From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (ext-mx07.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.110.11]) by int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id oBHKTaZZ016842 for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:29:36 -0500 Received: from mail-qw0-f46.google.com (mail-qw0-f46.google.com [209.85.216.46]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id oBHKTQjt012085 for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:29:27 -0500 Received: by qwa26 with SMTP id 26so1119992qwa.33 for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:29:26 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4D0BC824.1010308@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:29:24 -0500 From: Mauricio Tavares MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4D0B9D71.3080602@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Conflicting vg names but can't rename one 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 On 12/17/2010 01:56 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: > On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Mauricio Tavares wrote: >> vgrename SB3NfW-swQM-5rdw-xf5e-z6At-r5DM-dUwG7D export1 >> WARNING: Duplicate VG name export: Existing >> fjM9qy-aCEM-iluj-yTdQ-CwT5-Iijk-uOYXlB (created here) takes precedence over >> SB3NfW-swQM-5rdw-xf5e-z6At-r5DM-dUwG7D >> WARNING: Duplicate VG name export: Existing >> fjM9qy-aCEM-iluj-yTdQ-CwT5-Iijk-uOYXlB (created here) takes precedence over >> SB3NfW-swQM-5rdw-xf5e-z6At-r5DM-dUwG7D >> WARNING: Duplicate VG name export: fjM9qy-aCEM-iluj-yTdQ-CwT5-Iijk-uOYXlB >> (created here) takes precedence over SB3NfW-swQM-5rdw-xf5e-z6At-r5DM-dUwG7D >> Volume group "export" still has active LVs >> >> What am I missing here? I thought if I told it to rename the vg with a given >> uuid I would be golden. As you can see, that is not the case. > > I think you need to make the vg unavailable before you can rename it: > > vgchange -an SB3NfW-swQM-5rdw-xf5e-z6At-r5DM-dUwG7D > > then your vgrename should work. > > Richard > Do you think I need to persuade it some more? raub@ubuntu:~$ sudo vgdisplay export WARNING: Duplicate VG name export: Existing fjM9qy-aCEM-iluj-yTdQ-CwT5-Iijk-uOYXlB (created here) takes precedence over SB3NfW-swQM-5rdw-xf5e-z6At-r5DM-dUwG7D --- Volume group --- VG Name export System ID Format lvm2 Metadata Areas 1 Metadata Sequence No 2 VG Access read/write VG Status resizable MAX LV 0 Cur LV 1 Open LV 1 Max PV 0 Cur PV 1 Act PV 1 VG Size 465.76 GiB PE Size 4.00 MiB Total PE 119234 Alloc PE / Size 102400 / 400.00 GiB Free PE / Size 16834 / 65.76 GiB VG UUID fjM9qy-aCEM-iluj-yTdQ-CwT5-Iijk-uOYXlB raub@ubuntu:~$ sudo vgchange -an SB3NfW-swQM-5rdw-xf5e-z6At-r5DM-dUwG7D WARNING: Duplicate VG name export: Existing fjM9qy-aCEM-iluj-yTdQ-CwT5-Iijk-uOYXlB (created here) takes precedence over SB3NfW-swQM-5rdw-xf5e-z6At-r5DM-dUwG7D Volume group "SB3NfW-swQM-5rdw-xf5e-z6At-r5DM-dUwG7D" not found raub@ubuntu:~$ Maybe I need to unmount/disconnect the hard drive with the vg being used and then try to rename the other drive... > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/