Disabling lvmetad for a Linux Proxy

Applies to: FusionCompute, Nutanix AHV, OpenStack, Oracle VM, Red Hat Virtualization

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x, CentOS 7.x, SuSE Linux 15 SP1 Enterprise Server and Previous Versions

1. Disable and stop the lvm2-lvmetad service using the following commands:

   systemctl disable lvm2-lvmetad
   systemctl stop lvm2-lvmetad
   systemctl mask lvm2-lvmetad

2. Disable and stop the lvm2-lvmetad.socket service, run the following commands:

   systemctl disable lvm2-lvmetad.socket 
   systemctl stop lvm2-lvmetad.socket
   systemctl mask lvm2-lvmetad.socket

3. To disable lvmetad, edit the LVM config file (/etc/lvm/lvm.conf) and change "use_lvmetad = 1" to "use_lvmetad = 0".

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x and CentOS 8.x

1. Upgrade the LVM module to lvm2-2.03.12-1.el8 or a more recent version.

2. In the lvm.config file, set event_activation=0.

SuSE Linux 15 (SP2, SP3) Enterprise Server

1. In the lvm.config file, set event_activation=0.

2. Apply a patch from SuSE for the corresponding service pack.

   For example, for SUSE Linux 15 SP2 Enterprise Sever, apply the following patch:

   SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-1582

   SUSE-SLE-Product-HA-15-SP2-2021-1582