* [linux-lvm] Problems importing volume group @ 2004-02-13 12:49 Chris Wells 2004-02-14 5:17 ` Heinz Mauelshagen 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Chris Wells @ 2004-02-13 12:49 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-lvm Hello all, I'm still a newbie to LVM but I've followed a FAQ in exporting my VG (I had to replace a failing system drive - not in the VG). When I replaced the drive and tried to import the volume group, I get the following errors: vgimport kbvg /dev/hde /dev/hdf vgimport -- ERROR "pv_check_consistency(): PE size" checking physical volume consistency of "/dev/hde" vgimport -- ERROR "pv_check_consistency(): PE size" checking physical volume consistency of "/dev/hdf" vgimport -- ERROR: no valid physical volumes found to import volume group "kbvg" When I do a pvscan, I get: pvscan pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...) pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hde" is in EXPORTED VG "kbvg" [0 / 0 free] pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hdf" is in EXPORTED VG "kbvg" [0 / 0 free] pvscan -- total: 2 [37.46 MB] / in use: 2 [37.46 MB] / in no VG: 0 [0] I get these errors even when replacing the old drive and trying to import back. Any ideas on what I can do next or what the problem could be? Or.. at least, does anyone know of any tools which I can use to retrieve data from these drives? Any help is greatly appreciated! -- Thanks, Chris Wells Fusion Hosting & Design Lexington, KY chris@fusion-hosting.net http://www.fusion-hosting.net Phone: (859) 492-6439 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: [linux-lvm] Problems importing volume group 2004-02-13 12:49 [linux-lvm] Problems importing volume group Chris Wells @ 2004-02-14 5:17 ` Heinz Mauelshagen 2004-02-15 1:56 ` Chris Wells 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Heinz Mauelshagen @ 2004-02-14 5:17 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-lvm Chris, looks like the installation toasted your PVs (writing partition tables to the drives?). Run vgcfgrestore (you've got a backup of /etc/lvmconf/*, right?). Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 12:49:41PM -0500, Chris Wells wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm still a newbie to LVM but I've followed a FAQ in exporting my VG (I > had to replace a failing system drive - not in the VG). When I replaced > the drive and tried to import the volume group, I get the following > errors: > > vgimport kbvg /dev/hde /dev/hdf > vgimport -- ERROR "pv_check_consistency(): PE size" checking physical > volume consistency of "/dev/hde" > vgimport -- ERROR "pv_check_consistency(): PE size" checking physical > volume consistency of "/dev/hdf" > vgimport -- ERROR: no valid physical volumes found to import volume group > "kbvg" > > When I do a pvscan, I get: > > pvscan > pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...) > pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hde" is in EXPORTED VG "kbvg" [0 / 0 free] > pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hdf" is in EXPORTED VG "kbvg" [0 / 0 free] > pvscan -- total: 2 [37.46 MB] / in use: 2 [37.46 MB] / in no VG: 0 [0] > > > I get these errors even when replacing the old drive and trying to import > back. Any ideas on what I can do next or what the problem could be? Or.. > at least, does anyone know of any tools which I can use to retrieve data > from these drives? > > Any help is greatly appreciated! > > -- > Thanks, > Chris Wells > Fusion Hosting & Design > Lexington, KY > chris@fusion-hosting.net > http://www.fusion-hosting.net > Phone: (859) 492-6439 > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ *** Software bugs are stupid. Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them *** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Heinz Mauelshagen Red Hat, Inc. Consulting Development Engineer Am Sonnenhang 11 56242 Marienrachdorf Germany Mauelshagen@RedHat.com +49 2626 141200 FAX 924446 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: [linux-lvm] Problems importing volume group 2004-02-14 5:17 ` Heinz Mauelshagen @ 2004-02-15 1:56 ` Chris Wells 2004-02-16 4:22 ` Heinz Mauelshagen 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Chris Wells @ 2004-02-15 1:56 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-lvm Heinz, Thanks for the advice.. unfortunately I did not have a backup of /etc/lvmconf/.. the data was unfortunately lost. As it stands, I'm still quite new to the Linux aspect of LVM. How do I go about backing up VG configuration or /etc/lvmconf.. Also can you recommend any decent online guides/How-Tos for Linux LVM? The documentation I've read thus far (books and online) has been limited. > > Chris, > > looks like the installation toasted your PVs (writing partition tables > to the drives?). > > Run vgcfgrestore (you've got a backup of /etc/lvmconf/*, right?). > > Regards, > Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- > > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 12:49:41PM -0500, Chris Wells wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I'm still a newbie to LVM but I've followed a FAQ in exporting my VG >> (I had to replace a failing system drive - not in the VG). When I >> replaced the drive and tried to import the volume group, I get the >> following errors: >> >> vgimport kbvg /dev/hde /dev/hdf >> vgimport -- ERROR "pv_check_consistency(): PE size" checking physical >> volume consistency of "/dev/hde" >> vgimport -- ERROR "pv_check_consistency(): PE size" checking physical >> volume consistency of "/dev/hdf" >> vgimport -- ERROR: no valid physical volumes found to import volume >> group "kbvg" >> >> When I do a pvscan, I get: >> >> pvscan >> pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...) >> pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hde" is in EXPORTED VG "kbvg" [0 / 0 >> free] pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hdf" is in EXPORTED VG "kbvg" [0 / >> 0 free] pvscan -- total: 2 [37.46 MB] / in use: 2 [37.46 MB] / in no >> VG: 0 [0] >> >> >> I get these errors even when replacing the old drive and trying to >> import back. Any ideas on what I can do next or what the problem >> could be? Or.. at least, does anyone know of any tools which I can >> use to retrieve data from these drives? >> >> Any help is greatly appreciated! >> >> -- >> Thanks, >> Chris Wells >> Fusion Hosting & Design >> Lexington, KY >> chris@fusion-hosting.net >> http://www.fusion-hosting.net >> Phone: (859) 492-6439 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> linux-lvm mailing list >> linux-lvm@redhat.com >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm >> read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ > > *** Software bugs are stupid. > Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them *** > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > Heinz Mauelshagen Red Hat, Inc. > Consulting Development Engineer Am Sonnenhang 11 > 56242 Marienrachdorf > Germany > Mauelshagen@RedHat.com +49 2626 141200 > FAX 924446 > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ -- Thanks, Chris Wells Fusion Hosting & Design Lexington, KY chris@fusion-hosting.net http://www.fusion-hosting.net Phone: (859) 492-6439 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: [linux-lvm] Problems importing volume group 2004-02-15 1:56 ` Chris Wells @ 2004-02-16 4:22 ` Heinz Mauelshagen 0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Heinz Mauelshagen @ 2004-02-16 4:22 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-lvm Chris, have you read the Howto (http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/; contained in every email from this list) ? FYI: we've begun reworking the Howto to cover LVM2 as well. Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 01:56:48AM -0500, Chris Wells wrote: > Heinz, > > Thanks for the advice.. unfortunately I did not have a backup of > /etc/lvmconf/.. the data was unfortunately lost. As it stands, I'm still > quite new to the Linux aspect of LVM. How do I go about backing up VG > configuration or /etc/lvmconf.. Also can you recommend any decent online > guides/How-Tos for Linux LVM? The documentation I've read thus far (books > and online) has been limited. > > > > > Chris, > > > > looks like the installation toasted your PVs (writing partition tables > > to the drives?). > > > > Run vgcfgrestore (you've got a backup of /etc/lvmconf/*, right?). > > > > Regards, > > Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 12:49:41PM -0500, Chris Wells wrote: > >> Hello all, > >> > >> I'm still a newbie to LVM but I've followed a FAQ in exporting my VG > >> (I had to replace a failing system drive - not in the VG). When I > >> replaced the drive and tried to import the volume group, I get the > >> following errors: > >> > >> vgimport kbvg /dev/hde /dev/hdf > >> vgimport -- ERROR "pv_check_consistency(): PE size" checking physical > >> volume consistency of "/dev/hde" > >> vgimport -- ERROR "pv_check_consistency(): PE size" checking physical > >> volume consistency of "/dev/hdf" > >> vgimport -- ERROR: no valid physical volumes found to import volume > >> group "kbvg" > >> > >> When I do a pvscan, I get: > >> > >> pvscan > >> pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...) > >> pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hde" is in EXPORTED VG "kbvg" [0 / 0 > >> free] pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hdf" is in EXPORTED VG "kbvg" [0 / > >> 0 free] pvscan -- total: 2 [37.46 MB] / in use: 2 [37.46 MB] / in no > >> VG: 0 [0] > >> > >> > >> I get these errors even when replacing the old drive and trying to > >> import back. Any ideas on what I can do next or what the problem > >> could be? Or.. at least, does anyone know of any tools which I can > >> use to retrieve data from these drives? > >> > >> Any help is greatly appreciated! > >> > >> -- > >> Thanks, > >> Chris Wells > >> Fusion Hosting & Design > >> Lexington, KY > >> chris@fusion-hosting.net > >> http://www.fusion-hosting.net > >> Phone: (859) 492-6439 > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> linux-lvm mailing list > >> linux-lvm@redhat.com > >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > >> read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-lvm mailing list > > linux-lvm@redhat.com > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ > > > -- > Thanks, > Chris Wells > Fusion Hosting & Design > Lexington, KY > chris@fusion-hosting.net > http://www.fusion-hosting.net > Phone: (859) 492-6439 > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ *** Software bugs are stupid. Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them *** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Heinz Mauelshagen Red Hat, Inc. Consulting Development Engineer Am Sonnenhang 11 56242 Marienrachdorf Germany Mauelshagen@RedHat.com +49 2626 141200 FAX 924446 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
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