[linux-lvm] how to remove the inactive physical volume ??

[linux-lvm] how to remove the inactive physical volume ??

[Sambit Nanda]

Is there any command exactly oppose to pvcreate ?

when i ran thoi command 
pvcreate /dev/cciss/c0d1p[5-13]

i got this error  :  pvcreate -- can't open physical
volume "/dev/cciss/c0d1p3" to get its size

though i have not mentioed the device c0d1p3

then i noticed from pvscan 

pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/cciss/c0d1p1"  is in no VG
 [1 KB]
pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/cciss/c0d1p5"  is in no VG
 [9.32 GB]
pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/cciss/c0d1p6"  is in no VG
 [9.32 GB]
pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/cciss/c0d1p7"  is in no VG
 [4.66 GB]
.....
....
..


the c0d1p1 is acctually my   Extended  partion

but my pvscan also show the same device
pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/cciss/c0d1p1"  is in no VG
 [1 KB]

i do not what is wrong here, so i like to remove this
enrty from my pvscan 

i tried with pvmove and got error 
ERROR: can't move physical extents: volume 

please guide me how i will able to move the enrty ? 

or what is the exact command to remove or delete all
physical volume. 
If i want to remove all physical volume i created 



with this error i also notice one warning message on
my primary disk. I had never seen this before .. 
 
Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 5 will
be corrected by w(rite)


Thanks, 

Sambit Nanda 
203-553-3424 (O)

Re: [linux-lvm] how to remove the inactive physical volume ??

[Alan Jurgensen]

You need to setup a filter in /etc/lvm/lvm.conf.
See:   man lvm.conf

Sambit Nanda wrote:

>Is there any command exactly oppose to pvcreate ?
>
>when i ran thoi command 
>pvcreate /dev/cciss/c0d1p[5-13]
>
>i got this error  :  pvcreate -- can't open physical
>volume "/dev/cciss/c0d1p3" to get its size
>
>though i have not mentioed the device c0d1p3
>
>then i noticed from pvscan 
>
>pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/cciss/c0d1p1"  is in no VG
> [1 KB]
>pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/cciss/c0d1p5"  is in no VG
> [9.32 GB]
>pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/cciss/c0d1p6"  is in no VG
> [9.32 GB]
>pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/cciss/c0d1p7"  is in no VG
> [4.66 GB]
>.....
>....
>..
>
>
>the c0d1p1 is acctually my   Extended  partion
>
>but my pvscan also show the same device
>pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/cciss/c0d1p1"  is in no VG
> [1 KB]
>
>i do not what is wrong here, so i like to remove this
>enrty from my pvscan 
>
>i tried with pvmove and got error 
>ERROR: can't move physical extents: volume 
>
>please guide me how i will able to move the enrty ? 
>
>or what is the exact command to remove or delete all
>physical volume. 
>If i want to remove all physical volume i created 
>
>
>
>with this error i also notice one warning message on
>my primary disk. I had never seen this before .. 
> 
>Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 5 will
>be corrected by w(rite)
>
>
>Thanks, 
>
>Sambit Nanda 
>203-553-3424 (O)
>
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>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm
>read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
>  
>

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Alan W. Jurgensen - Berbee Information Networks - jurgensen@berbee.com 

Re: [linux-lvm] how to remove the inactive physical volume ??

[Matt P]

On 6/30/05, Sambit Nanda <sambitnanda@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Is there any command exactly oppose to pvcreate ?
> 
> when i ran thoi command
> pvcreate /dev/cciss/c0d1p[5-13]
> 
> i got this error  :  pvcreate -- can't open physical
> volume "/dev/cciss/c0d1p3" to get its size
> 
> though i have not mentioed the device c0d1p3
> 

Your regular expression is broken, or atleast not functioning the way
you seem to be expecting it to. [5-13] is seen as 5 through 1 and 3.
Since "5-1" isn't a vaild range it's ignored and only the "3" is
matched, and thus you get the c0d1p3

You'll probably have to use pvcreate like this:
pvcreate /dev/cciss/c0d1p[5-9] /dev/cciss/c0d1p1[0-3]

That will pvcreate the following devices:
/dev/cciss/c0d1p5
/dev/cciss/c0d1p6
/dev/cciss/c0d1p7
/dev/cciss/c0d1p8
/dev/cciss/c0d1p9
/dev/cciss/c0d1p10
/dev/cciss/c0d1p11
/dev/cciss/c0d1p12
/dev/cciss/c0d1p13