[linux-lvm] VGDA error

[linux-lvm] VGDA error

[Paul.Casteels]

Hello,

I am having trouble using LVM.

This is my configuration :
#uname -a
Linux natl2.uia.ac.be 2.4.9-21custom #1 SMP Tue Feb 26 15:17:02 CET 2002
i686 unknown
#cat /proc/lvm/global
LVM driver version LVM 0.9.1_beta7(ish) (20 June 2001)

Total:  1 VG  4 PVs  0 LVs (0 LVs open)
Global: 4991 bytes malloced   IOP version: 10   2:14:27 active

VG:  NUsers  [4 PV, 0 LV/0 open]  PE Size: 4096 KB
  Usage [KB/PE]: 143622144 /35064 total  0 /0 used  143622144 /35064 free
  PVs: [AA] sdb1 35905536 /8766 0 /0 35905536 /8766
       [AA] sdc1 35905536 /8766 0 /0 35905536 /8766
       [AA] sdd1 35905536 /8766 0 /0 35905536 /8766
       [AA] sde1 35905536 /8766 0 /0 35905536 /8766
    LVs: none
# vgdisplay --version
vgdisplay
vgdisplay: Logical Volume Manager 1.0.1-rc4
Heinz Mauelshagen, Sistina Software  03/10/2001 (IOP 10)


After I started vgchange -a y, most commands report :
ERROR: VGDA in kernel and lvmtab are NOT consistent; please run vgscan

If I do this I get :
# vgscan
vgscan
 vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
 vgscan -- found active volume group "NUsers"
 vgscan -- "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d" successfully created
 vgscan -- WARNING: This program does not do a VGDA backup of your volume
group

and the error does not go away.

I tried a more recent (1.0.3) version of the tools, but this has no
effect.

Best regards and thanks,

Paul Casteels		Paul.Casteels@ua.ac.be	Tel: +32.3.8202455
						Fax: +32.3.8202470
University of Antwerp	Dpt.Physics
Universiteitsplein 1
B-2610 Wilrijk
Belgium

Re: [linux-lvm] VGDA error

[Heinz J . Mauelshagen]

Paul,

coud you send me the files created with

for d in /dev/sd[b-e]1
do
   dd if=$d of=$(basename $d).vgda bs=1k count=1k
done

in private email to mge@sistina.com for further investigation, please?

In the meantime stay using LVM 1.0.3 and if you really don't have any LVs
in that VG, recreate it from scratch :)

With LVM 1.0.3 run:

vgchange -an NUsers
pvcreate -yff /dev/sd[b-e]1
rm -r /dev/NUsers
vgcreate NUsers /dev/sd[b-e]1

Regards,
Heinz    -- The LVM Guy --


On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 10:15:21AM +0100, Paul.Casteels wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am having trouble using LVM.
> 
> This is my configuration :
> #uname -a
> Linux natl2.uia.ac.be 2.4.9-21custom #1 SMP Tue Feb 26 15:17:02 CET 2002
> i686 unknown
> #cat /proc/lvm/global
> LVM driver version LVM 0.9.1_beta7(ish) (20 June 2001)
> 
> Total:  1 VG  4 PVs  0 LVs (0 LVs open)
> Global: 4991 bytes malloced   IOP version: 10   2:14:27 active
> 
> VG:  NUsers  [4 PV, 0 LV/0 open]  PE Size: 4096 KB
>   Usage [KB/PE]: 143622144 /35064 total  0 /0 used  143622144 /35064 free
>   PVs: [AA] sdb1 35905536 /8766 0 /0 35905536 /8766
>        [AA] sdc1 35905536 /8766 0 /0 35905536 /8766
>        [AA] sdd1 35905536 /8766 0 /0 35905536 /8766
>        [AA] sde1 35905536 /8766 0 /0 35905536 /8766
>     LVs: none
> # vgdisplay --version
> vgdisplay
> vgdisplay: Logical Volume Manager 1.0.1-rc4
> Heinz Mauelshagen, Sistina Software  03/10/2001 (IOP 10)
> 
> 
> After I started vgchange -a y, most commands report :
> ERROR: VGDA in kernel and lvmtab are NOT consistent; please run vgscan
> 
> If I do this I get :
> # vgscan
> vgscan
>  vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
>  vgscan -- found active volume group "NUsers"
>  vgscan -- "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d" successfully created
>  vgscan -- WARNING: This program does not do a VGDA backup of your volume
> group
> 
> and the error does not go away.
> 
> I tried a more recent (1.0.3) version of the tools, but this has no
> effect.
> 
> Best regards and thanks,
> 
> Paul Casteels		Paul.Casteels@ua.ac.be	Tel: +32.3.8202455
> 						Fax: +32.3.8202470
> University of Antwerp	Dpt.Physics
> Universiteitsplein 1
> B-2610 Wilrijk
> Belgium
> 
> 
> 
> 
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