[linux-lvm] vgscan problem

[Heinz J . Mauelshagen]

Andrew,

so you did pvcreate the second PV and added (vgextend) it to your existing
VG successfully?
What exactly happened before vgscan complained?

You should have a valid LVM metadata backup in /etc/lvmconf/big_space.conf
(or an older copy named /etc/lvmconf/big_space.conf.#.old where # is a number
from 1 up to 9).
To figure out which one is ok you want to for eg. use

vgcfgrestore -n big_space -f /etc/lvmconf/big_space.conf -ll


To restore the metadata run:

pvcreate -ff /dev/BothOfYourPVs
vgcfgrestore -n big_space -f /etc/lvmconf/big_space.conf /dev/Your1stPV
vgcfgrestore -n big_space -f /etc/lvmconf/big_space.conf /dev/Your2ndPV
vgscan

On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 08:32:09PM -0500, Andrew Schaefer wrote:
> I just setup LVM with two disks in the volume group big_space.  I started
> out with one disk and then extended it across the other.  It
> formatted, fs extended, and mounted up fine.  I then rebooted, and now I
> get this error from vgscan:
> 
> vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
> vgscan -- found inactive volume group "big_space"
> vgscan -- ERROR "pv_read_pe(): read" can't get data of volume group
> "big_space"
> from physical volume(s)
> vgscan -- "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d" successfully created
> vgscan -- WARNING: This program does not do a VGDA backup of your volume
> group
> 
> Any ideas or suggestions?  Unfortunately I threw data onto the volume and
> don't want to loose it.
> 
> Andrew Schaefer
> andrew at schaefer.nu
> http://www.schaefer.nu
> 
> 
> 
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