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 jAQFd0V07744 for ; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 10:39:00 -0500 Received: from eastrmmtao06.cox.net (eastrmmtao06.cox.net [68.230.240.33]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id jAQFd09U030729 for ; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 10:39:00 -0500 Received: from [192.168.0.9] (really [70.179.95.46]) by eastrmmtao06.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20051126153724.VHSQ9108.eastrmmtao06.cox.net@[192.168.0.9]> for ; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 10:37:24 -0500 Message-ID: <438881B0.4040000@cox.net> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 10:39:28 -0500 From: Old Fart MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] One of 8 PVs dead - Trying to rescue data from remaining 7 References: <4365F0AC.3090909@oxtel.com> <80d985600511252130j37b17586i9dd1649a958622ba@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <80d985600511252130j37b17586i9dd1649a958622ba@mail.gmail.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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"; format="flowed" To: LVM general discussion and development Craig Hagerman wrote: > On 10/31/05, Tom Robinson wrote: > >> Summary: One of my 8 PVs is dead and I despirately need to rescue >> >> I am curious about what to do in general if I have one disc fail on a >> multi-LVM system. Personally I have a two disc LVM system. You problem >> made me realize I have no idea what to do to recover data if one of >> the discs has a problem. Anyone have the answer? >> >> Craig >> >> I use raid 5 just for this problem. Have dropped 2 of the 3 raid devices and system keeps on truckin'. You can hot add devices back in and keep going while they sync. Good luck. ------------------- Regards, Old Fart