From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id i1JHqqi16045 for ; Thu, 19 Feb 2004 12:52:52 -0500 Received: from demonserver.de (p15093797.pureserver.info [217.160.109.186]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id i1JHqpb25331 for ; Thu, 19 Feb 2004 12:52:51 -0500 Received: from demonlord.de (iD4CC9052.versanet.de [212.204.9.82]) (authenticated bits=0) by demonserver.de (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i1JHqoK8032509 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 19 Feb 2004 18:52:50 +0100 Message-ID: <4034F7F3.2040006@demonlord.de> From: Christian Reiss MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Lost free PV -> error reading VG References: <15173.1077120428@www19.gmx.net> <20040219121317.GB32407@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20040219121317.GB32407@redhat.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-lvm-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: linux-lvm-admin@redhat.com Reply-To: linux-lvm@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Thu Feb 19 12:51:32 2004 List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-lvm@redhat.com Heinz Mauelshagen wrote: > > /me wonders how often we mentioned to take backups of /etc/lvmconf/* yet :-> > From a Users point of view: If you run vgscan, and it even mentions something about a) REBuilding /etc/lvmwhatever and b) it fails for *any* reason, people, me included, delete /etc/lvm* to start "clean", and give vgscan the opportunity to start fresh, without any "corrupted" data. I dont know how often I nuked the backups, even after i knew that deleting /etc/lvm* is not a good idea. Its like a reflex. -Christian -- Christian Reiss demonserver.de Key fingerprint = 2999 B7CD A218 06DF D658 5BE3 18B6 B232 02FF 71B2 Public Key can be obtained here: http://www.demonlord.de/pgp.txt