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@ 2001-12-07 16:25 Scott P
  2001-12-10 21:03 ` [linux-lvm] " Scott P
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Scott P @ 2001-12-07 16:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-lvm@sistina.com, pichelma

Hi list,

This is what I've done so far ( I apologize for the large amount of
lines/info!):

[root@ptb3 /root]# pvcreate -v /dev/sdb
pvcreate -- locking logical volume manager
pvcreate -- checking physical volume name "/dev/sdb"
pvcreate -- getting physical volume size
pvcreate -- checking partition type
pvcreate -- creating new physical volume
pvcreate -- setting up physical volume for /dev/sdb with 860231680
sectors
pvcreate -- writing physical volume data to disk "/dev/sdb"
pvcreate -- physical volume "/dev/sdb" successfully created
pvcreate -- unlocking logical volume manager

[root@ptb3 /root]# pvscan
pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/sdb"  is in no VG  [410.19 GB]
pvscan -- ACTIVE   PV "/dev/sdc1" of VG "exp300_2" [440.69 GB / 0 free]
pvscan -- ACTIVE   PV "/dev/sdd1" of VG "exp300_2" [440.69 GB / 0 free]
pvscan -- total: 3 [1.26 TB] / in use: 2 [881.43 GB] / in no VG: 1
[410.19 GB]

[root@ptb3 /root]# dmesg | less
[root@ptb3 /root]# vgscan
vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
vgscan -- found active volume group "exp300_2"
vgscan -- "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d" successfully created
vgscan -- WARNING: This program does not do a VGDA backup of your volume
group

[root@ptb3 /root]# lvscan
lvscan -- ACTIVE            "/dev/exp300_2/exp300_lv2" [881.38 GB]
lvscan -- 1 logical volumes with 881.38 GB total in 1 volume group
lvscan -- 1 active logical volumes

[root@ptb3 /root]# vgextend -A y exp300_2 /dev/sdb
vgextend -- INFO: maximum logical volume size is 1 Terabyte
vgextend -- doing automatic backup of volume group "exp300_2"
vgextend -- volume group "exp300_2" successfully extended

[root@ptb3 /root]# lvextend -L +440.7 /dev/exp300_2/exp300_lv2 /dev/sdb
lvextend -- rounding size to physical extent boundary
lvextend -- extending logical volume "/dev/exp300_2/exp300_lv2" to
881.81 GB
lvextend -- doing automatic backup of volume group "exp300_2"
lvextend -- logical volume "/dev/exp300_2/exp300_lv2" successfully
extended

Then,  not thinking at all,  I went back and ran fdisk, since I forgot
to run fdisk, it was 2:00 a.m. in the morning!!!

root@ptb3 rc3.d]# fdisk /dev/sdb

The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 53757.
There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
and could in certain setups cause problems with:
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., LILO)
2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
   (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdb: 254 heads, 63 sectors, 53757 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16002 * 512 bytes

   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System

Command (m for help): m
Command action
   a   toggle a bootable flag
   b   edit bsd disklabel
   c   toggle the dos compatibility flag
   d   delete a partition
   l   list known partition types
   m   print this menu
   n   add a new partition
   o   create a new empty DOS partition table
   p   print the partition table
   q   quit without saving changes
   s   create a new empty Sun disklabel
   t   change a partition's system id
   u   change display/entry units
   v   verify the partition table
   w   write table to disk and exit
   x   extra functionality (experts only)

Command (m for help): n
Command action
   e   extended
   p   primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 1
First cylinder (1-53757, default 1):
Using default value 1
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-53757, default 53757):
Using default value 53757

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdb: 254 heads, 63 sectors, 53757 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16002 * 512 bytes

   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1             1     53757 430109725+  83  Linux

Command (m for help): l

 0  Empty           17  Hidden HPFS/NTF 5c  Priam Edisk     a6  OpenBSD
 1  FAT12           18  AST Windows swa 61  SpeedStor       a7  NeXTSTEP

