From: David Corbin <dcorbin@machturtle.com>
To: linux-lvm@sistina.com
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] "umount" LVM stuff
Date: Wed Feb 26 05:39:02 2003 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3E5CA74E.4030105@machturtle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030225162138.C832@sistina.com>
Heinz J . Mauelshagen wrote:
>Following this thread it kind of looks like you worked around
>using LVM commands (i.e. removed a VG w/o using lvremove + vgremove).
>
>If so, not a good idea :(
>
>
Well, not to my knowledge I didn't. But my knowledge of LVM is very
tiny. All I remember doing was "vgchange -a n".
>What does pvscan list ?
>
>
pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/md0" of VG "vg0" [109.77 GB / 109.77 GB free]
pvscan -- total: 1 [109.78 GB] / in use: 1 [109.78 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0]
>What does vgck say ?
>
vgck -- VGDA of "vg0" in lvmtab is consistent
vgck -- VGDA of "vg0" on physical volume is consistent
>
>On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 07:00:33AM -0500, David Corbin wrote:
>
>
>>Goetz Bock wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>On Mon, Feb 24 '03 at 02:15, Goetz Bock wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>Attempts to access the logical volume I used to fail.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>You have disabled it, it's gone.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Don't panik :->
>>>
>>>your LVM will reappear, once you enable it again (vgchange -a y)
>>>still, read some docs.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>I have read some docs. I've spent hours combing the Net for the
>>answers, without success.
>>
>>I *had* a working system. But, I use the LVM commands so rarely, I can
>>never repeat what I did (notes or not).
>>
>>piano:/home/dcorbin# sh -x /etc/init.d/lvm start
>>+ modprobe lvm
>>+ modprobe lvm-mod
>>+ '[' -e /proc/lvm ']'
>>+ '[' -e /etc/lvmtab ']'
>>+ '[' -x /sbin/vgscan ']'
>>+ echo 'Setting up LVM Volume Groups...'
>>Setting up LVM Volume Groups...
>>+ /sbin/vgscan --verbose
>>+ /sbin/vgchange -a y --verbose
>>
>>piano:/home/dcorbin# mount /data
>>mount: special device /dev/vg0/data does not exist
>>
>>The reason you hear "panic" in my typing is the last line. :)
>>----
>>Fundamentally, I'm building a critical data file server. LVM has caused
>>me enough problems and delays, that I'm about ready to bypass it, saying
>>it is putting my data at risk. Feel free to convince me otherwise.
>>
>>Thanks
>>David
>>
>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>linux-lvm mailing list
>>linux-lvm@sistina.com
>>http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm
>>read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
>>
>>
>
>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-02-26 5:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-02-23 8:53 [linux-lvm] "umount" LVM stuff David Corbin
2003-02-23 11:13 ` Goetz Bock
2003-02-23 12:58 ` David Corbin
2003-02-23 19:16 ` Goetz Bock
2003-02-23 19:24 ` Goetz Bock
2003-02-24 6:01 ` David Corbin
2003-02-25 9:27 ` Heinz J . Mauelshagen
2003-02-26 5:39 ` David Corbin [this message]
2003-02-28 5:26 ` Heinz J . Mauelshagen
2003-02-28 6:48 ` David Corbin
2003-02-28 11:13 ` Heinz J . Mauelshagen
2003-02-28 13:59 ` David Corbin
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