The host bm0002.the.re becomes unavailable because of a partial disk failure on an Essex based OpenStack cluster using LVM based volumes and multi-host nova-network. The host had daily backups using rsync / and each LV was copied and compressed. Although the disk is failing badly, the host is not down and some reads can still be done. The nova services are shutdown, the host disabled using nova-manage and an attempt is made to recover from partially damaged disks and LV, when it leads to better results than reverting to yesterday’s backup.
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