* [linux-lvm] cannot create a volume group named the same as one already removed
@ 2003-02-06 11:05 Tom Georgoulias
2003-02-06 12:42 ` Heinz J . Mauelshagen
2003-02-06 12:48 ` Goetz Bock
0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Tom Georgoulias @ 2003-02-06 11:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-lvm
I'm using lvm 1.0.3 that came with my Red Hat 7.3 system, with kernel
2.4.18-24.7.x. When I try to create a volume group that has the same
name as one that existed in the past but was removed, I get an error
stating that the volume group already exists and to use a different
name. What can I do to fix this?
I appreciate any tips. Most of the command outputs are below to help
illustrate what I'm seeing/doing.
Tom
[root@mom root]# vgcreate volgrp2 /dev/hdg
vgcreate -- volume group directory or file already exists
vgcreate -- please choose a different name
[root@mom root]# vgremove volgrp2
vgremove -- volume group "volgrp2" doesn't exist
Before I tried recreating this group, I removed all of the LVs from it:
[root@mom root]# df -hl
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda3 9.6G 1.3G 7.8G 15% /
/dev/hda1 144M 17M 120M 12% /boot
none 503M 0 503M 0% /dev/shm
/dev/hda2 6.4G 33M 6.0G 1% /usr/local
/dev/hda6 1011M 273M 687M 29% /var
/dev/volgrp1/lvol1 36G 32G 1.9G 95% /volumes/v01
/dev/volgrp1/lvol2 36G 29G 5.2G 85% /volumes/v02
/dev/volgrp1/lvol3 36G 25G 9.4G 73% /volumes/v03
/dev/volgrp2/lvol1 36G 31G 3.0G 92% /volumes/v10
/dev/volgrp2/lvol2 36G 18G 16G 51% /volumes/v11
/dev/volgrp2/lvol3 36G 915M 32G 3% /volumes/v12
/dev/volgrp3/lvol1 36G 2.5G 31G 8% /volumes/v20
/dev/volgrp3/lvol2 1.9G 208M 1.6G 12% /volumes/v21
[root@mom /]# umount /volumes/v10
[root@mom /]# umount /volumes/v11
[root@mom /]# umount /volumes/v12
[root@mom /]# lvremove /dev/volgrp2/lvol1
lvremove -- do you really want to remove "/dev/volgrp2/lvol1"? [y/n]: y
lvremove -- doing automatic backup of volume group "volgrp2"
lvremove -- logical volume "/dev/volgrp2/lvol1" successfully removed
[root@mom /]# lvremove /dev/volgrp2/lvol2
lvremove -- do you really want to remove "/dev/volgrp2/lvol2"? [y/n]: y
lvremove -- doing automatic backup of volume group "volgrp2"
lvremove -- logical volume "/dev/volgrp2/lvol2" successfully removed
[root@mom /]# lvremove /dev/volgrp2/lvol3
lvremove -- do you really want to remove "/dev/volgrp2/lvol3"? [y/n]: y
lvremove -- doing automatic backup of volume group "volgrp2"
lvremove -- logical volume "/dev/volgrp2/lvol3" successfully removed
The new disk was been initialized:
[root@mom root]# pvdisplay /dev/hdg
pvdisplay -- "/dev/hdg" is a new physical volume of 114.50 GB
And volgrp2 isn't active:
[root@mom root]# vgdisplay
--- Volume group ---
VG Name volgrp1
VG Access read/write
VG Status available/resizable
VG # 0
MAX LV 256
Cur LV 3
Open LV 3
MAX LV Size 255.99 GB
Max PV 256
Cur PV 1
Act PV 1
VG Size 114.49 GB
PE Size 4 MB
Total PE 29310
Alloc PE / Size 27786 / 108.54 GB
Free PE / Size 1524 / 5.95 GB
VG UUID 5sIM7c-KUYL-O1fc-wjdX-A8fj-v7RG-Fj4ssE
--- Volume group ---
VG Name volgrp3
VG Access read/write
VG Status available/resizable
VG # 2
MAX LV 256
Cur LV 3
Open LV 3
MAX LV Size 255.99 GB
Max PV 256
Cur PV 1
Act PV 1
VG Size 114.49 GB
PE Size 4 MB
Total PE 29310
Alloc PE / Size 18750 / 73.24 GB
Free PE / Size 10560 / 41.25 GB
VG UUID kIC7Td-UXGl-oJSx-AXRV-YzHE-DYFN-CBVCFb
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* Re: [linux-lvm] cannot create a volume group named the same as one already removed
2003-02-06 11:05 [linux-lvm] cannot create a volume group named the same as one already removed Tom Georgoulias
@ 2003-02-06 12:42 ` Heinz J . Mauelshagen
2003-02-06 14:19 ` Tom Georgoulias
2003-02-06 12:48 ` Goetz Bock
1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Heinz J . Mauelshagen @ 2003-02-06 12:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-lvm
Your mail doesn't show clearly, if vgremove was run prior to pvcreate.
The directory in /dev/ still exists so run:
rm -r /dev/volgrp2
and retry.
Regards,
Heinz -- The LVM Guy --
On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 11:05:05AM -0600, Tom Georgoulias wrote:
> I'm using lvm 1.0.3 that came with my Red Hat 7.3 system, with kernel
> 2.4.18-24.7.x. When I try to create a volume group that has the same
> name as one that existed in the past but was removed, I get an error
> stating that the volume group already exists and to use a different
> name. What can I do to fix this?
