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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello everyone. I'm new to the list but I'm an old
LVM user. Lately I decided to change distro so I did an export of my LVM
volumes. Replace the whole distro, and import them</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>back again. This works like a charm. The LVM system
mounts perfectly without a problem, but I do have an issue... My storage is
running out of disk space so I bought a new hard disk, I connected it and tried
to extend the volume but I got a VERY strange behavior. Look at this
output:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>root@brokenworld:/# uname -a<BR>Linux brokenworld
2.4.17 #1 Wed Jan 23 08:00:20 ART 2002 i686 unknown<BR>root@brokenworld:/#
vgchange --version<BR>vgchange: Logical Volume Manager 1.0.1<BR>Heinz
Mauelshagen, Sistina Software 26/11/2001 (IOP 10)<BR>root@brokenworld:/#
vgchange -ay system<BR>vgchange -- volume group "system" already
active</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>root@brokenworld:/# vgextend system
/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/part1<BR>vgextend -- ERROR: volume group
"system" must be active for extension</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>root@brokenworld:/#
vgscan
<BR>vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)<BR>vgscan
-- found inactive volume group "system"<BR>vgscan -- "/etc/lvmtab" and
"/etc/lvmtab.d" successfully created<BR>vgscan -- WARNING: This program does not
do a VGDA backup of your volume group</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>root@brokenworld:/# pvscan<BR>pvscan -- reading all
physical volumes (this may take a while...)<BR>pvscan -- inactive PV
"/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part1" of VG "system" [27.96 GB / 80.00 MB
free]<BR>pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part4" of VG
"system" [24.67 GB / 0 free]<BR>pvscan -- inactive PV
"/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part1" of VG "system" [27.95 GB / 0
free]<BR>pvscan -- total: 3 [80.59 GB] / in use: 3 [80.59 GB] / in no VG: 0
[0]</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Look at the vgextend command... it says that my
volume is not active, but when I do a vgchange -ay I tells me that it is already
activated. Other thing I don't</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>understand is why my physical volumes are all
inactive the the system is mounted?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Did I do something wrong? Can I correct
this?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any help is appreciated, thanks in
advance.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Emiliano Lesende</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>