From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id k15I5L108513 for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 13:05:21 -0500 Received: from uproxy.gmail.com (uproxy.gmail.com [66.249.92.193]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k15I5B2B014668 for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 13:05:11 -0500 Received: by uproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id c2so531683ugf for ; Sun, 05 Feb 2006 10:05:10 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <77ec93690602051005k3c4d8cbah@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 19:05:10 +0100 From: Martin Lindquist Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Accidental removal of logical volume - any way to salvage? In-Reply-To: <20060205175808.GA22481@agk.surrey.redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_19896_25031444.1139162710439" References: <77ec93690602050953r6ada49aat@mail.gmail.com> <20060205175808.GA22481@agk.surrey.redhat.com> 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: To: LVM general discussion and development ------=_Part_19896_25031444.1139162710439 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline First of all, thank you for a fast response. The backup of /etc was done after running 'lvremove' and 'vgexport' so if I understand you correctly that won't do any good. Yes, I am using LVM2. How do I salvage the metadata "from the front of the disk?" Regards, Martin 2006/2/5, Alasdair G Kergon : > > On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 06:53:45PM +0100, Martin Lindquist wrote: > > could anyone first of all tell me if there is any way at all to salvage > the > > data from the logical volume "main"? > > man vgcfgrestore if you retained metadata backups from /etc from before > you deleted the LV. > > Failing that, if you're using LVM2 you might still be able to salvage > the metadata from the from the front of the disk. > > Alasdair > -- > agk@redhat.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > -- Martin Lindquist IRC: nms @ irc.freenode.net, irc.vapor.com and irc.gimp.org E-mail: black.ant@gmail.com ICQ: 10386446 Skype: bilgalning GSM: +46-(0)73-505 29 97 WoW: Vhasiu @ Ravencrest (EU) ------=_Part_19896_25031444.1139162710439 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline First of all, thank you for a fast response.

The backup of /etc was = done after running 'lvremove' and 'vgexport' so if I understand you correct= ly that won't do any good.

Yes, I am using LVM2. How do I salvage th= e metadata "from the front of the disk?"

Regards,
Martin




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