[linux-lvm] vgcfgrestore error !
Heinz J . Mauelshagen
mauelshagen at sistina.com
Fri Nov 23 07:41:02 UTC 2001
Igor,
pvdata output looks fine.
Could you send me the metadata for further investigation in private
email, please?
You can retrieve 3 files with the metadata of your PVs by "
for d in /dev/hd[cef]1
do
dd if=$d of=`basename $d`.lvm bs=1k count=512
done
Regards,
Heinz -- The LVM Guy --
On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 12:41:56PM +0100, Igor Dumaire wrote:
>
> > Strange.
> > Please provide "vgdisplay -v;pvscan;lvmdiskscan" and "pvdata -PP" for all
> > PVs belonging to the missing VG.
> >
> # vgdisplay -v
> --- Volume group ---
> VG Name lvm2
> VG Access read/write
> VG Status available/resizable
> VG # 0
> MAX LV 255
> Cur LV 1
> Open LV 1
> MAX LV Size 255.99 GB
> Max PV 255
> Cur PV 3
> Act PV 3
> VG Size 171.79 GB
> PE Size 4.00 MB
> Total PE 43977
> Alloc PE / Size 43776 / 171.00 GB
> Free PE / Size 201 / 804.00 MB
> VG UUID Jp3gDv-ib7D-p5te-FFLZ-lNjI-5brK-fzjEM6
>
> --- Logical volume ---
> LV Name /dev/lvm2/Backup
> VG Name lvm2
> LV Write Access read/write
> LV Status available
> LV # 1
> # open 1
> LV Size 171.00 GB
> Current LE 43776
> Allocated LE 43776
> Allocation next free
> Read ahead sectors 120
> Block device 58:0
>
>
> --- Physical volumes ---
> PV Name (#) /dev/hdd1 (3)
> PV Status available / allocatable
> Total PE / Free PE 14659 / 201
>
> PV Name (#) /dev/hdg1 (1)
> PV Status available / allocatable
> Total PE / Free PE 14659 / 0
>
> PV Name (#) /dev/hdh1 (2)
> PV Status available / allocatable
> Total PE / Free PE 14659 / 0
>
>
>
> # pvscan
> pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
> pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hdc1" is associated to an unknown VG (run vgscan)
> pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/hdd1" of VG "lvm2" [57.26 GB / 804.00 MB free]
> pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hde1" is associated to an unknown VG (run vgscan)
> pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hdf1" is associated to an unknown VG (run vgscan)
> pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/hdg1" of VG "lvm2" [57.26 GB / 0 free]
> pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/hdh1" of VG "lvm2" [57.26 GB / 0 free]
> pvscan -- total: 6 [343.62 GB] / in use: 6 [343.62 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0]
>
> # man pvdata
> # pvdata -PP /dev/hde1
> --- Physical volume ---
> PV Name /dev/hde1
> VG Name lvm1
> PV Size 57.27 GB / NOT usable 8.11 MB [LVM: 181.00 KB]
> PV# 1
> PV Status NOT available
> Allocatable yes (but full)
> Cur LV 1
> PE Size (KByte) 4096
> Total PE 14659
> Free PE 0
> Allocated PE 14659
> PV UUID kbvz5r-hJlN-WU9Q-7xwj-alJ6-8UfO-jopMFc
> pv_dev 0:33
> system_id courcelles.ltutech.com1004974292
> pv_on_disk.base 0
> pv_on_disk.size 1024
> vg_on_disk.base 4096
> vg_on_disk.size 4096
> pv_uuidlist_on_disk.base 8192
> pv_uuidlist_on_disk.size 32768
> lv_on_disk.base 40960
> lv_on_disk.size 83968
> pe_on_disk.base 126976
> pe_on_disk.size 4259840
>
>
>
> # pvdata -PP /dev/hdf1
> --- Physical volume ---
> PV Name /dev/hdf1
> VG Name lvm1
> PV Size 57.27 GB / NOT usable 8.11 MB [LVM: 181.00 KB]
> PV# 2
> PV Status NOT available
> Allocatable yes (but full)
> Cur LV 1
> PE Size (KByte) 4096
> Total PE 14659
> Free PE 0
> Allocated PE 14659
> PV UUID weQY7t-7II0-7t74-hVI5-Dj8Y-CV0O-8CyGqh
> pv_dev 0:33
> system_id courcelles.ltutech.com1004974293
> pv_on_disk.base 0
> pv_on_disk.size 1024
> vg_on_disk.base 4096
> vg_on_disk.size 4096
> pv_uuidlist_on_disk.base 8192
> pv_uuidlist_on_disk.size 32768
> lv_on_disk.base 40960
> lv_on_disk.size 83968
> pe_on_disk.base 126976
> pe_on_disk.size 4259840
>
>
>
> # pvdata -PP /dev/hdc1
> --- Physical volume ---
> PV Name /dev/hdc1
> VG Name lvm1
> PV Size 57.27 GB / NOT usable 8.11 MB [LVM: 181.00 KB]
> PV# 3
> PV Status available
> Allocatable yes
> Cur LV 1
> PE Size (KByte) 4096
> Total PE 14659
> Free PE 201
> Allocated PE 14458
> PV UUID BFvA7F-ccvF-e5r1-3QH7-02JG-dH4r-AOYF64
> pv_dev 0:22
> system_id courcelles.ltutech.com1004974291
> pv_on_disk.base 0
> pv_on_disk.size 1024
> vg_on_disk.base 4096
> vg_on_disk.size 4096
> pv_uuidlist_on_disk.base 8192
> pv_uuidlist_on_disk.size 32768
> lv_on_disk.base 40960
> lv_on_disk.size 83968
> pe_on_disk.base 126976
> pe_on_disk.size 4259840
>
>
> Thanks a lot for your help. I have lost (can't acces) a lot of data !
> Best regards.
>
> --
> Igor Dumaire
>
> www.LTUtech.com - Making Sense of Visual Content
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