[linux-lvm] VGDA error

[Heinz J . Mauelshagen]

Paul,

coud you send me the files created with

for d in /dev/sd[b-e]1
do
   dd if=$d of=$(basename $d).vgda bs=1k count=1k
done

in private email to mge at sistina.com for further investigation, please?

In the meantime stay using LVM 1.0.3 and if you really don't have any LVs
in that VG, recreate it from scratch :)

With LVM 1.0.3 run:

vgchange -an NUsers
pvcreate -yff /dev/sd[b-e]1
rm -r /dev/NUsers
vgcreate NUsers /dev/sd[b-e]1

Regards,
Heinz    -- The LVM Guy --


On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 10:15:21AM +0100, Paul.Casteels wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am having trouble using LVM.
> 
> This is my configuration :
> #uname -a
> Linux natl2.uia.ac.be 2.4.9-21custom #1 SMP Tue Feb 26 15:17:02 CET 2002
> i686 unknown
> #cat /proc/lvm/global
> LVM driver version LVM 0.9.1_beta7(ish) (20 June 2001)
> 
> Total:  1 VG  4 PVs  0 LVs (0 LVs open)
> Global: 4991 bytes malloced   IOP version: 10   2:14:27 active
> 
> VG:  NUsers  [4 PV, 0 LV/0 open]  PE Size: 4096 KB
>   Usage [KB/PE]: 143622144 /35064 total  0 /0 used  143622144 /35064 free
>   PVs: [AA] sdb1 35905536 /8766 0 /0 35905536 /8766
>        [AA] sdc1 35905536 /8766 0 /0 35905536 /8766
>        [AA] sdd1 35905536 /8766 0 /0 35905536 /8766
>        [AA] sde1 35905536 /8766 0 /0 35905536 /8766
>     LVs: none
> # vgdisplay --version
> vgdisplay
> vgdisplay: Logical Volume Manager 1.0.1-rc4
> Heinz Mauelshagen, Sistina Software  03/10/2001 (IOP 10)
> 
> 
> After I started vgchange -a y, most commands report :
> ERROR: VGDA in kernel and lvmtab are NOT consistent; please run vgscan
> 
> If I do this I get :
> # vgscan
> vgscan
>  vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
>  vgscan -- found active volume group "NUsers"
>  vgscan -- "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d" successfully created
>  vgscan -- WARNING: This program does not do a VGDA backup of your volume
> group
> 
> and the error does not go away.
> 
> I tried a more recent (1.0.3) version of the tools, but this has no
> effect.
> 
> Best regards and thanks,
> 
> Paul Casteels		Paul.Casteels at ua.ac.be	Tel: +32.3.8202455
> 						Fax: +32.3.8202470
> University of Antwerp	Dpt.Physics
> Universiteitsplein 1
> B-2610 Wilrijk
> Belgium
> 
> 
> 
> 
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