From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx2.redhat.com (mx2.redhat.com [10.255.15.25]) by int-mx2.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l4LAcV7m019090 for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 06:38:31 -0400 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.183]) by mx2.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l4LAcT9r005983 for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 06:38:29 -0400 Message-ID: <4651769C.6050007@sas-clan.de> Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 12:38:20 +0200 From: BigMac MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] f*cked up metadata on 1of3 LVM-disks References: <4641F72E.6050907@sas-clan.de> In-Reply-To: <4641F72E.6050907@sas-clan.de> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: LVM general discussion and development Nobody an idea how to recover the lvm meta data on the disk? The data itself an the other disks are fine, just the first sectors of /dev/hdc are gone by installing grub on it. I had a deeper look on the disk with one of those low level disk editors and there are still parts of the meta-data stored on the disk. It seems to be that grub messed up just the first 17 sectors of the disk. Regards, BigMac BigMac schrieb: > Hi lists! > > My fileserver stored it's data on 3 physical disks,building a > volumegroup with lvm2. > The mashine was running ubuntu dapper drake for a long time without any > problems but I decided to switch to ubuntu feisty fawn. Switching from > debian to dapper drake I installed and removed quite a lot of packages, > leaving a messy system, so I thought a new and clean installation with > feisty fawn might be a great idea. > > box config with dapper drake: > > hda: 120GB (PATA) systemdisk > hdb: unused > hdc: 250GB (PATA) part of the LVM-array > hdd: 250GB (PATA) part of the LVM-array > sda: 400GB (SATA) part of the LVM-array > sdb: DVD-RW (PATA on additional PCI-controller UDMA-100) > > The additional IDE-controller was installed to be able to install even > more disks, but as I won't buy any new PATA stuff the controller was > dispensable. > > new box config: > > hda: 120GB (PATA) systemdisk > hdb: DVD-RW > hdc: 250GB (PATA) part of the LVM-array > hdd: 250GB (PATA) part of the LVM-array > sda: 400GB (SATA) part of the LVM-array > > I exported the vg before shutting down dapper drake and while installing > festy fawn to the box I - no idea what did me do so - installed grub to > hdc. Ooops, this disk was part of the LVM array and so grub f*cked up > the lvm meta-data on hdc. > > After installing grub to hda the box is running fine, despite the LVM > which can't find one of the vgs volumes: > > Code: > > bigmac@knecht:~$ sudo pvscan > Couldn't find device with uuid '9kpWwu-LdwT-YiqV-DRPg-kSAN-plYN-v1Eq81'. > Couldn't find device with uuid '9kpWwu-LdwT-YiqV-DRPg-kSAN-plYN-v1Eq81'. > Couldn't find device with uuid '9kpWwu-LdwT-YiqV-DRPg-kSAN-plYN-v1Eq81'. > Couldn't find device with uuid '9kpWwu-LdwT-YiqV-DRPg-kSAN-plYN-v1Eq81'. > PV /dev/hdd VG vgdata lvm2 [232.88 GB / 0 free] > PV unknown device VG vgdata lvm2 [232.88 GB / 0 free] > PV /dev/sda VG vgdata lvm2 [372.61 GB / 4.00 MB free] > Total: 3 [838.38 GB] / in use: 3 [838.38 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0 ] > > bigmac@knecht:~$ sudo pvdisplay > Couldn't find device with uuid '9kpWwu-LdwT-YiqV-DRPg-kSAN-plYN-v1Eq81'. > Couldn't find device with uuid '9kpWwu-LdwT-YiqV-DRPg-kSAN-plYN-v1Eq81'. > Couldn't find device with uuid '9kpWwu-LdwT-YiqV-DRPg-kSAN-plYN-v1Eq81'. > Couldn't find device with uuid '9kpWwu-LdwT-YiqV-DRPg-kSAN-plYN-v1Eq81'. > --- Physical volume --- > PV Name /dev/hdd > VG Name vgdata > PV Size 232.88 GB / not usable 0 > Allocatable yes (but full) > PE Size (KByte) 4096 > Total PE 59618 > Free PE 0 > Allocated PE 59618 > PV UUID locW5S-HNFK-b1WW-iOLt-olHl-2SNd-fmXKC8 > > --- Physical volume --- > PV Name unknown device > VG Name vgdata > PV Size 232.88 GB / not usable 0 > Allocatable yes (but full) > PE Size (KByte) 4096 > Total PE 59618 > Free PE 0 > Allocated PE 59618 > PV UUID 9kpWwu-LdwT-YiqV-DRPg-kSAN-plYN-v1Eq81 > > --- Physical volume --- > PV Name /dev/sda > VG Name vgdata > PV Size 372.61 GB / not usable 0 > Allocatable yes > PE Size (KByte) 4096 > Total PE 95388 > Free PE 1 > Allocated PE 95387 > PV UUID YUJcsF-3XP7-OrbO-pITp-5z96-gw1A-DI11QS > > > bigmac@knecht:~$ sudo vgscan > Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while... > Couldn't find device with uuid '9kpWwu-LdwT-YiqV-DRPg-kSAN-plYN-v1Eq81'. > Couldn't find all physical volumes for volume group vgdata. > Couldn't find device with uuid '9kpWwu-LdwT-YiqV-DRPg-kSAN-plYN-v1Eq81'. > Couldn't find all physical volumes for volume group vgdata. > Couldn't find device with uuid '9kpWwu-LdwT-YiqV-DRPg-kSAN-plYN-v1Eq81'. > Couldn't find all physical volumes for volume group vgdata. > Couldn't find device with uuid '9kpWwu-LdwT-YiqV-DRPg-kSAN-plYN-v1Eq81'. > Couldn't find all physical volumes for volume group vgdata. > Volume group "vgdata" not found > > I tried multiple Live-CDs like gparted (with testdisk), Ultimate Boot-CD > and SystemRescueCd, but none could help. > > Any idea what to do to get the lvm up and running? > How to restore the metadata on hdc? > > Best Regards, > > BigMac > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ > >