[linux-lvm] Recovering inconsistent vg

[linux-lvm] Recovering inconsistent vg

[Shane Wegner]

Hi all,

I'm not sure how this happened but after rebooting, I am
getting the following from vgscan.
continuum:~# vgscan
vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a
while...)
vgscan -- found inactive volume group "vg0"
vgscan -- ERROR "lv_check_consistency(): LV status" volume
group "vg0" is inconsistent
vgscan -- ERROR: unable to do a backup of volume group
"vg0"
vgscan -- ERROR "lvm_tab_vg_remove(): unlink" removing
volume group "vg0" from "/etc/lvmtab"
vgscan -- "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d" successfully
created
vgscan -- WARNING: This program does not do a VGDA backup
of your volume group

I have no idea what this means, what I can do to recover
and am hoping someone could help me out.  A pvscan yeilds:

continuum:~# pvscan
pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a
while...)
pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hdi1"  is associated to unknown
VG "vg0" (run vgscan)
pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hde1"  is associated to unknown
VG "vg0" (run vgscan)
pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hda1"  is associated to unknown
VG "vg0" (run vgscan)
pvscan -- total: 3 [215.74 GB] / in use: 3 [215.74 GB] / in
no VG: 0 [0]

Looks right to me.  vg0 is hda1, hde1, and hdi1.

Thanks in advance,
Shane

Re: [linux-lvm] Recovering inconsistent vg

[Patrick Caulfield]

On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 05:37:28PM -0700, Shane Wegner wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm not sure how this happened but after rebooting, I am
> getting the following from vgscan.
> continuum:~# vgscan
> vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a
> while...)
> vgscan -- found inactive volume group "vg0"
> vgscan -- ERROR "lv_check_consistency(): LV status" volume
> group "vg0" is inconsistent
> vgscan -- ERROR: unable to do a backup of volume group
> "vg0"
> vgscan -- ERROR "lvm_tab_vg_remove(): unlink" removing
> volume group "vg0" from "/etc/lvmtab"
> vgscan -- "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d" successfully
> created
> vgscan -- WARNING: This program does not do a VGDA backup
> of your volume group
> 


If this is a recent debian unstable upgrade then you should get
the latest 1:1.0.4-4 deb (uploaded this morning GMT) that fixes 
the problem.

patrick

Re: [linux-lvm] Recovering inconsistent vg

[Shane Wegner]

On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 01:39:03PM +0100, Patrick Caulfield wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 05:37:28PM -0700, Shane Wegner wrote:
> > vgscan -- ERROR "lv_check_consistency(): LV status" volume
> > group "vg0" is inconsistent
> 
> If this is a recent debian unstable upgrade then you should get
> the latest 1:1.0.4-4 deb (uploaded this morning GMT) that fixes 
> the problem.

Yes, that was it.  Thank you for the help.

Shane

[linux-lvm] Re: Recovering inconsistent vg

[Stephan Austermuehle]

Hi,

I've the same problem. The VG was originally created with LVM 1.0.4,
then used (and extended) with 1.1rc1. Now I've the problem after
downgrading to 1.0.4.

	# ./vgscan
	vgscan -- ERROR "lv_check_consistency(): LV status" volume group "vg00" is inconsistent
	vgscan -- ERROR: unable to do a backup of volume group "vg00"
	vgscan -- ERROR "lvm_tab_vg_remove(): unlink" removing volume group "vg00" from "/etc/lvmtab"
	vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
	vgscan -- found active volume group "vg00"
	vgscan -- "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d" successfully created
	vgscan -- WARNING: This program does not do a VGDA backup of your volume group

Stephan

On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 05:37:28PM -0700, Shane Wegner wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm not sure how this happened but after rebooting, I am
> getting the following from vgscan.
> continuum:~# vgscan
> vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a
> while...)
> vgscan -- found inactive volume group "vg0"
> vgscan -- ERROR "lv_check_consistency(): LV status" volume
> group "vg0" is inconsistent
> vgscan -- ERROR: unable to do a backup of volume group
> "vg0"
> vgscan -- ERROR "lvm_tab_vg_remove(): unlink" removing
> volume group "vg0" from "/etc/lvmtab"
> vgscan -- "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d" successfully
> created
> vgscan -- WARNING: This program does not do a VGDA backup
> of your volume group
> 
> I have no idea what this means, what I can do to recover
> and am hoping someone could help me out.  A pvscan yeilds:
> 
> continuum:~# pvscan
> pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a
> while...)
> pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hdi1"  is associated to unknown
> VG "vg0" (run vgscan)
> pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hde1"  is associated to unknown
> VG "vg0" (run vgscan)
> pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hda1"  is associated to unknown
> VG "vg0" (run vgscan)
> pvscan -- total: 3 [215.74 GB] / in use: 3 [215.74 GB] / in
> no VG: 0 [0]
> 
> Looks right to me.  vg0 is hda1, hde1, and hdi1.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Shane
> 
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Re: [linux-lvm] Re: Recovering inconsistent vg

[Patrick Caulfield]

On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 05:23:56PM +0200, Stephan Austermuehle wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've the same problem. The VG was originally created with LVM 1.0.4,
> then used (and extended) with 1.1rc1. Now I've the problem after
> downgrading to 1.0.4.
> 
> 	# ./vgscan
> 	vgscan -- ERROR "lv_check_consistency(): LV status" volume group "vg00" is inconsistent
> 	vgscan -- ERROR: unable to do a backup of volume group "vg00"
> 	vgscan -- ERROR "lvm_tab_vg_remove(): unlink" removing volume group "vg00" from "/etc/lvmtab"
> 	vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
> 	vgscan -- found active volume group "vg00"
> 	vgscan -- "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d" successfully created
> 	vgscan -- WARNING: This program does not do a VGDA backup of your volume group
> 
> Stephan
> 

yeah, it's a bug in 1.1 which is fixed in the debian patched 1.0.4-4. If you
built from source here's the workaround:


diff -u -r1.4 -r1.4.2.1
--- lv_check_consistency.c      7 Feb 2002 16:19:46 -0000       1.4
+++ lv_check_consistency.c      5 Jun 2002 10:12:01 -0000       1.4.2.1
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
 
    debug_enter ( "lv_check_consistency -- CALLED\n");
 
+   /* Don't barf on broken LVM1.1 created metadata */
+   if (lv->lv_status > 2) lv->lv_status = 1;
+
    if ( lv == NULL)                                   ret = -LVM_EPARAM;
    else if ( lv_check_name ( lv->lv_name) != 0)       ret = -LVM_ELV_LVNAME;
    else if ( vg_check_name ( lv->vg_name) != 0)       ret = -LVM_ELV_VGNAME;


patrick

Re: [linux-lvm] Re: Recovering inconsistent vg

[Stephan Austermuehle]

On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 04:29:04PM +0100, Patrick Caulfield wrote:

> yeah, it's a bug in 1.1 which is fixed in the debian patched
> 1.0.4-4. If you built from source here's the workaround:

Thanks, that worked.

Stephan