* [linux-lvm] PV segments corrupted in vg1 : LVM corrupted
@ 2005-06-22 11:37 Jeff Ewing
2005-06-22 14:15 ` AJ Lewis
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Jeff Ewing @ 2005-06-22 11:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-lvm
After removing some logical volumes (backup,etc) and extending home
logical volume, data in the whole volume group (vg1) has become
corrupted: Root logical volume is mounted at boot time, but am unable
to mount any other logical volumes in that volume group (var,home etc)
after reboot.
pvscan displays : PV segment VG free_count mismatch: 0 != 4294966485
Internal error: PV segments corrupted in vg1.
No matching physical volumes found
vgdisplay, vgchange,vgscan display similiar message.
Using 2 IDE drives, with 2 meta disks on each (mirrored across the drives).
1 meta disk contains boot
1 meta disk contains LVM - 1 volume group, logical volumes for
root,swap,var,usr,home
vgcfgrestore fails.
/etc/lvm/backup/vg1 contains (english) description of last known state of the
logical volumes.
/etc/lvmconf/vg1.conf is a binary file (may be out of date)
/etc/lvmtab.d/vg1 appears to be the same binary file above (may be out of date)
System is Debian Unstable, running lvm2,udev,device mapper, kernel
2.6.8 compiled from Debian source. System appeared stable for 1 week
after lvm changes, but failed on reboot.
1. What command can be used to recreate the vg1.conf binary file from
the english description backup? (vg1.conf modification date is older
than changes)
2. What is the VG free count and how can it be reset to 0?
3. What other tools available to fix broken lvm.
Thank you
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* Re: [linux-lvm] PV segments corrupted in vg1 : LVM corrupted
2005-06-22 11:37 [linux-lvm] PV segments corrupted in vg1 : LVM corrupted Jeff Ewing
@ 2005-06-22 14:15 ` AJ Lewis
2005-06-23 1:02 ` [linux-lvm] " Jeff Ewing
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: AJ Lewis @ 2005-06-22 14:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jeff Ewing, LVM general discussion and development
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On Wed, Jun 22, 2005 at 09:37:13PM +1000, Jeff Ewing wrote:
> After removing some logical volumes (backup,etc) and extending home
> logical volume, data in the whole volume group (vg1) has become
> corrupted: Root logical volume is mounted at boot time, but am unable
> to mount any other logical volumes in that volume group (var,home etc)
> after reboot.
>
> pvscan displays : PV segment VG free_count mismatch: 0 != 4294966485
> Internal error: PV segments corrupted in vg1.
> No matching physical volumes found
>
> vgdisplay, vgchange,vgscan display similiar message.
>
> Using 2 IDE drives, with 2 meta disks on each (mirrored across the drives).
> 1 meta disk contains boot
> 1 meta disk contains LVM - 1 volume group, logical volumes for
> root,swap,var,usr,home
>
> vgcfgrestore fails.
>
> /etc/lvm/backup/vg1 contains (english) description of last known state of the
> logical volumes.
> /etc/lvmconf/vg1.conf is a binary file (may be out of date)
> /etc/lvmtab.d/vg1 appears to be the same binary file above (may be out of date)
>
> System is Debian Unstable, running lvm2,udev,device mapper, kernel
> 2.6.8 compiled from Debian source. System appeared stable for 1 week
> after lvm changes, but failed on reboot.
Was your VG made with LVM1? There has been a report similar to this one on
the list about LVM1 formatted VGs not working with the latest version of lvm2
> 1. What command can be used to recreate the vg1.conf binary file from
> the english description backup? (vg1.conf modification date is older
> than changes)
This is an lvm1 file - all lvm2 files are in /etc/lvm/
> 2. What is the VG free count and how can it be reset to 0?
>
> 3. What other tools available to fix broken lvm.
You could try going back to an older version of the lvm2 tools and see if it
fixes things.
