[linux-lvm] Help.

[Ben Konosky]

vgexport -a gives no volume groups found. vgexport myvg   gives volume 
group "myvg" doesn't exist.



And yes, I had one LV spanning across all three PVs.



Steven Lembark wrote:

>- Ben Konosky <bkonosky at texas.net> on 07/21/01 23:36:47 -0500:
>
>>I had a VG that had three PVs in it, one of the PVs failed, is there any 
>>way to trick the VG into thinking it only has two PVs in it so I can 
>>*try* to mount it and see what data I can pull off the remainder. The 
>>file system is reiserfs, and it was the third PV in the group that died.
>>
>
>vgexport and import it back with the valid PV's.  You'll loose whatever
>was on the missing PV.  If any of the LV's spanned PV's then you'll loose
>those LV's.
>
>sl
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