef client

Steps to Reproduce:

lvm_physical_volume physical_volumes.to_s

lvm_volume_group group.to_s do
physical_volumes physical_volumes.to_s
end

lvm_logical_volume name.to_s do
group group.to_s
size size.to_s
filesystem filesystem.to_s
mount_point mount_point.to_s
if stripes.to_i > 0
stripes = stripes.to_s
end
end

If I comment out the lvm_physical_volume it completes. So its not detecting that the pvcreate has already been run.

Expected Result:

to see the pvcreate has already been executed and continue execution of cookbook.

Actual Result:

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Error executing action `create` on resource 'lvm_physical_volume['/dev/sdb']'
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LVM::External::ExternalFailure
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Fatal error, `/sbin/lvm pvcreate '/dev/sdb'` returned 5 with 'Can't initialize physical volume "/dev/sdb" of volume group "vg01" without -ff'

[fooshards]

provide pvdisplay lsblk output please

Marking -ff implies that you need to force pvcreate, aka a phys volume has already been created on that block device

[sconicelli]

Hello @fooshards , I am unfortunately running into the same issue... is there a way to "force" the pvcreate in this type of situation? I have a VG that already exists and I am trying to add the physical volume to the VG. I've added the "wipe_signatures true" attribute in my code but am still getting the same error as @bcorner13... not sure if this is the appropriate way to resolve this issue, or if there is something else I could be missing?

Error:
Chef Client failed. 0 resources updated in 56 seconds [2023-08-23T21:01:27+02:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /tmp/kitchen/cache/chef-stacktrace.out [2023-08-23T21:01:27+02:00] FATAL: Please provide the contents of the stacktrace.out file if you file a bug report [2023-08-23T21:01:27+02:00] FATAL: LVM::External::ExternalFailure: lvm_physical_volume[/dev/nvme3n1] (srv_000033_sap::incl-sap_storage line 233) had an error: LVM::External::ExternalFailure: Fatal error, /sbin/lvm pvcreate /dev/nvme3n1 -qq returned 5 with 'Can't initialize physical volume "/dev/sdj" of volume group "vgoriglog" without -ff /dev/sdj: physical volume not initialized.'

Using version 6.1.0 of the LVM cookbook...

The following code block is what is failing:
` # create vol grp and lv
lvm_volume_group vg_name do
# physical_volumes /dev/nvme4n1 /dev/nvme5n1 /dev/nvme6n1
physical_volumes my_bds
# This is needed to allow lvm to create additional volumes within one volume group
wipe_signatures true

            # create logical volume within vg block
            logical_volume lv_name do
              # size 100%FREE, or Size of the volume, including units (k, K, m, M, g, G, t, T)
              size lv_size
              # filesystem xfs
              filesystem fstype
              # filesystem params 
              # (new as of v1.2.0 to manage 1k block size where necessary since default is 4k)
              # E.g., fs_params var can be set to "-b size=1024"
              filesystem_params fsparams unless missing?(fsparams)
              # mount_point /my/mountpoint
              mount_point lv_mountpoint
              # stripes 3
              stripes lv_stripes unless missing?(lv_stripes)
              # stripesize 256
              stripe_size lv_stripesize unless missing?(lv_stripesize)
            end
          end`