 2  XENIX root      1b  Hidden Win95 FA 63  GNU HURD or Sys b7  BSDI fs
 3  XENIX usr       1c  Hidden Win95 FA 64  Novell Netware  b8  BSDI
swap
 4  FAT16 <32M      1e  Hidden Win95 FA 65  Novell Netware  c1
DRDOS/sec (FAT-
 5  Extended        24  NEC DOS         70  DiskSecure Mult c4
DRDOS/sec (FAT-
 6  FAT16           3c  PartitionMagic  75  PC/IX           c6
DRDOS/sec (FAT-
 7  HPFS/NTFS       40  Venix 80286     80  Old Minix       c7  Syrinx
 8  AIX             41  PPC PReP Boot   81  Minix / old Lin db  CP/M /
CTOS / .
 9  AIX bootable    42  SFS             82  Linux swap      e1  DOS
access
 a  OS/2 Boot Manag 4d  QNX4.x          83  Linux           e3  DOS R/O
 b  Win95 FAT32     4e  QNX4.x 2nd part 84  OS/2 hidden C:  e4
SpeedStor
 c  Win95 FAT32 (LB 4f  QNX4.x 3rd part 85  Linux extended  eb  BeOS fs
 e  Win95 FAT16 (LB 50  OnTrack DM      86  NTFS volume set f1
SpeedStor
 f  Win95 Ext'd (LB 51  OnTrack DM6 Aux 87  NTFS volume set f4
SpeedStor
10  OPUS            52  CP/M            93  Amoeba          f2  DOS
secondary
11  Hidden FAT12    53  OnTrack DM6 Aux 94  Amoeba BBT      fd  Linux
raid auto
12  Compaq diagnost 54  OnTrackDM6      a0  IBM Thinkpad hi fe  LANstep
14  Hidden FAT16 <3 55  EZ-Drive        a5  BSD/386         ff  BBT
16  Hidden FAT16    56  Golden Bow

Command (m for help): m
Command action
   a   toggle a bootable flag
   b   edit bsd disklabel
   c   toggle the dos compatibility flag
   d   delete a partition
   l   list known partition types
   m   print this menu
   n   add a new partition
   o   create a new empty DOS partition table
   p   print the partition table
   q   quit without saving changes
   s   create a new empty Sun disklabel
   t   change a partition's system id
   u   change display/entry units
   v   verify the partition table
   w   write table to disk and exit
   x   extra functionality (experts only)

Command (m for help): t
Partition number (1-4): 1
Hex code (type L to list codes): l

 0  Empty           17  Hidden HPFS/NTF 5c  Priam Edisk     a6  OpenBSD
 1  FAT12           18  AST Windows swa 61  SpeedStor       a7  NeXTSTEP

 2  XENIX root      1b  Hidden Win95 FA 63  GNU HURD or Sys b7  BSDI fs
 3  XENIX usr       1c  Hidden Win95 FA 64  Novell Netware  b8  BSDI
swap
 4  FAT16 <32M      1e  Hidden Win95 FA 65  Novell Netware  c1
DRDOS/sec (FAT-
 5  Extended        24  NEC DOS         70  DiskSecure Mult c4
DRDOS/sec (FAT-
 6  FAT16           3c  PartitionMagic  75  PC/IX           c6
DRDOS/sec (FAT-
 7  HPFS/NTFS       40  Venix 80286     80  Old Minix       c7  Syrinx
 8  AIX             41  PPC PReP Boot   81  Minix / old Lin db  CP/M /
CTOS / .
 9  AIX bootable    42  SFS             82  Linux swap      e1  DOS
access
 a  OS/2 Boot Manag 4d  QNX4.x          83  Linux           e3  DOS R/O
 b  Win95 FAT32     4e  QNX4.x 2nd part 84  OS/2 hidden C:  e4
SpeedStor
 c  Win95 FAT32 (LB 4f  QNX4.x 3rd part 85  Linux extended  eb  BeOS fs
 e  Win95 FAT16 (LB 50  OnTrack DM      86  NTFS volume set f1
SpeedStor
 f  Win95 Ext'd (LB 51  OnTrack DM6 Aux 87  NTFS volume set f4
SpeedStor
10  OPUS            52  CP/M            93  Amoeba          f2  DOS
secondary
11  Hidden FAT12    53  OnTrack DM6 Aux 94  Amoeba BBT      fd  Linux
raid auto
12  Compaq diagnost 54  OnTrackDM6      a0  IBM Thinkpad hi fe  LANstep
14  Hidden FAT16 <3 55  EZ-Drive        a5  BSD/386         ff  BBT
16  Hidden FAT16    56  Golden Bow
Hex code (type L to list codes): 8e
Changed system type of partition 1 to 8e (Unknown)

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdb: 254 heads, 63 sectors, 53757 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16002 * 512 bytes

   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1             1     53757 430109725+  8e  Unknown

Command (m for help): m
Command action
   a   toggle a bootable flag
   b   edit bsd disklabel
   c   toggle the dos compatibility flag
   d   delete a partition
   l   list known partition types
   m   print this menu
   n   add a new partition
   o   create a new empty DOS partition table
   p   print the partition table
   q   quit without saving changes
   s   create a new empty Sun disklabel
   t   change a partition's system id
   u   change display/entry units
   v   verify the partition table
   w   write table to disk and exit
   x   extra functionality (experts only)

Command (m for help): v
62 unallocated sectors

Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!

Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.

WARNING: If you have created or modified any DOS 6.x
partitions, please see the fdisk manual page for additional
information.
Syncing disks.

So,  now I have these errors when running most of the LVM cmds!!

[root@ptb3 rc3.d]# vgscan
vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
vgscan -- found active volume group "exp300_2"
vgscan -- ERROR "pv_read_pe(): PV size invalid" can't get data of volume
group "exp300_2" from physical volume(s)
vgscan -- ERROR "pv_read_pe(): PV size invalid" creating "/etc/lvmtab"
and "/etc/lvmtab.d"

[root@ptb3 rc3.d]# vgdisplay
vgdisplay -- ERROR: VGDA in kernel and lvmtab are NOT consistent; please
run vgscan

[root@ptb3 rc3.d]# pvscan
pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
pvscan -- ACTIVE   PV "/dev/sdb"   is associated to an unknown VG (run
vgscan)
pvscan -- ACTIVE   PV "/dev/sdc1"  is associated to an unknown VG (run
vgscan)
pvscan -- ACTIVE   PV "/dev/sdd1"  is associated to an unknown VG (run
vgscan)
pvscan -- total: 3 [889.43 GB] / in use: 3 [889.43 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0]

[root@ptb3 rc3.d]# lvscan
lvscan -- ERROR: VGDA in kernel and lvmtab are NOT consistent; please
run vgscan

Hence, chaos ensues on this machine....

Please let me know if "vgcfgrestore" will work for me.
Or do I try to remove the partition from fdisk? I really don't think
that will help though!
I think the damage is done from the partition write to the EXP300 disk
array.

Also,  if I reboot, will there be a disaster!(For fdisk...)
This is a production machine.

Please help me if you can...

TIA!

-Scott

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* [linux-lvm] Re: Mistake(s) on install of EXP300...
  2001-12-07 16:25 [linux-lvm] Mistake(s) on install of EXP300 Scott P
@ 2001-12-10 21:03 ` Scott P
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Scott P @ 2001-12-10 21:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pichelma, Heinz J . Mauelshagen, linux-lvm@sistina.com

Heinz,

I apologize for e-mailing you directly!
But, noone has replied to my cries for help.
I am have a situation that I need help w/ asap...
I am working on a production machine now...

I screwed up(at 2:30 in the morning last week) and ran fdisk and
partitioned an array.
So, I left the machine and remounted the fs(using reiser_fs) w/ it.

Hence, messing up LVM really badly.

My notes are below. If they are not thorough enough, I will send more info.

Should I upgrade to 1.0.1 rc4?
Do I dare?

I tryed vgcfgrestore and I get the following:

[root@ptb3 lvmconf]# vgcfgrestore -v -f /etc/lvmconf/exp300_2.conf.2.old -n
exp300_2 /dev/sdc1
vgcfgrestore -- can't restore part of active volume group "exp300_2"
vgcfgrestore [-d|--debug] [-f|--file VGConfPath] [-l[l]|--list [--list]]
        [-n|--name VolumeGroupName] [-h|--help]
        [-o|--oldpath OldPhysicalVolumePath] [-t|--test] [-v|--verbose]
        [--version] [PhysicalVolumePath]

[root@ptb3 lvmconf]# man vgcfgrestore

[root@ptb3 lvmconf]# vgcfgrestore -f /etc/lvmconf/exp300_2.conf.2.old -n
exp300_2 -o /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdd1
vgcfgrestore -- can't restore part of active volume group "exp300_2"
vgcfgrestore [-d|--debug] [-f|--file VGConfPath] [-l[l]|--list [--list]]
        [-n|--name VolumeGroupName] [-h|--help]
        [-o|--oldpath OldPhysicalVolumePath] [-t|--test] [-v|--verbose]
        [--version] [PhysicalVolumePath]

