[linux-lvm] vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in command line

[linux-lvm] vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in command line

[Daniel Gardner]

Hi,

I'm new to this whole LVM lark, and something isn't working right for me...

I've got a partition, /dev/hda2, which I'm trying to put LVM stuff on.

cfdisk says:

            First    Last
 # Type     Sector   Sector   Offset  Length   Filesystem Type (ID)
-- ------- -------- --------- ------ --------- ---------------------- 
 2 Primary  6249285 12466439       0  6217155  Linux LVM (8E)

Then I do:

root@gentoo daniel # pvcreate /dev/hda2
pvcreate -- physical volume "/dev/hda2" successfully created

root@gentoo daniel # pvdisplay /dev/hda2
pvdisplay -- "/dev/hda2" is a new physical volume of 2.96 GB

root@gentoo daniel # pvscan
pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2" is in no VG 
[2.96 GB]
pvscan -- total: 1 [2.96 GB] / in use: 0 [0] / in no VG: 1 [2.96 GB]

All looking good... now here's the weird one:

root@gentoo daniel # vgcreate main /dev/hda2
vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in command line

This is where I'm getting my baby steps from
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-lvm2.html?dwzone=linux

I was using stock kernel 2.4.18 and tools 1.0.5 to start with, but just tried 
1.1-rc2 with the same results on both.

I don't really know where to go further with this, don't know if it's just me 
being stupid or what. Anyone got any ideas? I'll provide any info that I need 
to - just let me know what's needed!

Thanks awfully,
Daniel

RE: [linux-lvm] vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in command line

[Glenn Shannon]

Are you running DevFS by chance?

-----Original Message-----
From: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com [mailto:linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com]
On Behalf Of Daniel Gardner
Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 7:34 AM
To: linux-lvm@sistina.com
Subject: [linux-lvm] vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in command
line

Hi,

I'm new to this whole LVM lark, and something isn't working right for
me...

I've got a partition, /dev/hda2, which I'm trying to put LVM stuff on.

cfdisk says:

            First    Last
 # Type     Sector   Sector   Offset  Length   Filesystem Type (ID)
-- ------- -------- --------- ------ --------- ---------------------- 
 2 Primary  6249285 12466439       0  6217155  Linux LVM (8E)

Then I do:

root@gentoo daniel # pvcreate /dev/hda2
pvcreate -- physical volume "/dev/hda2" successfully created

root@gentoo daniel # pvdisplay /dev/hda2
pvdisplay -- "/dev/hda2" is a new physical volume of 2.96 GB

root@gentoo daniel # pvscan
pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2" is in no
VG 
[2.96 GB]
pvscan -- total: 1 [2.96 GB] / in use: 0 [0] / in no VG: 1 [2.96 GB]

All looking good... now here's the weird one:

root@gentoo daniel # vgcreate main /dev/hda2
vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in command line

This is where I'm getting my baby steps from
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-lvm2.html?dwzone=l
inux

I was using stock kernel 2.4.18 and tools 1.0.5 to start with, but just
tried 
1.1-rc2 with the same results on both.

I don't really know where to go further with this, don't know if it's
just me 
being stupid or what. Anyone got any ideas? I'll provide any info that I
need 
to - just let me know what's needed!

Thanks awfully,
Daniel



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Re: [linux-lvm] vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in command line

[NagyZ]

On Sun, 8 Sep 2002, Daniel Gardner wrote:

> Hi,
[..]
> root@gentoo daniel # vgcreate main /dev/hda2
> vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in command line
try:
vgcreate main /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2

are you using devfs?:)

NagyZ

Re: [linux-lvm] vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in command line

[Daniel Gardner]

On Sunday 08 September 2002 3:47 pm, Glenn Shannon wrote:
> Are you running DevFS by chance?

