diff --git a/heartbeat/LVM b/heartbeat/LVM
index 0d05dbd05..7d86fb417 100755
--- a/heartbeat/LVM
+++ b/heartbeat/LVM
@@ -1,672 +1,691 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
 # 
 # LVM
 #
 # Description:	Manages an LVM volume as an HA resource
 #
 #
 # Author:	Alan Robertson
 # Support:	linux-ha@lists.linux-ha.org
 # License:	GNU General Public License (GPL)
 # Copyright:	(C) 2002 - 2005 International Business Machines, Inc.
 #
 #	This code significantly inspired by the LVM resource
 #	in FailSafe by Lars Marowsky-Bree
 #
 #
 # An example usage in /etc/ha.d/haresources: 
 #			 node1	10.0.0.170 ServeRAID::1::1 LVM::myvolname
 #
 # See usage() function below for more details...
 #
 #		OCF parameters are as below:
 #		OCF_RESKEY_volgrpname
 #		
 #######################################################################
 # Initialization:
 
 : ${OCF_FUNCTIONS_DIR=${OCF_ROOT}/lib/heartbeat}
 . ${OCF_FUNCTIONS_DIR}/ocf-shellfuncs
 
 #######################################################################
 
 
 usage() {
 	methods=`LVM_methods`
 	methods=`echo $methods | tr ' ' '|'`
 	cat <<EOF
 	usage: $0 $methods
 
 	$0 manages an	Linux Volume Manager volume (LVM) as an HA resource
 
 	The 'start' operation brings the given volume online
 	The 'stop' operation takes the given volume offline
 	The 'status' operation reports whether the volume is available
 	The 'monitor' operation reports whether the volume seems present
 	The 'validate-all' operation checks whether the OCF parameters are valid
 	The 'meta-data' operation show meta data 
 	The 'methods' operation reports on the methods $0 supports
 
 EOF
 }
 
 # default for "tag"
 OUR_TAG="pacemaker"
 
 meta_data() {
 	cat <<EOF
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <!DOCTYPE resource-agent SYSTEM "ra-api-1.dtd">
 <resource-agent name="LVM">
 <version>1.0</version>
 
 <longdesc lang="en">
 Resource script for LVM. It manages an Linux Volume Manager volume (LVM) 
 as an HA resource. 
 </longdesc>
 <shortdesc lang="en">Controls the availability of an LVM Volume Group</shortdesc>
 
 <parameters>
 <parameter name="volgrpname" unique="0" required="1">
 <longdesc lang="en">
 The name of volume group.
 </longdesc>
 <shortdesc lang="en">Volume group name</shortdesc>
 <content type="string" default="" />
 </parameter>
 <parameter name="exclusive" unique="0" required="0">
 <longdesc lang="en">
 If set, the volume group will be activated exclusively.  This option works one of
 two ways.  If the volume group has the cluster attribute set, then the volume group
 will be activated exclusively using clvmd across the cluster.  If the cluster attribute
 is not set, the volume group will be activated exclusively using a tag and the volume_list 
 filter. When the tag option is in use, the volume_list in lvm.con must be initialized. This 
 can be as simple as setting 'volume_list = []' depending on your setup.
 </longdesc>
 <shortdesc lang="en">Exclusive activation</shortdesc>
 <content type="boolean" default="false" />
 </parameter>
 
 <parameter name="tag" unique="0" required="0">
 <longdesc lang="en">
 If "exclusive" is set on a non clustered volume group, this overrides the tag to be used.
 </longdesc>
 <shortdesc lang="en">Exclusive activation tag</shortdesc>
 <content type="string" default="$OUR_TAG" />
 </parameter>
 
 <parameter name="partial_activation" unique="0" required="0">
 <longdesc lang="en">
 If set, the volume group will be activated even only partial of the physical
 volumes available. It helps to set to true, when you are using mirroring
 logical volumes.
 </longdesc>
 <shortdesc lang="en">Activate VG even with partial PV only</shortdesc>
 <content type="string" default="false" />
 </parameter>
 
 </parameters>
 
 <actions>
 <action name="start" timeout="30" />
 <action name="stop" timeout="30" />
 <action name="status" timeout="30" />
 <action name="monitor" depth="0" timeout="30" interval="10" />
 <action name="methods" timeout="5" />
 <action name="meta-data" timeout="5" />
 <action name="validate-all" timeout="5" />
 </actions>
 </resource-agent>
 EOF
 }
 
