<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Melding</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=787150914-14122003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all, </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=787150914-14122003><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=787150914-14122003><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=787150914-14122003><FONT face=Arial size=2>I need to move a lvm volme over to a new os install. And this is what i did.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=787150914-14122003><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=787150914-14122003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Before installing the new os, i did a vgexport name</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=787150914-14122003><FONT face=Arial size=2>and acording to the howto, all i need to do on my new os is pvscan and then vgimport name /dev/dev1 + + + + </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=787150914-14122003><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=787150914-14122003><FONT face=Arial size=2>(<A href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/x978.html">http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/x978.html</A>)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=787150914-14122003><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=787150914-14122003><FONT face=Arial size=2>However when trying to import it i get these messages:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=787150914-14122003><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=787150914-14122003><FONT face=Arial size=2>pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while....)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=787150914-14122003><FONT face=Arial size=2>pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/sdc1" is in no VG [111.76GB]</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=787150914-14122003><FONT face=Arial size=2>pvscan -- total: 1 [111.76GB] / in use: 0 [0] / in no VG: 1 [111.76GB]</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=787150914-14122003><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=787150914-14122003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Its supposed to say something like this: (paste from the howto)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=787150914-14122003><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=787150914-14122003>pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)<BR>pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/sdb1" is in EXPORTED VG "design" [996 MB / 996 MB free]<BR>pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/sdb2" is in EXPORTED VG "design" [996 MB / 244 MB free]<BR>pvscan -- total: 2 [1.95 GB] / in use: 2 [1.95 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0]<BR></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=787150914-14122003><FONT face=Arial size=2>If i try the vgimport i get this message:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=787150914-14122003><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=787150914-14122003><FONT face=Arial size=2>vgimport -- ERROR "pv_read(): PV identifier invalid" reading physical volume "/dev/sda1"</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=787150914-14122003><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=787150914-14122003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyone got a hint what i need to do to get this LVM up and running again ?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=787150914-14122003><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=787150914-14122003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ray</FONT></DIV></SPAN></BODY></HTML>