[root@ptb3 lvmconf]# vgcfgrestore -v -f /etc/lvmconf/exp300_2.conf.2.old -n
exp300_2 /dev/sdb /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdd1
vgcfgrestore -- please enter a physical volume name
vgcfgrestore [-d|--debug] [-f|--file VGConfPath] [-l[l]|--list [--list]]
        [-n|--name VolumeGroupName] [-h|--help]
        [-o|--oldpath OldPhysicalVolumePath] [-t|--test] [-v|--verbose]
        [--version] [PhysicalVolumePath]

I also tryed copying:

[root@ptb3 lvmconf]# ls -lt
total 10576
-rw-r-----    1 root     root       765244 Dec  7 01:54 exp300_2.conf
-rw-r-----    1 root     root       765020 Dec  7 01:53 exp300_2.conf.1.old

-rw-r-----    1 root     root       711996 Jul 24 20:40 exp300_2.conf.2.old

[root@ptb3 lvmconf]# cp exp300_2.conf exp300_2.conf.bak

[root@ptb3 lvmconf]# cp exp300_2.conf.2.old exp300_2.conf

But, I have NOT rebooted this machine yet for fear that I will not be able
to access the disks upon boot!





Scott P wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> This is what I've done so far ( I apologize for the large amount of
> lines/info!):
>
> [root@ptb3 /root]# pvcreate -v /dev/sdb
> pvcreate -- locking logical volume manager
> pvcreate -- checking physical volume name "/dev/sdb"
> pvcreate -- getting physical volume size
> pvcreate -- checking partition type
> pvcreate -- creating new physical volume
> pvcreate -- setting up physical volume for /dev/sdb with 860231680
> sectors
> pvcreate -- writing physical volume data to disk "/dev/sdb"
> pvcreate -- physical volume "/dev/sdb" successfully created
> pvcreate -- unlocking logical volume manager
>
> [root@ptb3 /root]# pvscan
> pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
> pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/sdb"  is in no VG  [410.19 GB]
> pvscan -- ACTIVE   PV "/dev/sdc1" of VG "exp300_2" [440.69 GB / 0 free]
> pvscan -- ACTIVE   PV "/dev/sdd1" of VG "exp300_2" [440.69 GB / 0 free]
> pvscan -- total: 3 [1.26 TB] / in use: 2 [881.43 GB] / in no VG: 1
> [410.19 GB]
>
> [root@ptb3 /root]# dmesg | less
> [root@ptb3 /root]# vgscan
> vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
> vgscan -- found active volume group "exp300_2"
> vgscan -- "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d" successfully created
> vgscan -- WARNING: This program does not do a VGDA backup of your volume
> group
>
> [root@ptb3 /root]# lvscan
> lvscan -- ACTIVE            "/dev/exp300_2/exp300_lv2" [881.38 GB]
> lvscan -- 1 logical volumes with 881.38 GB total in 1 volume group
> lvscan -- 1 active logical volumes
>
> [root@ptb3 /root]# vgextend -A y exp300_2 /dev/sdb
> vgextend -- INFO: maximum logical volume size is 1 Terabyte
> vgextend -- doing automatic backup of volume group "exp300_2"
> vgextend -- volume group "exp300_2" successfully extended
>
> [root@ptb3 /root]# lvextend -L +440.7 /dev/exp300_2/exp300_lv2 /dev/sdb
> lvextend -- rounding size to physical extent boundary
> lvextend -- extending logical volume "/dev/exp300_2/exp300_lv2" to
> 881.81 GB
> lvextend -- doing automatic backup of volume group "exp300_2"
> lvextend -- logical volume "/dev/exp300_2/exp300_lv2" successfully
> extended
>
> Then,  not thinking at all,  I went back and ran fdisk, since I forgot
> to run fdisk, it was 2:00 a.m. in the morning!!!
>
> root@ptb3 rc3.d]# fdisk /dev/sdb
>
> The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 53757.
> There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
> and could in certain setups cause problems with:
> 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., LILO)
> 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
>    (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
>
> Command (m for help): p
>
> Disk /dev/sdb: 254 heads, 63 sectors, 53757 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16002 * 512 bytes
>
>    Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
>