Yes - is that bad? :S

Daniel


>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com [mailto:linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com]
> On Behalf Of Daniel Gardner
> Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 7:34 AM
> To: linux-lvm@sistina.com
> Subject: [linux-lvm] vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in command
> line
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to this whole LVM lark, and something isn't working right for
> me...
>
> I've got a partition, /dev/hda2, which I'm trying to put LVM stuff on.
>
> cfdisk says:
>
>             First    Last
>  # Type     Sector   Sector   Offset  Length   Filesystem Type (ID)
> -- ------- -------- --------- ------ --------- ----------------------
>  2 Primary  6249285 12466439       0  6217155  Linux LVM (8E)
>
> Then I do:
>
> root@gentoo daniel # pvcreate /dev/hda2
> pvcreate -- physical volume "/dev/hda2" successfully created
>
> root@gentoo daniel # pvdisplay /dev/hda2
> pvdisplay -- "/dev/hda2" is a new physical volume of 2.96 GB
>
> root@gentoo daniel # pvscan
> pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
> pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2" is in no
> VG
> [2.96 GB]
> pvscan -- total: 1 [2.96 GB] / in use: 0 [0] / in no VG: 1 [2.96 GB]
>
> All looking good... now here's the weird one:
>
> root@gentoo daniel # vgcreate main /dev/hda2
> vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in command line
>
> This is where I'm getting my baby steps from
> http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-lvm2.html?dwzone=l
> inux
>
> I was using stock kernel 2.4.18 and tools 1.0.5 to start with, but just
> tried
> 1.1-rc2 with the same results on both.
>
> I don't really know where to go further with this, don't know if it's
> just me
> being stupid or what. Anyone got any ideas? I'll provide any info that I
> need
> to - just let me know what's needed!
>
> Thanks awfully,
> Daniel
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> linux-lvm@sistina.com
> http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm
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>
>
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RE: [linux-lvm] vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in command line

[Glenn Shannon]

It's not bad, I use it. It just takes a couple of tweaks.

For one, the actual devices are in subdirs now. Like what was /dev/hda2
is now /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2.

So one needs to pass the devfs'ed name for the device to the lvmtools.

:)

-----Original Message-----
From: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com [mailto:linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com]
On Behalf Of Daniel Gardner
Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 7:51 AM
To: linux-lvm@sistina.com
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in
command line

On Sunday 08 September 2002 3:47 pm, Glenn Shannon wrote:
> Are you running DevFS by chance?

Yes - is that bad? :S

Daniel


>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com [mailto:linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com]
> On Behalf Of Daniel Gardner
> Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 7:34 AM
> To: linux-lvm@sistina.com
> Subject: [linux-lvm] vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in command
> line
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to this whole LVM lark, and something isn't working right for
> me...
>
> I've got a partition, /dev/hda2, which I'm trying to put LVM stuff on.
>
> cfdisk says:
>
>             First    Last
>  # Type     Sector   Sector   Offset  Length   Filesystem Type (ID)
> -- ------- -------- --------- ------ --------- ----------------------
>  2 Primary  6249285 12466439       0  6217155  Linux LVM (8E)
>
> Then I do:
>
> root@gentoo daniel # pvcreate /dev/hda2
> pvcreate -- physical volume "/dev/hda2" successfully created
>
> root@gentoo daniel # pvdisplay /dev/hda2
> pvdisplay -- "/dev/hda2" is a new physical volume of 2.96 GB
>
> root@gentoo daniel # pvscan
> pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
> pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2" is in
no
> VG
> [2.96 GB]
> pvscan -- total: 1 [2.96 GB] / in use: 0 [0] / in no VG: 1 [2.96 GB]
>
> All looking good... now here's the weird one:
>
> root@gentoo daniel # vgcreate main /dev/hda2
> vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in command line
>
> This is where I'm getting my baby steps from
>
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-lvm2.html?dwzone=l
> inux
>
> I was using stock kernel 2.4.18 and tools 1.0.5 to start with, but
just
> tried
> 1.1-rc2 with the same results on both.
>
> I don't really know where to go further with this, don't know if it's
> just me
> being stupid or what. Anyone got any ideas? I'll provide any info that
I
> need
> to - just let me know what's needed!
>
> Thanks awfully,
> Daniel
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> linux-lvm mailing list
> linux-lvm@sistina.com
> http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm
> read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> linux-lvm mailing list
> linux-lvm@sistina.com
> http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm
> read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html


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Re: [linux-lvm] vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in command line

[Daniel Gardner]

On Sunday 08 September 2002 3:49 pm, NagyZ wrote:
> On Sun, 8 Sep 2002, Daniel Gardner wrote:
> > root@gentoo daniel # vgcreate main /dev/hda2
> > vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in command line
>
> try:
> vgcreate main /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2
>
> are you using devfs?:)

ooooh! Shiny things :)

I've just mounted a nice new XFS filesystem, thanks so much!

