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 (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k4B80RAk032756 for ; Thu, 11 May 2006 04:00:27 -0400 Received: from sarajevo.idealx.com (sarajevo.idealx.com [213.41.87.90]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k4B80PjX027327 for ; Thu, 11 May 2006 04:00:25 -0400 Received: from localhost (sarajevo [127.0.0.1]) by sarajevo.idealx.com (IDEALX S.A.S Mail Daemon) with ESMTP id 160EB11DFF7 for ; Thu, 11 May 2006 10:00:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from sarajevo.idealx.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (sarajevo.idealx.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 16999-26 for ; Thu, 11 May 2006 10:00:29 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4462EDD7.8060409@idealx.com> Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 09:55:03 +0200 From: Dominique Quatravaux MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] [BUG] Spaces in LVM1 LV names => *deep trouble* when converting to LVM2 References: <44624C66.4050600@idealx.com> <20060510203626.GW16180@agk.surrey.redhat.com> <20060510204038.GX16180@agk.surrey.redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20060510204038.GX16180@agk.surrey.redhat.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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="iso-8859-1" To: LVM general discussion and development Cc: pierre.machard@idealx.com, Benoit Picaud , 'Mathias BROSSARD' -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Alasdair G Kergon wrote: > > I should add that what you should do is extract the metadata you've > retrieved off disk directly into a file, fix it in the file > (differences in whitespace & comments don't matter) then use > vgcfgrestore -f. I tried that and it works - strange, I tried vgcfgrestore yesterday to no avail... But then I was using Ubuntu 5.10's lvm2 package as a rescue so apparently it's a different (and solved) issue. Thanks! Knowing this, and still for the record: after any LVM operation it seems wise to try a vgchange -a y *before* rebooting to see if everything went well. Reverting a pickled LVM situation is much easier with the original toolset handy (same LVM binary and metadata backups in /etc/lvm/) than using a rescue CD! I wrote, and you replied: >> * there should be a mechanism for dealing with corrupt LVM >> metadata, at the minimum a global command-line switch to >> temporarily disable checksum verifications. > > Nope. > I seem to have pushed your button, apologies for doing so. I was trying to be humorous, not disparaging: *of course* I concur that checksums are a good idea! I guess it means that humor is too slippery for us non-native speakers, oh well... - -- Dominique QUATRAVAUX Ing=EF=BF=BDnieur senior 01 44 42 00 08 IDEALX -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEYu3XMJAKAU3mjcsRAugqAKC2KK88j/+w30xd6pxcn/5Juu7tuACdExXi R2b4HLcvmPmWHl+uxhbvGi0=3D =3DtWX0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----