From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Heinz J . Mauelshagen" Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] vgcfgrestore error ! Message-ID: <20011119125632.A12388@sistina.com> References: <3BF8E5DE.ABAEB618@LTUtech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3BF8E5DE.ABAEB618@LTUtech.com>; from Igor.Dumaire@LTUtech.com on Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 11:58:38AM +0100 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: Date: Mon Nov 19 06:02:01 2001 List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-lvm@sistina.com Igor, you need to figure out, which Physical Volumes (PVs) belong to your VG lvm1 by running 'vgcfgrestore -ll -n lvm1'. Please check for the PV list at the end of the output. Then restore the LVM metadata by running 'vgcfgrestore -n lvm1 /dev/hdWhatever` on every of those. Afterwards run 'vgscan;vgchange -ay lvm1', which should revive lvm1. What error happend in the first place causing lvm1 to disapear? Do you use recent LVM software? Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 11:58:38AM +0100, Igor Dumaire wrote: > Hi, > > After a reboot I have lost a volume (/dev/lvm1) but not an other (/dev/lvm2) > (vgscan doesn't see lvm1 !) > > I am trying to restore it, using vgcfgrestore, but I have the message below : > > # vgcfgrestore -n lvm1 /dev/lvm1 > vgcfgrestore -- can't restore part of active volume group "lvm1" > vgcfgrestore [-d|--debug] [-f|--file VGConfPath] [-l[l]|--list [--list]] > [-n|--name VolumeGroupName] [-h|--help] > [-o|--oldpath OldPhysicalVolumePath] [-t|--test] [-v|--verbose] > [--version] [PhysicalVolumePath] > > # vgcfgrestore -n lvm1 /dev/lvmOLD > vgcfgrestore -- invalid physical volume "/dev/lvmOLD" > vgcfgrestore [-d|--debug] [-f|--file VGConfPath] [-l[l]|--list [--list]] > [-n|--name VolumeGroupName] [-h|--help] > [-o|--oldpath OldPhysicalVolumePath] [-t|--test] [-v|--verbose] > [--version] [PhysicalVolumePath] > > WHY this message ! > What do I do ? > > # lvmdiskscan > lvmdiskscan -- reading all disks / partitions (this may take a while...) > lvmdiskscan -- /dev/hda1 [ 70.57 MB] Primary LINUX native partition [0x83] > lvmdiskscan -- /dev/hda2 [ 19.07 GB] DOS extended partition [0x05] > lvmdiskscan -- /dev/hda5 [ 2.01 GB] Extended LINUX native partition [0x83] > lvmdiskscan -- /dev/hda6 [ 1.00 GB] Extended LINUX native partition [0x83] > lvmdiskscan -- /dev/hda7 [ 1.00 GB] Extended LINUX native partition [0x83] > lvmdiskscan -- /dev/hda8 [ 517.69 MB] Extended LINUX native partition [0x83] > lvmdiskscan -- /dev/hda9 [ 14.55 GB] Extended LINUX native partition [0x83] > lvmdiskscan -- /dev/hdc1 [ 57.27 GB] Primary LVM partition [0x8E] > lvmdiskscan -- /dev/hdd1 [ 57.27 GB] Primary LVM partition [0x8E] > lvmdiskscan -- /dev/hde1 [ 57.27 GB] Primary LVM partition [0x8E] > lvmdiskscan -- /dev/hdf1 [ 57.27 GB] Primary LVM partition [0x8E] > lvmdiskscan -- /dev/hdg1 [ 57.27 GB] Primary LVM partition [0x8E] > lvmdiskscan -- /dev/hdh1 [ 57.27 GB] Primary LVM partition [0x8E] > lvmdiskscan -- 7 disks > lvmdiskscan -- 0 whole disks > lvmdiskscan -- 0 loop devices > lvmdiskscan -- 0 multiple devices > lvmdiskscan -- 0 network block devices > lvmdiskscan -- 13 partitions > lvmdiskscan -- 6 LVM physical volume partitions > > # vgdisplay > --- Volume group --- > VG Name lvm2 > VG Access read/write > VG Status available/resizable > VG # 0 > MAX LV 255 > Cur LV 1 > Open LV 1 > MAX LV Size 255.99 GB > Max PV 255 > Cur PV 3 > Act PV 3 > VG Size 171.79 GB > PE Size 4.00 MB > Total PE 43977 > Alloc PE / Size 43776 / 171.00 GB > Free PE / Size 201 / 804.00 MB > VG UUID Jp3gDv-ib7D-p5te-FFLZ-lNjI-5brK-fzjEM6 > > # vgdisplay lvm1 > vgdisplay -- volume group "lvm1" not found > > > Thanks for your help. > > -- > Igor Dumaire > > www.LTUtech.com - Making Sense of Visual Content > ------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 *** Software bugs are stupid. Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them *** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Heinz Mauelshagen Sistina Software Inc. Senior Consultant/Developer Am Sonnenhang 11 56242 Marienrachdorf Germany Mauelshagen@Sistina.com +49 2626 141200 FAX 924446 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-