 #
 # methods: What methods/operations do we support?
 #
 LVM_methods() {
 	cat <<EOF
 	start
 	stop
 	status
 	monitor
 	methods
 	validate-all
 	meta-data
 	usage
 EOF
 }
 
 ##
 # returns mode
 #
 # 0 = normal (non-exclusive) local activation
 # 1 = tagged-exclusive activation
 # 2 = clvm-exclusive activation
 ##
 VG_MODE=
 get_vg_mode()
 {
 	if [ -n "$VG_MODE" ]; then
 		echo "$VG_MODE"
 		return
 	fi
 
 	VG_MODE=0
 	if ocf_is_true "$OCF_RESKEY_exclusive"; then
 		case $(vgs -o attr --noheadings $OCF_RESKEY_volgrpname | tr -d ' ') in
 		?????c*)
 			VG_MODE=2 ;;
 		*)
 			VG_MODE=1 ;;
 		esac
 	fi
 
 	echo "$VG_MODE"
 }
 
 ##
 # Verify tags setup
 ##
 verify_tags_environment()
 {
 	##
 	# The volume_list must be initialized to something in order to
 	# guarantee our tag will be filtered on startup
 	##
 	if ! lvm dumpconfig activation/volume_list; then
 		ocf_log err "LVM: Improper setup detected"
 		ocf_log err "The volume_list filter must be initialized in lvm.conf for exclusive activation without clvmd"
 		return $OCF_ERR_GENERIC
 	fi
 
 	##
 	# Our tag must _NOT_ be in the volume_list.  This agent
 	# overrides the volume_list during activation using the
 	# special tag reserved for cluster activation
 	##
 	if lvm dumpconfig activation/volume_list | grep -e "\"@$OUR_TAG\"" -e "\"${OCF_RESKEY_volgrpname}\""; then
 		ocf_log err "LVM:  Improper setup detected"
 		ocf_log err "The volume_list in lvm.conf must not contain the cluster tag, \"$OUR_TAG\", or volume group, $OCF_RESKEY_volgrpname"
 		return $OCF_ERR_GENERIC
 	fi
 
 	return $OCF_SUCCESS
 }
 
 check_initrd_warning()
 {
 	# First check to see if there is an initrd img we can safely
 	# compare timestamps agaist.  If not, don't even bother with
 	# this check.  This is known to work in rhel/fedora distros
 	ls "/boot/*$(uname -r)*.img" > /dev/null 2>&1
 	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 		return
 	fi
 
 	##
 	# Now check to see if the initrd has been updated.
 	# If not, the machine could boot and activate the VG outside
 	# the control of pacemaker
 	##
 	if [ "$(find /boot -name *.img -newer /etc/lvm/lvm.conf)" = "" ]; then
 		ocf_log warn "LVM:  Improper setup detected"
 		ocf_log warn "* initrd image needs to be newer than lvm.conf"
 
 		# While dangerous if not done the first time, there are many
 		# cases where we don't simply want to fail here.  Instead,
 		# keep warning until the user remakes the initrd - or has
 		# it done for them by upgrading the kernel.
 		#
 		# initrd can be updated using this command.
 		# dracut -H -f /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)
 		#
 	fi
 }
 
 ##
 # does this vg have our tag
 ##
 check_tags()
 {
 	local owner=`vgs -o tags --noheadings $OCF_RESKEY_volgrpname | tr -d ' '`
 
 	if [ -z "$owner" ]; then
 		# No-one owns this VG yet
 		return 1
 	fi
 
 	if [ "$OUR_TAG" = "$owner" ]; then
 		# yep, this is ours
 		return 0
 	fi
 
 	# some other tag is set on this vg
 	return 2
 }
 
 strip_tags()
 {
 	local i
 
 	for i in `vgs --noheadings -o tags $OCF_RESKEY_volgrpname | sed s/","/" "/g`; do
 		ocf_log info "Stripping tag, $i"
 
