From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 15:41:56 -0500 From: AJ Lewis Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] My VG is gone... Message-ID: <20010905154156.A6046@sistina.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: ; from jdiehl@sandia.gov on Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 12:56:10PM -0600 Sender: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Errors-To: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Reply-To: linux-lvm@sistina.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Id: To: linux-lvm@sistina.com --GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 12:56:10PM -0600, Diehl, Jeffrey wrote: > I will be formating 311Gb of hard drives today. These drives were 40% fu= ll. > This is the second time that LVM has bitten me. The first time I tried to > expand a VG, the VG was gone when the machine rebooted. Same thing this > time. AND THERE IS APEARANTLY NO WAY TO RECOVER! It seems that all of t= he > vg data is recorded in each member pv. So, why isn't there a utility to > recover a vg in this situation? This is very fragile!=20 Did you try the uuid_fixer previously mentioned? >=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: Rasmus Wiman > To: linux-lvm@sistina.com > Sent: 9/5/2001 2:04 AM > Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] My VG is gone... >=20 > "Diehl, Jeffrey" skrev: >=20 > > Any ideas about how to recover without losing my data. I need to get > > going > > soon, so if I haven't fixed it by late this week, I'm going to > > reformat.... > > And lose several Gb of data. >=20 > I have already reformated my hard disks, alas. I didn't have time to > wait > for a solution. But If someone would have helped me or suppllied code > that > fixed the problem, it could have beed the start of a Doctor LVM project. > I > think there should really be crash recover tools for any file system and > LVM system since they all do crash some times. >=20 >=20 > --------------------- > Rasmus Wiman > SAMI Labs >=20 > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@sistina.com > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@sistina.com > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html --=20 AJ Lewis Sistina Software Inc. Voice: 612-638-0500 1313 5th St SE, Suite 111 Fax: 612-638-0500 Minneapolis, MN 55414 E-Mail: lewis@sistina.com http://www.sistina.com Current GPG fingerprint =3D 60F3 160D C0D5 2C4B 751B 4FF9 6F67 E9BC 44CD D= E95 -----Begin Obligatory Humorous Quote---------------------------------------- FATAL ERROR! SYSTEM HALTED! - Press any key to do nothing... -----End Obligatory Humorous Quote------------------------------------------ --GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7lo4Ub2fpvETN3pURAj/3AJ9vwafShb7bLscEsi3PPog/hXgCgACfZPib 6+O4KnlouLkh6RyjBeB7X9Q= =QK91 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw--