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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright (C) 2018 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+# This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use,
+# modify, copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions
+# of the GNU General Public License v.2.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+# Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+
+# Exercise creation of cache without cache_check
+
+SKIP_WITH_LVMLOCKD=1
+SKIP_WITH_LVMPOLLD=1
+
+. lib/inittest
+
+aux have_cache 1 3 0 || skip
+
+# FIXME: parallel cache metadata allocator is crashing when used value 8000!
+aux prepare_vg 5 80000
+
+aux lvmconf 'global/cache_disabled_features = [ "policy_smq" ]' \
+	    'global/cache_check_executable = "./fake-tool.sh"'
+
+rm -f fake-tool.sh
+
+lvcreate -l1 -n $lv1 $vg
+lvcreate -H -l2 $vg/$lv1
+
+lvchange -an $vg |& tee out
+grep "Check is skipped" out
+
+lvchange -ay $vg
+grep "Check is skipped" out
+
+# prepare fake version of cache_check tool that reports old version
+cat <<- EOF >fake-tool.sh
+#!/bin/sh
+echo "0.1.0"
+exit 1
+EOF
+chmod +x fake-tool.sh
+
+lvchange -an $vg |& tee out
+grep "upgrade" out
+
+lvchange -ay $vg
+grep "upgrade" out
+
+# prepare fake version of cache_check tool that reports garbage
+cat <<- EOF >fake-tool.sh
+#!/bin/sh
+echo "garbage"
+exit 1
+EOF
+chmod +x fake-tool.sh
+
+lvchange -an $vg |& tee out
+grep "parse" out
+
+lvchange -ay $vg
+grep "parse" out
+
+# prepare fake version of cache_check tool with high version
+cat <<- EOF >fake-tool.sh
+#!/bin/sh
+echo "9.0.0"
+exit 1
+EOF
+chmod +x fake-tool.sh
+
+# Integrity check fails, but deactivation is OK
+lvchange -an $vg |& tee out
+grep "failed" out
+# Activation must fail
+fail lvchange -ay $vg
+
+vgremove -ff $vg