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 i2TL2jj25837 for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 16:02:45 -0500 Received: from pegasus.siol.net (pegasus.siol.net [193.189.160.25]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id i2TL2i1X031588 for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 16:02:44 -0500 Received: from kudu.siol.net ([10.10.10.22]) by pegasus.siol.net (InterMail vK.4.03.05.03 201-232-132-103 license 1cbf71897a39210db31154c99f0b4628) with ESMTP id <20040329210243.OEVS15612.pegasus@kudu.siol.net> for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 23:02:43 +0200 Received: from vector ([193.77.156.30]) by kudu.siol.net (InterMail vK.4.03.05.03 201-232-132-103 license 1cbf71897a39210db31154c99f0b4628) with SMTP id <20040329210243.SZSF773.kudu@vector> for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 23:02:43 +0200 Message-ID: <001d01c415d1$38140200$0400a8c0@vector> From: "Perplexer" Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 23:02:57 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [linux-lvm] HD failed, how to recover ? 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: linux-lvm@redhat.com LVM driver LVM version 1.0.5+(22/07/2002) Debian Linux 2.4.22 I have a VG called 'vgmu' consisting of 5 drives and containing a LV called 'mu' taking up the whole VG. (/dev/vgmu/mu) Now one of those 5 drives (hdc) failed and after I powered the box down, removed the bad drive and powered back up, I got this after running vgscan: vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...) vgscan -- ERROR "vg_read_with_pv_and_lv(): current PV" can't get data of volume group "vgmu" from physical volume(s) vgscan -- "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d" successfully created vgscan -- WARNING: This program does not do a VGDA backup of your volume groups And pvscan gives me this: (hdc is now the previous hdd drive - it changed letters) pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...) pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/sda1" is associated to unknown VG "vgmu" (run vgscan) pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hde1" is associated to unknown VG "vgmu" (run vgscan) pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hdc1" is associated to unknown VG "vgmu" (run vgscan) pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hdb1" is associated to unknown VG "vgmu" (run vgscan) Can I restore and reactivate this volume group (although now smaller) to run without the failed drive ? What can I do ? Thanks in advance. --------- Perplexer