> Command (m for help): m
> Command action
>    a   toggle a bootable flag
>    b   edit bsd disklabel
>    c   toggle the dos compatibility flag
>    d   delete a partition
>    l   list known partition types
>    m   print this menu
>    n   add a new partition
>    o   create a new empty DOS partition table
>    p   print the partition table
>    q   quit without saving changes
>    s   create a new empty Sun disklabel
>    t   change a partition's system id
>    u   change display/entry units
>    v   verify the partition table
>    w   write table to disk and exit
>    x   extra functionality (experts only)
>
> Command (m for help): n
> Command action
>    e   extended
>    p   primary partition (1-4)
> p
> Partition number (1-4): 1
> First cylinder (1-53757, default 1):
> Using default value 1
> Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-53757, default 53757):
> Using default value 53757
>
> Command (m for help): p
>
> Disk /dev/sdb: 254 heads, 63 sectors, 53757 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16002 * 512 bytes
>
>    Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sdb1             1     53757 430109725+  83  Linux
>
> Command (m for help): l
>
>  0  Empty           17  Hidden HPFS/NTF 5c  Priam Edisk     a6  OpenBSD
>  1  FAT12           18  AST Windows swa 61  SpeedStor       a7  NeXTSTEP
>
>  2  XENIX root      1b  Hidden Win95 FA 63  GNU HURD or Sys b7  BSDI fs
>  3  XENIX usr       1c  Hidden Win95 FA 64  Novell Netware  b8  BSDI
> swap
>  4  FAT16 <32M      1e  Hidden Win95 FA 65  Novell Netware  c1
> DRDOS/sec (FAT-
>  5  Extended        24  NEC DOS         70  DiskSecure Mult c4
> DRDOS/sec (FAT-
>  6  FAT16           3c  PartitionMagic  75  PC/IX           c6
> DRDOS/sec (FAT-
>  7  HPFS/NTFS       40  Venix 80286     80  Old Minix       c7  Syrinx
>  8  AIX             41  PPC PReP Boot   81  Minix / old Lin db  CP/M /
> CTOS / .
>  9  AIX bootable    42  SFS             82  Linux swap      e1  DOS
> access
>  a  OS/2 Boot Manag 4d  QNX4.x          83  Linux           e3  DOS R/O
>  b  Win95 FAT32     4e  QNX4.x 2nd part 84  OS/2 hidden C:  e4
> SpeedStor
>  c  Win95 FAT32 (LB 4f  QNX4.x 3rd part 85  Linux extended  eb  BeOS fs
>  e  Win95 FAT16 (LB 50  OnTrack DM      86  NTFS volume set f1
> SpeedStor
>  f  Win95 Ext'd (LB 51  OnTrack DM6 Aux 87  NTFS volume set f4
> SpeedStor
> 10  OPUS            52  CP/M            93  Amoeba          f2  DOS
> secondary
> 11  Hidden FAT12    53  OnTrack DM6 Aux 94  Amoeba BBT      fd  Linux
> raid auto
> 12  Compaq diagnost 54  OnTrackDM6      a0  IBM Thinkpad hi fe  LANstep
> 14  Hidden FAT16 <3 55  EZ-Drive        a5  BSD/386         ff  BBT
> 16  Hidden FAT16    56  Golden Bow
>
> Command (m for help): m
> Command action
>    a   toggle a bootable flag
>    b   edit bsd disklabel
>    c   toggle the dos compatibility flag
>    d   delete a partition
>    l   list known partition types
>    m   print this menu
>    n   add a new partition
>    o   create a new empty DOS partition table
>    p   print the partition table
>    q   quit without saving changes
>    s   create a new empty Sun disklabel
>    t   change a partition's system id
>    u   change display/entry units
>    v   verify the partition table
>    w   write table to disk and exit
>    x   extra functionality (experts only)
>
> Command (m for help): t
> Partition number (1-4): 1
> Hex code (type L to list codes): l
>
>  0  Empty           17  Hidden HPFS/NTF 5c  Priam Edisk     a6  OpenBSD
>  1  FAT12           18  AST Windows swa 61  SpeedStor       a7  NeXTSTEP
>
>  2  XENIX root      1b  Hidden Win95 FA 63  GNU HURD or Sys b7  BSDI fs
>  3  XENIX usr       1c  Hidden Win95 FA 64  Novell Netware  b8  BSDI
> swap
>  4  FAT16 <32M      1e  Hidden Win95 FA 65  Novell Netware  c1
> DRDOS/sec (FAT-
>  5  Extended        24  NEC DOS         70  DiskSecure Mult c4
> DRDOS/sec (FAT-
