LVM2 + failure

[marek cervenka]

hi,

i have fc4test3 with ona system disk and 3 in lvm2
i'm booted without disks in lvm
now i have disks connected back and vgdisplay shows this

WARNING: Volume group "ftp" inconsistent
   --- Volume group ---
   VG Name               ftp
   System ID
   Format                lvm2
   Metadata Areas        4
   Metadata Sequence No  8
   VG Access             read/write
   VG Status             resizable
   MAX LV                0
   Cur LV                1
   Open LV               0
   Max PV                0
   Cur PV                3
   Act PV                3
   VG Size               409.86 GB
   PE Size               16.00 MB
   Total PE              26231
   Alloc PE / Size       26231 / 409.86 GB
   Free  PE / Size       0 / 0
   VG UUID               LbNnyU-TS7U-w5EI-pGsQ-Mmj0-1J2V-5CM5H3

lv cannot be deleted

#lvremove -f /dev/ftp/lvftp
   Inconsistent metadata copies found - updating to use version 8
   Volume group ftp metadata is inconsistent
   Volume group for uuid not found: LbNnyUTS7Uw5EIpGsQMmj01J2V5CM5H3q0BI4QvUvoSlS7pLlB1aizoviEK9sBUw
   Unable to deactivate logical volume "lvftp"
   Device '/dev/hda1' has been left open.
   Device '/dev/hdc1' has been left open.
   Device '/dev/hdb1' has been left open.

can i repair this?
or how drop vg ?


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Marek Cervenka
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