[linux-lvm] Changing PV position
Heinz J . Mauelshagen
mauelshagen at sistina.com
Fri Dec 19 04:15:02 UTC 2003
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 12:08:49PM +0100, Benoit wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm currently using lvm on my box and one disk just died.
> Then the second disk (hdb) became the first one (hda). The problem is that now
> I can't get back the physical volume which is on it. Is it possible to tell
> lvm to force the reading of a PV even if it isn't on the same disk as
> before ?
vgscan does whyt you are asking for (before trying "vgchange -ay").
>
> Thank you for your help.
> Benoit
>
>
> Informations :
>
> peck:/# fdisk -l /dev/hda
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 122.9 GB, 122942324736 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14946 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 * 1 898 7213153+ b W95 FAT32
> /dev/hda2 899 1384 3903795 83 Linux
> /dev/hda3 1385 14946 108936765 5 Extended
> /dev/hda5 1385 1992 4883728+ fd Linux raid autodetect
> /dev/hda6 1993 14946 104052973+ 8e Linux LVM
>
> peck:/# pvs /dev/hda6
> Failed to read physical volume "/dev/hda6"
>
>
> I'm currently using linux 2.6-test9, with lvm2 tools.
> The missing volume was created with lvm1 tools.
>
>
>
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