>  6  FAT16           3c  PartitionMagic  75  PC/IX           c6
> DRDOS/sec (FAT-
>  7  HPFS/NTFS       40  Venix 80286     80  Old Minix       c7  Syrinx
>  8  AIX             41  PPC PReP Boot   81  Minix / old Lin db  CP/M /
> CTOS / .
>  9  AIX bootable    42  SFS             82  Linux swap      e1  DOS
> access
>  a  OS/2 Boot Manag 4d  QNX4.x          83  Linux           e3  DOS R/O
>  b  Win95 FAT32     4e  QNX4.x 2nd part 84  OS/2 hidden C:  e4
> SpeedStor
>  c  Win95 FAT32 (LB 4f  QNX4.x 3rd part 85  Linux extended  eb  BeOS fs
>  e  Win95 FAT16 (LB 50  OnTrack DM      86  NTFS volume set f1
> SpeedStor
>  f  Win95 Ext'd (LB 51  OnTrack DM6 Aux 87  NTFS volume set f4
> SpeedStor
> 10  OPUS            52  CP/M            93  Amoeba          f2  DOS
> secondary
> 11  Hidden FAT12    53  OnTrack DM6 Aux 94  Amoeba BBT      fd  Linux
> raid auto
> 12  Compaq diagnost 54  OnTrackDM6      a0  IBM Thinkpad hi fe  LANstep
> 14  Hidden FAT16 <3 55  EZ-Drive        a5  BSD/386         ff  BBT
> 16  Hidden FAT16    56  Golden Bow
> Hex code (type L to list codes): 8e
> Changed system type of partition 1 to 8e (Unknown)
>
> Command (m for help): p
>
> Disk /dev/sdb: 254 heads, 63 sectors, 53757 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16002 * 512 bytes
>
>    Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sdb1             1     53757 430109725+  8e  Unknown
>
> Command (m for help): m
> Command action
>    a   toggle a bootable flag
>    b   edit bsd disklabel
>    c   toggle the dos compatibility flag
>    d   delete a partition
>    l   list known partition types
>    m   print this menu
>    n   add a new partition
>    o   create a new empty DOS partition table
>    p   print the partition table
>    q   quit without saving changes
>    s   create a new empty Sun disklabel
>    t   change a partition's system id
>    u   change display/entry units
>    v   verify the partition table
>    w   write table to disk and exit
>    x   extra functionality (experts only)
>
> Command (m for help): v
> 62 unallocated sectors
>
> Command (m for help): w
> The partition table has been altered!
>
> Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
>
> WARNING: If you have created or modified any DOS 6.x
> partitions, please see the fdisk manual page for additional
> information.
> Syncing disks.
>
> So,  now I have these errors when running most of the LVM cmds!!
>
> [root@ptb3 rc3.d]# vgscan
> vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
> vgscan -- found active volume group "exp300_2"
> vgscan -- ERROR "pv_read_pe(): PV size invalid" can't get data of volume
> group "exp300_2" from physical volume(s)
> vgscan -- ERROR "pv_read_pe(): PV size invalid" creating "/etc/lvmtab"
> and "/etc/lvmtab.d"
>
> [root@ptb3 rc3.d]# vgdisplay
> vgdisplay -- ERROR: VGDA in kernel and lvmtab are NOT consistent; please
> run vgscan
>
> [root@ptb3 rc3.d]# pvscan
> pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
> pvscan -- ACTIVE   PV "/dev/sdb"   is associated to an unknown VG (run
> vgscan)
> pvscan -- ACTIVE   PV "/dev/sdc1"  is associated to an unknown VG (run
> vgscan)
> pvscan -- ACTIVE   PV "/dev/sdd1"  is associated to an unknown VG (run
> vgscan)
> pvscan -- total: 3 [889.43 GB] / in use: 3 [889.43 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0]
>
> [root@ptb3 rc3.d]# lvscan
> lvscan -- ERROR: VGDA in kernel and lvmtab are NOT consistent; please
> run vgscan
>
> Hence, chaos ensues on this machine....
>
> Please let me know if "vgcfgrestore" will work for me.
> Or do I try to remove the partition from fdisk? I really don't think
> that will help though!
> I think the damage is done from the partition write to the EXP300 disk
> array.
>
> Also,  if I reboot, will there be a disaster?(fdisk...)
> This is a production machine.
>
> Please help me if you can...
>
> TIA!
>
> -Scott

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