>
> I appreciate any tips. Most of the command outputs are below to help
> illustrate what I'm seeing/doing.
>
> Tom
>
> [root@mom root]# vgcreate volgrp2 /dev/hdg
> vgcreate -- volume group directory or file already exists
> vgcreate -- please choose a different name
>
> [root@mom root]# vgremove volgrp2
> vgremove -- volume group "volgrp2" doesn't exist
>
> Before I tried recreating this group, I removed all of the LVs from it:
>
> [root@mom root]# df -hl
> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hda3 9.6G 1.3G 7.8G 15% /
> /dev/hda1 144M 17M 120M 12% /boot
> none 503M 0 503M 0% /dev/shm
> /dev/hda2 6.4G 33M 6.0G 1% /usr/local
> /dev/hda6 1011M 273M 687M 29% /var
> /dev/volgrp1/lvol1 36G 32G 1.9G 95% /volumes/v01
> /dev/volgrp1/lvol2 36G 29G 5.2G 85% /volumes/v02
> /dev/volgrp1/lvol3 36G 25G 9.4G 73% /volumes/v03
> /dev/volgrp2/lvol1 36G 31G 3.0G 92% /volumes/v10
> /dev/volgrp2/lvol2 36G 18G 16G 51% /volumes/v11
> /dev/volgrp2/lvol3 36G 915M 32G 3% /volumes/v12
> /dev/volgrp3/lvol1 36G 2.5G 31G 8% /volumes/v20
> /dev/volgrp3/lvol2 1.9G 208M 1.6G 12% /volumes/v21
> [root@mom /]# umount /volumes/v10
> [root@mom /]# umount /volumes/v11
> [root@mom /]# umount /volumes/v12
> [root@mom /]# lvremove /dev/volgrp2/lvol1
> lvremove -- do you really want to remove "/dev/volgrp2/lvol1"? [y/n]: y
> lvremove -- doing automatic backup of volume group "volgrp2"
> lvremove -- logical volume "/dev/volgrp2/lvol1" successfully removed
>
> [root@mom /]# lvremove /dev/volgrp2/lvol2
> lvremove -- do you really want to remove "/dev/volgrp2/lvol2"? [y/n]: y
> lvremove -- doing automatic backup of volume group "volgrp2"
> lvremove -- logical volume "/dev/volgrp2/lvol2" successfully removed
>
> [root@mom /]# lvremove /dev/volgrp2/lvol3
> lvremove -- do you really want to remove "/dev/volgrp2/lvol3"? [y/n]: y
> lvremove -- doing automatic backup of volume group "volgrp2"
> lvremove -- logical volume "/dev/volgrp2/lvol3" successfully removed
>
> The new disk was been initialized:
> [root@mom root]# pvdisplay /dev/hdg
> pvdisplay -- "/dev/hdg" is a new physical volume of 114.50 GB
>
> And volgrp2 isn't active:
> [root@mom root]# vgdisplay
> --- Volume group ---
> VG Name volgrp1
> VG Access read/write
> VG Status available/resizable
> VG # 0
> MAX LV 256
> Cur LV 3
> Open LV 3
> MAX LV Size 255.99 GB
> Max PV 256
> Cur PV 1
> Act PV 1
> VG Size 114.49 GB
> PE Size 4 MB
> Total PE 29310
> Alloc PE / Size 27786 / 108.54 GB
> Free PE / Size 1524 / 5.95 GB
> VG UUID 5sIM7c-KUYL-O1fc-wjdX-A8fj-v7RG-Fj4ssE
>
> --- Volume group ---
> VG Name volgrp3
> VG Access read/write
> VG Status available/resizable
> VG # 2
> MAX LV 256
> Cur LV 3
> Open LV 3
> MAX LV Size 255.99 GB
> Max PV 256
> Cur PV 1
> Act PV 1
> VG Size 114.49 GB
> PE Size 4 MB
> Total PE 29310
> Alloc PE / Size 18750 / 73.24 GB
> Free PE / Size 10560 / 41.25 GB
> VG UUID kIC7Td-UXGl-oJSx-AXRV-YzHE-DYFN-CBVCFb
>
>
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* Re: [linux-lvm] cannot create a volume group named the same as one already removed
2003-02-06 11:05 [linux-lvm] cannot create a volume group named the same as one already removed Tom Georgoulias
2003-02-06 12:42 ` Heinz J . Mauelshagen
@ 2003-02-06 12:48 ` Goetz Bock
1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Goetz Bock @ 2003-02-06 12:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-lvm
On Thu, Feb 06 '03 at 11:05, Tom Georgoulias wrote:
> [root@mom root]# vgcreate volgrp2 /dev/hdg
> vgcreate -- volume group directory or file already exists
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> vgcreate -- please choose a different name
if you are sure the group does not exist any more:
[root@mom root] # vgscan
[root@mom root] $ rm -rf /dev/volgrp2
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* Re: [linux-lvm] cannot create a volume group named the same as one already removed
2003-02-06 12:42 ` Heinz J . Mauelshagen
@ 2003-02-06 14:19 ` Tom Georgoulias
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Tom Georgoulias @ 2003-02-06 14:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-lvm
Heinz J . Mauelshagen wrote:
> Your mail doesn't show clearly, if vgremove was run prior to pvcreate.
I believe I did them out of order, which got me into this mess. :(
> The directory in /dev/ still exists so run:
>
> rm -r /dev/volgrp2
>
> and retry.
Thank you, that solved the problem.
Tom
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