From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Heinz J . Mauelshagen" Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] lvm problem Message-Id: <20020115125319.A11005@sistina.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: ; from Matthias.Stoll@eu.icgcommerce.com on Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 03:21:39PM +0100 Sender: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Errors-To: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Reply-To: linux-lvm@sistina.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Tue Jan 15 05:56:01 2002 List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-lvm@sistina.com On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 03:21:39PM +0100, Matthias Stoll wrote: > Hi ! > > I'm not so firm in linux but: > > We had a LG "smbdata" which went away somehow? ;-) Hi Matthias. What does 'somehow' mean? ;-) LVM/Operator error? I know: in case of an operator error I wouldn't tell anybody either ;-) > > Searched all threads and followed your instructions on recovering > configuration of LV. Didn't work ;-( > > Here is the output of vgcfgrestore -ll -f /etc/lvmconf/smbdata.conf.7.old > -n smbdata /dev/sda > > --- Volume group --- > VG Name smbdata > VG Access read/write > VG Status NOT available/resizable > VG # 0 > MAX LV 256 > Cur LV 1 > Open LV 0 > MAX LV Size 255.99 GB > Max PV 256 > Cur PV 4 > Act PV 4 > VG Size 15.86 GB > PE Size 4 MB > Total PE 4060 > Alloc PE / Size 4060 / 15.86 GB > Free PE / Size 0 / 0 > VG UUID zwceZi-TCXm-Ew3a-A5yc-H49M-R1NP-y4qg4T > > --- Logical volume --- > LV Name /dev/smbdata/all > VG Name smbdata > LV Write Access read/write > LV Status available > LV # 1 > # open 0 > LV Size 15.86 GB > Current LE 4060 > Allocated LE 4060 > Allocation next free > Read ahead sectors 120 > Block device 58:0 > > > --- Physical volume --- > PV Name /dev/sda1 > VG Name smbdata > PV Size 3.97 GB / NOT usable 3.28 MB [LVM: 124 KB] > PV# 1 > PV Status NOT available > Allocatable yes (but full) > Cur LV 1 > PE Size (KByte) 4096 > Total PE 1015 > Free PE 0 > Allocated PE 1015 > PV UUID tFA0qy-8u7r-8oBv-MwYS-SUVM-1W7h-P3hHED > > --- Physical volume --- > PV Name /dev/sdb1 > VG Name smbdata > PV Size 3.97 GB / NOT usable 3.28 MB [LVM: 124 KB] > PV# 2 > PV Status NOT available > Allocatable yes (but full) > Cur LV 1 > PE Size (KByte) 4096 > Total PE 1015 > Free PE 0 > Allocated PE 1015 > PV UUID cVeBuv-1i2C-hkOO-mUA1-lNrj-Vh8l-vrr6Am > > --- Physical volume --- > PV Name /dev/sdc1 > VG Name smbdata > PV Size 3.97 GB / NOT usable 3.28 MB [LVM: 124 KB] > PV# 3 > PV Status NOT available > Allocatable yes (but full) > Cur LV 1 > PE Size (KByte) 4096 > Total PE 1015 > Free PE 0 > Allocated PE 1015 > PV UUID Rtuhx3-0HR9-V0hN-iLuZ-dkFL-hyih-cEwEII > > --- Physical volume --- > PV Name /dev/sdd1 > VG Name smbdata > PV Size 3.97 GB / NOT usable 3.28 MB [LVM: 124 KB] > PV# 4 > PV Status NOT available > Allocatable yes (but full) > Cur LV 1 > PE Size (KByte) 4096 > Total PE 1015 > Free PE 0 > Allocated PE 1015 > PV UUID HNkTzu-Ok46-4vqM-CJCu-Iqd1-JmQ4-c5yzea > > > Could anyone provide me some help? Please run: # save your LVM metadata for later use for d in /dev/sd[a-d]1; do dd if=$d of=$d.VGDA count=512 bs=1k done # to recreate your PVs because vgcfgrestore needs that pvcreate -ff /dev/sd[a-d]1 # restore the metadata from backup for d in /dev/sd[a-d]1; do vgcfgrestore -n smbdata -f /etc/lvmconf/smbdata.conf.7.old /dev/$d done # scan in the metadata vgscan # activate the VG vgchange -ay smbdata > > Thanx > > Matthias -- Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- *** Software bugs are stupid. Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them *** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Heinz Mauelshagen Sistina Software Inc. Senior Consultant/Developer Am Sonnenhang 11 56242 Marienrachdorf Germany Mauelshagen@Sistina.com +49 2626 141200 FAX 924446 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-