<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Hi !</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I'm not so firm in linux but:</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">We had a LG "smbdata" which went away somehow? ;-)</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Searched all threads and followed your instructions on recovering configuration of LV. Didn't work ;-(</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Here is the output of vgcfgrestore -ll -f /etc/lvmconf/smbdata.conf.7.old -n smbdata /dev/sda</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">--- Volume group ---</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">VG Name smbdata</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">VG Access read/write</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">VG Status NOT available/resizable</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">VG # 0</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">MAX LV 256</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Cur LV 1</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Open LV 0</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">MAX LV Size 255.99 GB</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Max PV 256</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Cur PV 4</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Act PV 4</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">VG Size 15.86 GB</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">PE Size 4 MB</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Total PE 4060</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Alloc PE / Size 4060 / 15.86 GB</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Free PE / Size 0 / 0</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">VG UUID zwceZi-TCXm-Ew3a-A5yc-H49M-R1NP-y4qg4T</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">--- Logical volume ---</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">LV Name /dev/smbdata/all</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">VG Name smbdata</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">LV Write Access read/write</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">LV Status available</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">LV # 1</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New"># open 0</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">LV Size 15.86 GB</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Current LE 4060</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Allocated LE 4060</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Allocation next free</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Read ahead sectors 120</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Block device 58:0</font> <br> <br> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">--- Physical volume ---</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">PV Name /dev/sda1</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">VG Name smbdata</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">PV Size 3.97 GB / NOT usable 3.28 MB [LVM: 124 KB]</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">PV# 1</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">PV Status NOT available</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Allocatable yes (but full)</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Cur LV 1</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">PE Size (KByte) 4096</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Total PE 1015</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Free PE 0</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Allocated PE 1015</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">PV UUID tFA0qy-8u7r-8oBv-MwYS-SUVM-1W7h-P3hHED</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">--- Physical volume ---</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">PV Name /dev/sdb1</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">VG Name smbdata</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">PV Size 3.97 GB / NOT usable 3.28 MB [LVM: 124 KB]</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">PV# 2</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">PV Status NOT available</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Allocatable yes (but full)</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Cur LV 1</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">PE Size (KByte) 4096</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Total PE 1015</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Free PE 0</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Allocated PE 1015</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">PV UUID cVeBuv-1i2C-hkOO-mUA1-lNrj-Vh8l-vrr6Am</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">--- Physical volume ---</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">PV Name /dev/sdc1</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">VG Name smbdata</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">PV Size 3.97 GB / NOT usable 3.28 MB [LVM: 124 KB]</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">PV# 3</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">PV Status NOT available</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Allocatable yes (but full)</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Cur LV 1</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">PE Size (KByte) 4096</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Total PE 1015</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Free PE 0</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Allocated PE 1015</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">PV UUID Rtuhx3-0HR9-V0hN-iLuZ-dkFL-hyih-cEwEII</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">--- Physical volume ---</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">PV Name /dev/sdd1</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">VG Name smbdata</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">PV Size 3.97 GB / NOT usable 3.28 MB [LVM: 124 KB]</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">PV# 4</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">PV Status NOT available</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Allocatable yes (but full)</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Cur LV 1</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">PE Size (KByte) 4096</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Total PE 1015</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Free PE 0</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Allocated PE 1015</font> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">PV UUID HNkTzu-Ok46-4vqM-CJCu-Iqd1-JmQ4-c5yzea</font> <br> <br> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Could anyone provide me some help?</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Thanx</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Matthias</font>