Steps to reproduce utility_container: # for i in {1..5}; do cinder create --display-name test$i 1; done # cinder list +--------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------+-------------+----------+-------------+ | ID | Status | Display Name | Size | Volume Type | Bootable | Attached to | +--------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------+-------------+----------+-------------+ | 165e09a7-7e2c-42ad-8cd8-e01ecaa6a8b6 | available | test3 | 1 | None | false | | | 77bce6ce-70c5-4109-9133-31c7898e511f | available | test1 | 1 | None | false | | | 8bc99d61-068c-4dcd-bb14-28561b76e333 | available | test4 | 1 | None | false | | | f4551c7f-6d0b-4b56-afdf-4d67d4e07977 | available | test5 | 1 | None | false | | | fade96b4-eb74-4ae2-bd64-8bc761cb4eee | available | test2 | 1 | None | false | | +--------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------+-------------+----------+-------------+ # cinder delete test3 # cinder list +--------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------+-------------+----------+-------------+ | ID | Status | Display Name | Size | Volume Type | Bootable | Attached to | +--------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------+-------------+----------+-------------+ | 77bce6ce-70c5-4109-9133-31c7898e511f | available | test1 | 1 | None | false | | | 8bc99d61-068c-4dcd-bb14-28561b76e333 | available | test4 | 1 | None | false | | | f4551c7f-6d0b-4b56-afdf-4d67d4e07977 | available | test5 | 1 | None | false | | | fade96b4-eb74-4ae2-bd64-8bc761cb4eee | available | test2 | 1 | None | false | | +--------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------+-------------+----------+-------------+ # cinder create --display-name test6 1 # cinder list +--------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------+-------------+----------+-------------+ | ID | Status | Display Name | Size | Volume Type | Bootable | Attached to | +--------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------+-------------+----------+-------------+ | 77bce6ce-70c5-4109-9133-31c7898e511f | available | test1 | 1 | None | false | | | 7e15a9b5-c002-4c3c-8eb5-298e4a91b90c | available | test6 | 1 | None | false | | | 8bc99d61-068c-4dcd-bb14-28561b76e333 | available | test4 | 1 | None | false | | | f4551c7f-6d0b-4b56-afdf-4d67d4e07977 | available | test5 | 1 | None | false | | | fade96b4-eb74-4ae2-bd64-8bc761cb4eee | available | test2 | 1 | None | false | | +--------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------+-------------+----------+-------------+ volumes_container: # ls -l /dev/mapper total 0 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 252, 0 Jun 5 16:43 cinder--volumes-volume--77bce6ce--70c5--4109--9133--31c7898e511f brw-rw---- 1 root disk 252, 2 Jun 5 16:45 cinder--volumes-volume--7e15a9b5--c002--4c3c--8eb5--298e4a91b90c brw-rw---- 1 root disk 252, 3 Jun 5 16:43 cinder--volumes-volume--8bc99d61--068c--4dcd--bb14--28561b76e333 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 252, 4 Jun 5 16:43 cinder--volumes-volume--f4551c7f--6d0b--4b56--afdf--4d67d4e07977 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 252, 1 Jun 5 16:43 cinder--volumes-volume--fade96b4--eb74--4ae2--bd64--8bc761cb4eee crw------- 1 root root 10, 236 Jun 5 16:00 control # dmsetup info -c -o name,major,minor Name Maj Min cinder--volumes-volume--8bc99d61--068c--4dcd--bb14--28561b76e333 252 3 cinder--volumes-volume--f4551c7f--6d0b--4b56--afdf--4d67d4e07977 252 4 cinder--volumes-volume--7e15a9b5--c002--4c3c--8eb5--298e4a91b90c 252 2 cinder--volumes-volume--fade96b4--eb74--4ae2--bd64--8bc761cb4eee 252 1 cinder--volumes-volume--77bce6ce--70c5--4109--9133--31c7898e511f 252 0 volumes_host: # reboot volumes_container: # ls -l /dev/mapper total 0 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 252, 0 Jun 5 16:43 cinder--volumes-volume--77bce6ce--70c5--4109--9133--31c7898e511f brw-rw---- 1 root disk 252, 2 Jun 5 16:45 cinder--volumes-volume--7e15a9b5--c002--4c3c--8eb5--298e4a91b90c brw-rw---- 1 root disk 252, 3 Jun 5 16:43 cinder--volumes-volume--8bc99d61--068c--4dcd--bb14--28561b76e333 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 252, 4 Jun 5 16:43 cinder--volumes-volume--f4551c7f--6d0b--4b56--afdf--4d67d4e07977 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 252, 1 Jun 5 16:43 cinder--volumes-volume--fade96b4--eb74--4ae2--bd64--8bc761cb4eee crw------- 1 root root 10, 236 Jun 5 16:00 control # dmsetup info -c -o name,major,minor Name Maj Min cinder--volumes-volume--8bc99d61--068c--4dcd--bb14--28561b76e333 252 2 cinder--volumes-volume--f4551c7f--6d0b--4b56--afdf--4d67d4e07977 252 3 cinder--volumes-volume--7e15a9b5--c002--4c3c--8eb5--298e4a91b90c 252 4 cinder--volumes-volume--fade96b4--eb74--4ae2--bd64--8bc761cb4eee 252 1 cinder--volumes-volume--77bce6ce--70c5--4109--9133--31c7898e511f 252 0 7e15a9b5-c002-4c3c-8eb5-298e4a91b90c is the volume test6. The next two commands pull it out from the output of the above two commands. Notice that for /dev/mapper the minor device number is 2 whereas dmsetup info lists it as 4. # ls -l /dev/mapper | grep 7e15a9b5 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 252, 2 Jun 5 16:45 cinder--volumes-volume--7e15a9b5--c002--4c3c--8eb5--298e4a91b90c # dmsetup info -c -o name,major,minor | grep 7e15a9b5 cinder--volumes-volume--7e15a9b5--c002--4c3c--8eb5--298e4a91b90c 252 4