Daniel

Re: [linux-lvm] vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in command line

[Daniel Gardner]

On Sunday 08 September 2002 3:59 pm, Glenn Shannon wrote:
> It's not bad, I use it. It just takes a couple of tweaks.
>
> For one, the actual devices are in subdirs now. Like what was /dev/hda2
> is now /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2.
>
> So one needs to pass the devfs'ed name for the device to the lvmtools.

ahh, symlinks, i see... yes... I'd read about devfs back when there was 
argument about wether it should be in the kernel or not, but gentoo finally 
dragged me into the modern age. I presume it's the symlinks that vgcreate 
doesn't like... could that be construed as a bug?

Right, onwards for fun and games with grub and lvmcreate_initrd :)

Thanks for the help,
Daniel

[linux-lvm] vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in command line

[fnt]

i have fallow this order of make LVM:
root]# pvdisplay /dev/hde1 /dev/hdg1 /dev/hdf1 /dev/hdh1
pvdisplay -- "/dev/hde1" is a new physical volume of 19.08 GB
pvdisplay -- "/dev/hdg1" is a new physical volume of 37.27 GB
pvdisplay -- "/dev/hdf1" is a new physical volume of 19.07 GB
pvdisplay -- "/dev/hdh1" is a new physical volume of 74.53 GB
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
root]# pvdata /dev/hde1 /dev/hdg1 /dev/hdf1 /dev/hdh1
--- NEW Physical volume ---
PV Name               /dev/hde1
VG Name
PV Size               19.08 GB
PV#                   0
PV Status             NOT available
Allocatable           NO
Cur LV                0
PE Size (KByte)       0
Total PE              0
Free PE               0
Allocated PE          0
PV UUID               Freu4z-rtFG-3LWO-DwoW-KQJQ-kPdH-TFrgod

--- Volume group ---
VG Name
VG Access             error
VG Status             NOT available/NOT resizable
VG #                  0
MAX LV                0
Cur LV                0
Open LV               0
MAX LV Size           0
Max PV                0
Cur PV                0
Act PV                0
VG Size               0
PE Size               0
Total PE              0
Alloc PE / Size       0 / 0
Free  PE / Size       0 / 0
VG UUID               HM

--- List of logical volumes ---

--- List of physical volume UUIDs ---

--- NEW Physical volume ---
PV Name               /dev/hdg1
VG Name
PV Size               37.27 GB
PV#                   0
PV Status             NOT available
Allocatable           NO
Cur LV                0
PE Size (KByte)       0
Total PE              0
Free PE               0
Allocated PE          0
PV UUID               oo7uc1-eFc6-wlO0-co9Z-oPf7-U0ss-cnitXm

--- Volume group ---
VG Name
VG Access             error
VG Status             NOT available/NOT resizable
VG #                  0
MAX LV                0
Cur LV                0
Open LV               0
MAX LV Size           0
Max PV                0
Cur PV                0
Act PV                0
VG Size               0
PE Size               0
Total PE              0
Alloc PE / Size       0 / 0
Free  PE / Size       0 / 0
VG UUID               HM

--- List of logical volumes ---

--- List of physical volume UUIDs ---

--- NEW Physical volume ---
PV Name               /dev/hdf1
VG Name
PV Size               19.07 GB
PV#                   0
PV Status             NOT available
Allocatable           NO
Cur LV                0
PE Size (KByte)       0
Total PE              0
Free PE               0
Allocated PE          0
PV UUID               AeUf2I-823S-r24W-QFg0-4WYJ-s4qS-Df7SBi

--- Volume group ---
VG Name
VG Access             error
VG Status             NOT available/NOT resizable
VG #                  0
MAX LV                0
Cur LV                0
Open LV               0
MAX LV Size           0
Max PV                0
Cur PV                0
Act PV                0
VG Size               0
PE Size               0
Total PE              0
Alloc PE / Size       0 / 0
Free  PE / Size       0 / 0
VG UUID               HM

--- List of logical volumes ---

--- List of physical volume UUIDs ---

--- NEW Physical volume ---
PV Name               /dev/hdh1
VG Name
PV Size               74.53 GB
PV#                   0
PV Status             NOT available
Allocatable           NO
Cur LV                0
PE Size (KByte)       0
Total PE              0
Free PE               0
Allocated PE          0
PV UUID               t2Y5MW-WhMO-asqF-PZTS-9WFi-SLR5-pZR5fY

--- Volume group ---
VG Name
VG Access             error
VG Status             NOT available/NOT resizable
VG #                  0
MAX LV                0
Cur LV                0
Open LV               0
MAX LV Size           0
Max PV                0
Cur PV                0
Act PV                0
VG Size               0
PE Size               0
Total PE              0
Alloc PE / Size       0 / 0
Free  PE / Size       0 / 0
VG UUID               HM

--- List of logical volumes ---

--- List of physical volume UUIDs ---
------------------------------------------------------
root]# pvscan
pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/ide/host2/bus1/target0/lun0/part1" is in no VG
[37.27 GB]
pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/ide/host2/bus1/target1/lun0/part1" is in no VG
[74.53 GB]
pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part1" is in no VG
[19.08 GB]
pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/ide/host2/bus0/target1/lun0/part1" is in no VG
[19.07 GB]
pvscan -- total: 4 [149.96 GB] / in use: 0 [0] / in no VG: 4 [149.96 GB]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------

 root]# vgcreate test-vg /dev/hd[e-h]1
vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in command line


i have this error, can samebady help me out?

thanks on davance.
chimo

Re: [linux-lvm] vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in command line

[Luca Berra]

> --- List of physical volume UUIDs ---
> ------------------------------------------------------
> root]# pvscan
> pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
> pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/ide/host2/bus1/target0/lun0/part1" is in no VG
> [37.27 GB]
> pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/ide/host2/bus1/target1/lun0/part1" is in no VG
> [74.53 GB]
> pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part1" is in no VG
> [19.08 GB]
> pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/ide/host2/bus0/target1/lun0/part1" is in no VG
> [19.07 GB]
> pvscan -- total: 4 [149.96 GB] / in use: 0 [0] / in no VG: 4 [149.96 GB]
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ---------
> 
>  root]# vgcreate test-vg /dev/hd[e-h]1
> vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in command line
> 
> 
> i have this error, can samebady help me out?
> 
vgcreate test-vg /dev/ide/host2/bus1/target0/lun0/part1 .....

L.

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Re: [linux-lvm] vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in command line

[fnt]

thx, it works :=)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Luca Berra" <bluca@comedia.it>
To: <linux-lvm@sistina.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in command
line


>
> > --- List of physical volume UUIDs ---
> > ------------------------------------------------------
> > root]# pvscan
> > pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
> > pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/ide/host2/bus1/target0/lun0/part1" is in no
VG
> > [37.27 GB]
> > pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/ide/host2/bus1/target1/lun0/part1" is in no
VG
> > [74.53 GB]
> > pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part1" is in no
VG
> > [19.08 GB]
> > pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/ide/host2/bus0/target1/lun0/part1" is in no
VG
> > [19.07 GB]
> > pvscan -- total: 4 [149.96 GB] / in use: 0 [0] / in no VG: 4 [149.96 GB]
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
> > ---------
> >
> >  root]# vgcreate test-vg /dev/hd[e-h]1
> > vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in command line
> >
> >
> > i have this error, can samebady help me out?
> >
> vgcreate test-vg /dev/ide/host2/bus1/target0/lun0/part1 .....
>
> L.
>
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