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 ESMTP id iBBBgSr13409 for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2004 06:42:28 -0500 Received: from web52508.mail.yahoo.com (web52508.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.39.133]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with SMTP id iBBBgMl9005505 for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2004 06:42:27 -0500 Message-ID: <20041211114213.76916.qmail@web52508.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 03:42:13 -0800 (PST) From: johon Doe MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: [linux-lvm] duplicate pv. 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" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-lvm@redhat.com Hi, I have a 2.6.9 kernel and I have problems to create an vg device over a raid1 array. Look: sole:/usr/src/linux# cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [raid1] md7 : active raid1 sdb2[1] sda2[0] 244147712 blocks [2/2] [UU] md1 : active raid1 sdb6[0] sda6[1] 1951744 blocks [2/2] [UU] md2 : active raid1 sdb7[0] sda7[1] 1951744 blocks [2/2] [UU] md3 : active raid1 sdb8[0] sda8[1] 979840 blocks [2/2] [UU] md4 : active raid1 sdb9[0] sda9[1] 9767424 blocks [2/2] [UU] md5 : active raid1 sdb10[0] sda10[1] 9767424 blocks [2/2] [UU] md6 : active raid1 sdb11[0] sda11[1] 7815488 blocks [2/2] [UU] md0 : active raid1 sdb5[0] sda5[1] 96256 blocks [2/2] [UU] unused devices: sole:/usr/src/linux# pvcreate /dev/md7 Physical volume "/dev/md7" successfully created sole:/usr/src/linux# pvdisplay Found duplicate PV lvryBmVRK5xL8QmQRmqnXI707cYMc2z1: using /dev/sdb2 not /dev/sda2 Found duplicate PV lvryBmVRK5xL8QmQRmqnXI707cYMc2z1: using /dev/sdb2 not /dev/sda2 --- NEW Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/sda2 VG Name PV Size 232,84 GB Allocatable NO PE Size (KByte) 0 Total PE 0 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 0 PV UUID lvryBm-VRK5-xL8Q-mQRm-qnXI-707c-YMc2z1 sole:/usr/src/linux# vgcreate vg00 /dev/md7 Found duplicate PV lvryBmVRK5xL8QmQRmqnXI707cYMc2z1: using /dev/sdb2 not /dev/sda2 Found duplicate PV lvryBmVRK5xL8QmQRmqnXI707cYMc2z1: using /dev/sdb2 not /dev/sda2 Found duplicate PV lvryBmVRK5xL8QmQRmqnXI707cYMc2z1: using /dev/sdb2 not /dev/sda2 Volume group "vg00" successfully created sole:/usr/src/linux# lvcreate -L 240000M -n lv00 vg00 Found duplicate PV lvryBmVRK5xL8QmQRmqnXI707cYMc2z1: using /dev/sdb2 not /dev/sda2 Found duplicate PV lvryBmVRK5xL8QmQRmqnXI707cYMc2z1: using /dev/sdb2 not /dev/sda2 Volume group "vg00" doesn't exist sole:/usr/src/linux# thx for any help Luigi. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Send a seasonal email greeting and help others. Do good. http://celebrity.mail.yahoo.com