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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>i have a serious problem with my LVM (Suse
7.3).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I used to have 2 VGs (ROOT and TAN) </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ROOT consisted of /hda1 /hdf1</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>TAN consisted of /hdh1 /hdg1</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There was (hopefully still is) data on both
VG.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now the problem: I put in a new HD yesterday.
Reboot. No VGs found anymore. All xxscan commands doesnt find any proof of the
VGs. Well, i thought just put the new HD out and everything is ok, but without
the new HD the situation is still the same.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The new HD was put alone on a cable. I didnt
change anything in the system while the new HD was connected.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The system doesnt find a partition on hda now,
dunno why. But everything on VG TAN should work since there is no evidence of
any failure happened to hdg1 or hdh1. The system worked perfect for the last 2
weeks.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now i dunno what to do anymore, since i dont
want to loose any data on TAN (the root part is not that important). I would
appreciate any help.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jim</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Situation now:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>>lvmdiskscan<BR>lvmdiskscan -- reading all disks
/ partitions (this may take a while...)<BR>lvmdiskscan -- /dev/sda1
[ 23.50 MB] Primary LINUX native partition
[0x83]<BR>lvmdiskscan -- /dev/sda2 [ 133.35 MB]
Primary LINUX swap partition [0x82]<BR>lvmdiskscan -- /dev/sda3
[ 1.86 GB] Primary LINUX native
partition [0x83]<BR>lvmdiskscan -- /dev/hdg1 [
57.25 GB] Primary LVM partition [0x8E]<BR>lvmdiskscan -- /dev/hdh1
[ 57.25 GB] Primary LVM partition
[0x8E]<BR>lvmdiskscan -- /dev/hde1 [ 76.34 GB]
Primary LINUX native partition [0x83]<BR>lvmdiskscan -- /dev/hdf1
[ 74.53 GB] Primary LVM partition
[0x8E]<BR>lvmdiskscan -- /dev/hda [ 76.34
GB] free whole disk<BR>lvmdiskscan -- 6 disks<BR>lvmdiskscan -- 1 whole
disk<BR>lvmdiskscan -- 0 loop devices<BR>lvmdiskscan -- 0 multiple
devices<BR>lvmdiskscan -- 0 network block devices<BR>lvmdiskscan -- 7
partitions<BR>lvmdiskscan -- 3 LVM physical volume partitions<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may
take a while...)<BR>pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hdg" is in no VG
[8.00 GB]<BR>pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hdh" is in no VG [8.00
GB]<BR>pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hdf1" of VG "ROOT" [74.52 GB / 0
free]<BR>pvscan -- total: 3 [90.53 GB] / in use: 1 [74.53 GB] / in no VG: 2
[16.00 GB]</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>pvdisplay /dev/hdf1</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>--- Physical volume ---<BR>PV
Name
/dev/hdf1<BR>VG
Name
ROOT<BR>PV
Size
74.53 GB / NOT usable 7.05 MB [LVM: 198.00
KB]<BR>PV#
2<BR>PV
Status
NOT
available<BR>Allocatable
yes (but full)<BR>Cur
LV
1<BR>PE Size (KByte) 4096<BR>Total
PE
19078<BR>Free
PE
0<BR>Allocated PE
19078<BR>PV
UUID
bmUZpk-p2Zd-GvxZ-IRfd-k0TA-B79z-iJKxGv</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>pvdisplay on all discs but hdf1 looks like
this:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>pvdisplay -- no physical volume identifier on
"/dev/hdh1"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Partition check:<BR> hda:<BR> hde:
hde1<BR> hdf: hdf1<BR> hdg: hdg1<BR> hdh: hdh1</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If anyone needs more information i would be glad to
give it to you.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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