Applies to: FusionCompute, Nutanix AHV, OpenStack, Oracle VM, Red Hat Virtualization
To use a Linux proxy for the Virtual Server Agent, use the following commands to disable lvmetad
. Having lvmetad
running interferes with HotAdd operations during backup and recovery.
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Disable and stop the
lvm2-lvmetad
service by running the following commands:systemctl disable lvm2-lvmetad
systemctl stop lvm2-lvmetad
systemctl mask lvm2-lvmetad
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Disable and stop the
lvm2-lvmetad.socket
service by running the following commands:systemctl disable lvm2-lvmetad.socket
systemctl stop lvm2-lvmetad.socket
systemctl mask lvm2-lvmetad.socket
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To disable
lvmetad
, edit the LVM config file (/etc/lvm/lvm.conf) and change "use_lvmetad = 1" to "use_lvmetad = 0".