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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dieter_St=FCken?= <stueken@conterra.de>
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Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] [PATCH] lvm metadata handling,	warn only once about
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Jens Wilke wrote:
> With patch:
> 
> # vgchange -ay -P
>   Partial mode. Incomplete volume groups will be activated read-only.
>   Missing PV with uuid 'egDxmo-sVp7-OQGB-6mgt-84mk-xioM-ahdzBw' in VG main
>   2 logical volume(s) in volume group "main" now active

the metadata backup also shows the device name as a hint.
Is this saved by the on-disk MD, too? Might be helpful to see.

Dieter.