From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n6LMovAj013639 for ; Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:50:57 -0400 Received: from Vail.esri.com (esrismtp2.esri.com [198.102.62.103]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n6LMoi4E020725 for ; Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:50:44 -0400 Received: from leoray.esri.com (leoray.esri.com [10.27.102.12]) by Vail.esri.com (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id n6LMoiTl007124 for ; Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:50:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from leoray.esri.com (leoray.esri.com [127.0.0.1]) by leoray.esri.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n6LMoiO3001847 for ; Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:50:44 -0700 Received: (from ray5147@localhost) by leoray.esri.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n6LMohuo001846 for linux-lvm@redhat.com; Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:50:43 -0700 Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:50:43 -0700 From: Ray Van Dolson Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Can't mount or run fdisk on an existing logical volume, help! Message-ID: <20090721225043.GA1749@esri.com> References: <20090721200728.GA30327@esri.com> <2473b43f0907211329u3f8c4dbbv43b4ecefde827b2c@mail.gmail.com> <20090721203532.GA30997@esri.com> <2473b43f0907211347h5cad6d77se2dda5f779953f81@mail.gmail.com> <20090721210705.GA31479@esri.com> <2473b43f0907211424o209e52ccj9223295a328220d3@mail.gmail.com> <20090721215913.GA32225@esri.com> <2473b43f0907211509w2385d916p3fd9511a60ab778a@mail.gmail.com> <20090721222118.GA755@esri.com> <2473b43f0907211543t46aff11eqb1db163605bafca1@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2473b43f0907211543t46aff11eqb1db163605bafca1@mail.gmail.com> 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 On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 03:43:58PM -0700, Adam Olsen wrote: > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Ray Van Dolson wrote: > > I'm not sure which one of these backup files I'd use to restore to. > > You can also re-run pvcreate with the --uuid and --restorefile argument > > if you want to recreate a "lost" uuid... > > How can I see the difference between what uuid's it's looking for and > what is currently set on the devices? pvdisplay should show the UUID's currently on your physical devices. You can look at the contents of the file to compare. > (neither of the vgcfgrestore commands helped, either for > storage_00034.vg or /etc/lvm/backup/storage) I am kinda stumped at this point. Ray