(In reply to Anton Aylward from comment #1) > The vgchange command is there in > > /usr/lib/systemd/system/lvm2-monitor.service > > I'd check that on your system and see whether its esists. > If so I would enable and activate it. > I'd prefer to use the supplied unit rather than a lcoal/custom one. already enabled systemctl status lvm2-monitor lvm2-monitor.service - Monitoring of LVM2 mirrors, snapshots etc. using dmeventd or progress polling Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/lvm2-monitor.service; enabled) Active: active (exited) since Mon 2015-02-23 13:17:37 PST; 19h ago Docs: man:dmeventd(8) man:lvcreate(8) man:lvchange(8) man:vgchange(8) Process: 32103 ExecStart=/sbin/lvm vgchange --monitor y (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 32103 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Enabling/disabling it makes no difference