 		# LVM version 2.02.98 allows changing tags if PARTIAL
 		vgchange --deltag $i $OCF_RESKEY_volgrpname
 	done
 
 	if [ ! -z `vgs -o tags --noheadings $OCF_RESKEY_volgrpname | tr -d ' '` ]; then
 		ocf_log err "Failed to remove ownership tags from $OCF_RESKEY_volgrpname"
 		return $OCF_ERR_GENERIC
 	fi
 
 	return $OCF_SUCCESS
 }
 
 set_tags()
 {
 	check_tags
 	case $? in
 	0)
 		# we already own it.
 		return $OCF_SUCCESS
 		;;
 	2)
 		# other tags are set, strip them before setting
 		if ! strip_tags; then
 			return $OCF_ERR_GENERIC
 		fi
 		;;
 	*)
 		: ;;
 	esac
 
 	vgchange --addtag $OUR_TAG $OCF_RESKEY_volgrpname
 	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 		ocf_log err "Failed to add ownership tag to $OCF_RESKEY_volgrpname"
 		return $OCF_ERR_GENERIC
 	fi
 
 	ocf_log info "New tag \"$OUR_TAG\" added to $OCF_RESKEY_volgrpname"
 	return $OCF_SUCCESS
 }
 
 #
 #	Return LVM status (silently)
 #
 LVM_status() {
 	local rc=1
 	loglevel="debug"
 
 	# Set the log level of the error message
 	if [ "X${2}" = "X" ]; then
 		loglevel="err"
 		if ocf_is_probe; then
 			loglevel="warn"
 		else 
 			if [ ${OP_METHOD} = "stop" ]; then
 				loglevel="info"
 			fi
 		fi
 	fi
 	
 	if [ -d /dev/$1 ]; then
 		test "`cd /dev/$1 && ls`" != ""
 		rc=$?
 		if [ $rc -ne 0 ]; then
 			ocf_log err "VG $1 with no logical volumes is not supported by this RA!"
 		fi
 	fi
 
 	if [ $rc -ne 0 ]; then
 		ocf_log $loglevel "LVM Volume $1 is not available (stopped)"
 		rc=$OCF_NOT_RUNNING
 	else
 		case $(get_vg_mode) in
 		1) # exclusive with tagging.
 			# If vg is running, make sure the correct tag is present. Otherwise we
 			# can not guarantee exclusive activation.
 			if ! check_tags; then
 				ocf_log err "WARNING: $OCF_RESKEY_volgrpname is active without the cluster tag, \"$OUR_TAG\""
 				rc=$OCF_ERR_GENERIC
 			fi
 
 			# make sure the environment for tags activation is still valid
 			if ! verify_tags_environment; then
 				rc=$OCF_ERR_GENERIC
 			fi
 			# let the user know if their initrd is older than lvm.conf.
 			check_initrd_warning
 			;;
 		*)
 			: ;;
 		esac
 	fi
 
 	if [ "X${2}" = "X" ]; then
 		# status call return
 		return $rc
 	fi
 
 	# Report on LVM volume status to stdout...
 	if [ $rc -eq 0 ]; then
 		echo "Volume $1 is available (running)"
 	else
 		echo "Volume $1 is not available (stopped)"
 	fi
 	return $rc
 }
 
 get_activate_options()
 {
 	local options="-a"
 
 	case $(get_vg_mode) in
 	0) options="${options}ly";;
 	1) options="${options}y --config activation{volume_list=[\"@${OUR_TAG}\"]}";;
 	2) options="${options}ey";;
 	esac
 
 	if ocf_is_true "$OCF_RESKEY_partial_activation" ; then
 		options="${options} --partial"
 	fi
 
 	# for clones (clustered volume groups), we'll also have to force
 	# monitoring, even if disabled in lvm.conf.
 	if ocf_is_clone; then
 		options="$options --monitor y"
 	fi
 	
 	echo $options
 }
 
 ##
 # Attempt to deactivate vg cluster wide and then start the vg exclusively
 ##
 retry_exclusive_start()
 {
 	local vgchange_options=$(get_activate_options)
 
 	# Deactivate each LV in the group one by one cluster wide
 	set -- $(lvs -o name,attr --noheadings $OCF_RESKEY_volgrpname 2> /dev/null)
 	while [ $# -ge 2 ]; do
 		case $2 in
 		????ao*)
 			# open LVs cannot be deactivated.
 			return $OCF_ERR_GENERIC;;
 		*)
 			if ! lvchange -an $OCF_RESKEY_volgrpname/$1; then
 				ocf_log err "Unable to perform required deactivation of $OCF_RESKEY_volgrpname/$1 before starting"
 				return $OCF_ERR_GENERIC
 			fi
 			;;
 		esac
 		shift 2
 	done
 
