[linux-lvm] LVM don't work anymore (wrong version?)

[Heinz J. Mauelshagen]

On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 11:15:53AM +0100, Jean-Eric Cuendet wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I'm using LVM 0.9.1_beta3 since 2 weeks now without any problem.
> I'm having a problem now.
> I have one VG and one LV in it.
> I need to create another VG made of 3 PVs.
> I issue:
> [root at fatboy hosts]# pvcreate -f /dev/md7
> pvcreate -- ERROR: VGDA in kernel and lvmtab are NOT consistent; please run
> vgscan
> What's that?

You shouldn't be able to get that message with LVM 0.9.1 beta3 at all.
Are you by accident using an older version?

> 
> When running vgscan:
> [root at fatboy hosts]# vgscan
> vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
> vgscan -- no volume groups found
> 
> What can I do with that?
> Thanks
> -jec
> 
> PS: I already tried to upgrade to beta4 (only the tools). If you want me to
> upgrade the kernel to beta4, wait this evening :-) (prod machine)

Yes, please try that.

If vgscan still complains and you have your /etc/lvmconf/vg.conf (assuming
that your VG is named vg :) VGDA backup file you can reactivate your
VG with:

rm -rf /etc/lvmtab*
mkdir /etc/lvmtab.d
echo -ne "vg\0" > /etc/lvmtab
cp /etc/lvmconf/vg.conf /etc/lvmtab.d/vg
vgchange -ay

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