From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Heinz J . Mauelshagen" Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] What command do I use to make a PV active? Message-ID: <20030704134905.A28295@sistina.com> References: <20030703165707.LXFV15998.imf16aec.bellsouth.net@tiger2> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20030703165707.LXFV15998.imf16aec.bellsouth.net@tiger2>; from freemyer@NorcrossGroup.com on Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 01:05:43PM -0400 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: Fri Jul 4 06:50:02 2003 List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-lvm@sistina.com On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 01:05:43PM -0400, Greg Freemyer wrote: > > Somehow I inactived a PV Hmm, there's no direct (in)activation of PVs. A bit strange, that both are in diffrent states (they should be either inactive in case the VG is or both active in case the VG got activated). > > # pvscan > pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...) > pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/sda3" of VG "TruStore-Data" [53.63 GB / 48.63 GB free] > pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/sdb1" of VG "TruStore-Data" [74.54 GB / 13.54 GB free] > pvscan -- total: 2 [128.19 GB] / in use: 2 [128.19 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0] > > What command do I use to make it active? If the VG "TruStore-Data" is inactive, "vgchange -ay TruStore-Data" should turn /dev/sda3 active as well. Is "TruStore-Data" accessable fine (LVs ok) ? > > Thanks > Greg > -- > Greg Freemyer > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@sistina.com > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ -- Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- *** 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 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-