From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alasdair G Kergon Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Volume Group with 4 HDs- one crashed Message-ID: <20030110141257.A2963@uk.sistina.com> References: <3051931894.20030110143835@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3051931894.20030110143835@gmx.net>; from nik39@gmx.net on Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 02:38:35PM +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: Fri Jan 10 08:12:01 2003 List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-lvm@sistina.com On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 02:38:35PM +0100, nik-da-3'9'' wrote: > > 2 logical volume(s) in volume group "mpeg" now active So did that not activate 2 of the logical volumes? You have to add '-P' to *every* tool that you want to attempt to use volume groups that are Partially missing. (But tools only support the flag where it makes sense to.) > Found volume group "data" using metadata type lvm1 So it found that OK. > I also remove the devnodes left by LVM 1 (/dev/mpeg/mp3 /dev/mpeg/mpvie), > but still I cant access the VG's. Recent LVM2 tarballs deal OK with any nodes left behind like that. What version are you using? > What to do next? Any help is really appreciated, as there is still lots of > important data on the VGs. Read the -P section of 'man lvm' for extra hints on recovery: depends if you're able to replace the disk with another, or if you want to remove the disk from the VG completely. See also the thread a few days back: Re: [linux-lvm] problem Alasdair -- agk@uk.sistina.com