 	ocf_run vgchange $vgchange_options $OCF_RESKEY_volgrpname
 }
 
 #
 #	Enable LVM volume
 #
 LVM_start() {
 	local vgchange_options=$(get_activate_options)
 	local vg=$1
 	local clvmd=0
 
 	# TODO: This MUST run vgimport as well
 	ocf_log info "Activating volume group $vg"
 	if [ "$LVM_MAJOR" -eq "1" ]; then
 		ocf_run vgscan $vg
 	else
 		ocf_run vgscan
 	fi
 
 	case $(get_vg_mode) in
 	2)
 		clvmd=1
 		;;
 	1)
 		if ! set_tags; then
 			return $OCF_ERR_GENERIC
 		fi
 		;;
 	*)
 		: ;;
 	esac
 
 	if ! ocf_run vgchange $vgchange_options $vg; then
 		if [ $clvmd -eq 0 ]; then
 			return $OCF_ERR_GENERIC
 		fi
 
 		# Failure to exclusively activate cluster vg.:
 		# This could be caused by a remotely active LV, Attempt
 		# to disable volume group cluster wide and try again.
 		# Allow for some settling
 		sleep 5
 		if ! retry_exclusive_start; then
 			return $OCF_ERR_GENERIC
 		fi
 	fi
 
 	if LVM_status $vg; then
 		: OK Volume $vg activated just fine!
 		return $OCF_SUCCESS 
 	else
 		ocf_log err "LVM: $vg did not activate correctly"
 		return $OCF_NOT_RUNNING
 	fi
 }
 
 #
 #	Disable the LVM volume
 #
 LVM_stop() {
 	local res=$OCF_ERR_GENERIC
 	local vgchange_options="-aln"
 	local vg=$1
 
 	if ! vgs $vg > /dev/null 2>&1; then
 		ocf_log info "Volume group $vg not found"
 		return $OCF_SUCCESS
 	fi
 
 	ocf_log info "Deactivating volume group $vg"
 
 	case $(get_vg_mode) in
 		1) vgchange_options="-an" ;;
 	esac
 
 	for i in $(seq 10)
 	do
 		ocf_run vgchange $vgchange_options $vg
 		res=$?
 		if LVM_status $vg; then
 			ocf_log err "LVM: $vg did not stop correctly"
 			res=1
 		fi
 
 		if [ $res -eq 0 ]; then
 			break
 		fi
 
 		res=$OCF_ERR_GENERIC
 		ocf_log warn "$vg still Active"
 		ocf_log info "Retry deactivating volume group $vg"
 		sleep 1
 		which udevadm > /dev/null 2>&1 && udevadm settle --timeout=5
 	done
 
 	case $(get_vg_mode) in
 	1)
 		if [ $res -eq 0 ]; then
 			strip_tags
 			res=$?
 		fi
 		;;
 	esac
 
 	return $res
 }
 
 #
 #	Check whether the OCF instance parameters are valid
 #
 LVM_validate_all() {
 	check_binary $AWK
 
+	##
+	# lvmetad is a daemon that caches lvm metadata to improve the
+	# performance of LVM commands. This daemon should never be used when
+	# volume groups exist that are being managed by the cluster. The lvmetad
+	# daemon introduces a response lag, where certain LVM commands look like
+	# they have completed (like vg activation) when in fact the command
+	# is still in progress by the lvmetad.  This can cause reliability issues
+	# when managing volume groups in the cluster.  For Example, if you have a
+	# volume group that is a dependency for another application, it is possible
+	# the cluster will think the volume group is activated and attempt to start
+	# the application before volume group is really accesible... lvmetad is bad.
+	##
+	lvm dumpconfig global/use_lvmetad | grep 'use_lvmetad.*=.*1' > /dev/null 2>&1
+	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+		# for now warn users that lvmetad is enabled and that they should disable it. In the
+		# future we may want to consider refusing to start, or killing the lvmetad daemon.
+		ocf_log warn "Disable lvmetad in lvm.conf. lvmetad should never be enabled in a clustered environment. Set use_lvmetad=0 and kill the lvmetad process"
+	fi
+	
 	##
 	# Off-the-shelf tests...
 	##
 	VGOUT=`vgck ${VOLUME} 2>&1`
 	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 		ocf_log err "Volume group [$VOLUME] does not exist or contains error! ${VGOUT}"
 		exit $OCF_ERR_GENERIC
 	fi
 