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* [linux-lvm] Re: PV segments corrupted in vg1 : LVM corrupted
2005-06-22 14:15 ` AJ Lewis
@ 2005-06-23 1:02 ` Jeff Ewing
2005-06-23 6:01 ` Jeff Ewing
2005-06-23 8:11 ` Alasdair G Kergon
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Jeff Ewing @ 2005-06-23 1:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: LVM general discussion and development; +Cc: AJ Lewis
The server was running kernel 2.4.27+lvm1 until one month ago. Was upgraded
to 2.6.8+lvm2 and running and rebooted several times since.
>
> This is an lvm1 file - all lvm2 files are in /etc/lvm/
>
The output from "vgcfgrestore vg1" is
PV /dev/md1 is a different format (seqno lvm1)
Restore failed.
> > 2. What is the VG free count and how can it be reset to 0?
> >
> > 3. What other tools available to fix broken lvm.
>
> You could try going back to an older version of the lvm2 tools and see if
> it fixes things.
Without /var it is a little tricky to downgrade the packages(package
lists etc are missing). Perhaps install on another server and copy
over (ssh fails but nfs is working).
Thank you
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* [linux-lvm] Re: PV segments corrupted in vg1 : LVM corrupted
2005-06-23 1:02 ` [linux-lvm] " Jeff Ewing
@ 2005-06-23 6:01 ` Jeff Ewing
2005-06-23 8:11 ` Alasdair G Kergon
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Jeff Ewing @ 2005-06-23 6:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: LVM general discussion and development; +Cc: AJ Lewis
Noticed that pvdisplay works, and looks bad (0 Allocated PE)
--- Physical volume ---
PV Name /dev/md1
VG Name vg1
PV Size 25.40 GB / not usable 59.38 MB
Allocatable yes
PE Size (KByte) 32768
Total PE 811
Free PE 811
Allocated PE 0
PV UUID EW1NJk-11h8-GVOX-zmcn-2l3V-fg0G-RWNyod
also mdadm cannot find an md superblock(not sure what this means):
mdadm --detail --query /dev/md1
/dev/md1: 25.40GiB raid1 2 devices, 0 spares. Use mdadm --detail for
more detail.
/dev/md1: No md super block found, not an md component.
lvmdiskscan looks ok.
lvm dumpconfig looks ok.
Re-install of OS looks likely, just dont know why things got corrupted.
Dont know where the pv volume information is stored.
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* Re: [linux-lvm] Re: PV segments corrupted in vg1 : LVM corrupted
2005-06-23 1:02 ` [linux-lvm] " Jeff Ewing
2005-06-23 6:01 ` Jeff Ewing
@ 2005-06-23 8:11 ` Alasdair G Kergon
2005-06-24 2:02 ` Jeff Ewing
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Alasdair G Kergon @ 2005-06-23 8:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: LVM general discussion and development
On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 11:02:52AM +1000, Jeff Ewing wrote:
> The output from "vgcfgrestore vg1" is
> PV /dev/md1 is a different format (seqno lvm1)
Add -M1 to force it to use lvm1 metadata format (default
is new format - or change default globally in lvm.conf).
Alasdair
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* [linux-lvm] Re: PV segments corrupted in vg1 : LVM corrupted
2005-06-23 8:11 ` Alasdair G Kergon
@ 2005-06-24 2:02 ` Jeff Ewing
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Jeff Ewing @ 2005-06-24 2:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: LVM general discussion and development
Solved. Thankyou to Aj, Alasdair (and Redhat).
vgcfgrestore -M1 vg1
vgconvert -M2 vg1
reboot
1. I do not know how I missed this, it is clearly in the FAQ
2. This only appeared after reconfiguring logical volumes, several
weeks/reboots after "converting" to lvm2 (clearly not complete converion,
was using lvm2inird but must have been reading the lvm1 formats.
On 6/23/05, Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 11:02:52AM +1000, Jeff Ewing wrote:
> > The output from "vgcfgrestore vg1" is
> > PV /dev/md1 is a different format (seqno lvm1)
>
> Add -M1 to force it to use lvm1 metadata format (default
> is new format - or change default globally in lvm.conf).
>
> Alasdair
> --
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>
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