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On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 10:34:55AM -0700, Adam Newham wrote:
> vgdisplay
> --- Volume group ---
> VG Name lvm-raid5
> System ID
> Format lvm2
> Metadata Areas 1
> Metadata Sequence No 2
> VG Access read/write
> VG Status resizable
> MAX LV 0
> Cur LV 1
> Open LV 0
> Max PV 0
> Cur PV 1
> Act PV 1
> VG Size 2.73 TiB
> PE Size 32.00 MiB
> Total PE 89425
> Alloc PE / Size 89425 / 2.73 TiB
> Free PE / Size 0 / 0
> VG UUID wovrCm-knof-Ycdl-LdXt-4t28-mPWq-kngufG

does vgchange -a y fail?
is there any error message

> /proc/partitions (note the missing sub partitions �V this I why I belive 
> the lv/pv scan��s don��t see any LVM info)
> major minor #blocks name
>
> 3 0 156290904 hda
> 3 1 200781 hda1
> 3 2 4192965 hda2
> 3 3 151894575 hda3
> 8 0 976762584 sda
> 8 16 976762584 sdb
> 8 32 976762584 sdc
> 8 48 976762584 sdd
> 9 0 2930287488 md0

the partition info for md component devices is corectly removed from the
kernel, to avoid confusion
the md device itself should be partitionable, can i see your
/etc/mdadm.conf ?

L.

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