 	##
 	# Does the Volume Group exist?
 	##
 	if [ "$LVM_MAJOR" = "1" ]; then
 		VGOUT=`vgdisplay ${VOLUME} 2>&1`
 	else
 		VGOUT=`vgdisplay -v ${VOLUME} 2>&1`
 	fi
 	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 		ocf_log err "Volume group [$VOLUME] does not exist or contains error! ${VGOUT}"
 		exit $OCF_ERR_GENERIC
 	fi
 
 	##
 	# If exclusive activation is not enabled, then
 	# further checking of proper setup is not necessary
 	##
 	if ! ocf_is_true "$OCF_RESKEY_exclusive"; then
 		return $OCF_SUCCESS;
 	fi
 
 	##
 	# Having cloned lvm resources with exclusive vg activation makes no sense at all.
 	##
 	if ocf_is_clone; then
 		ocf_log err "cloned lvm resources can not be activated exclusively"
 		exit $OCF_ERR_CONFIGURED
 	fi
 
 	##
 	# Make sure the cluster attribute is set and clvmd is up when exclusive
 	# activation is enabled. Otherwise we can't exclusively activate the volume group.
 	##
 	case $(get_vg_mode) in
 	1)  # exclusive activation using tags
 		if ! verify_tags_environment; then
 			exit $OCF_ERR_GENERIC
 		fi
 		;;
 	2)  # exclusive activation with clvmd
 		##
 		# verify is clvmd running
 		##
 		if ! ps -C clvmd > /dev/null 2>&1; then
 			ocf_log err "$OCF_RESKEY_volgrpname has the cluster attribute set, but 'clvmd' is not running"
 			exit $OCF_ERR_GENERIC
 		fi
 		;;
 	*)
 		: ;;
 	esac
 
 	return $OCF_SUCCESS
 }
 
 #
 #	'main' starts here...
 #
 
 if
 	[ $# -ne 1 ]
 then
 	usage
 	exit $OCF_ERR_ARGS 
 fi
 
 case $1 in
 	meta-data)	meta_data
 		exit $OCF_SUCCESS;;
 
 	methods)	LVM_methods
 		exit $?;;
 
 	usage)	usage
 		exit $OCF_SUCCESS;;
 	*)		;;
 esac
 
 if 
 	[ -z "$OCF_RESKEY_volgrpname" ]
 then
 	ocf_log err "You must identify the volume group name!"
 	exit $OCF_ERR_CONFIGURED 
 fi
 
 # Get the LVM version number, for this to work we assume(thanks to panjiam):
 # 
 # LVM1 outputs like this
 #
 #	# vgchange --version
 #	vgchange: Logical Volume Manager 1.0.3
 #	Heinz Mauelshagen, Sistina Software	19/02/2002 (IOP 10)
 #
 # LVM2 and higher versions output in this format
 #
 #	# vgchange --version
 #	LVM version:		 2.00.15 (2004-04-19)
 #	Library version: 1.00.09-ioctl (2004-03-31)
 #	Driver version:	4.1.0
 
 LVM_VERSION=`vgchange --version 2>&1 | \
 	$AWK '/Logical Volume Manager/ {print $5"\n"; exit; }
 			 /LVM version:/ {printf $3"\n"; exit;}'`
 rc=$?
 
 if
 	( [ $rc -ne 0 ] || [ -z "$LVM_VERSION" ] )
 then
 	ocf_log err "LVM: $1 could not determine LVM version. Try 'vgchange --version' manually and modify $0 ?"
 	exit $OCF_ERR_INSTALLED
 fi
 LVM_MAJOR="${LVM_VERSION%%.*}"
 
 VOLUME=$OCF_RESKEY_volgrpname
 OP_METHOD=$1
 
 if [ -n "$OCF_RESKEY_tag" ]; then
 	OUR_TAG=$OCF_RESKEY_tag
 fi
 
 # What kind of method was invoked?
 case "$1" in
 
 	start)
 		LVM_validate_all
 		LVM_start $VOLUME
 		exit $?;;
 
 	stop)	LVM_stop $VOLUME
 		exit $?;;
 
 	status)	LVM_status $VOLUME $1
 		exit $?;;
 
 	monitor)	LVM_status $VOLUME
 		exit $?;;
 
 	validate-all)	LVM_validate_all
 		;;
 
 	*)		usage
 		exit $OCF_ERR_UNIMPLEMENTED;;
 esac