[linux-lvm] PV Name unknown device

[Thiruvel Thirumoolan - CTD, Chennai.]

I had a similar problem sometime back. I was using LVM2 and hence performed
a 'vgcfgrestore' and that helped me.
 
Thiruvel

-----Original Message-----
From: James Griffith [mailto:jbg at qwest.net]
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 8:59 AM
To: linux-lvm at redhat.com
Subject: [linux-lvm] PV Name unknown device 


I have a problem... my lvm is broken.. I ran pvscan and got this then ran
pvdisplay /dev/gdc and got that and then ran pvdisplay /dev/hdd and got
that. I was working then I broke it somehow..... Any help will be
appreciated greatly...
 
James
 
     # pvscan
  /dev/hdb: open failed: No medium found
  Couldn't find device with uuid '1UD81y-U11m-zUe1-Doya-cLmP-5Qy5-PM36GU'.
  PV /dev/hdc         VG vg_ftp   lvm2 [232.75 GB / 768.00 MB free]
  PV unknown device   VG vg_ftp   lvm2 [232.75 GB / 10.75 GB free]
  Total: 2 [465.50 GB] / in use: 2 [465.50 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0   ]

     #  pvdisplay /dev/hdc
  Couldn't find device with uuid '1UD81y-U11m-zUe1-Doya-cLmP-5Qy5-PM36GU'.
  Couldn't find all physical volumes for volume group vg_ftp.
  format_text: _vg_read failed to read VG vg_ftp
  Couldn't find device with uuid '1UD81y-U11m-zUe1-Doya-cLmP-5Qy5-PM36GU'.
  Couldn't find all physical volumes for volume group vg_ftp.
  format_text: _vg_read failed to read VG vg_ftp
  --- NEW Physical volume ---
  PV Name               /dev/hdc
  VG Name
  PV Size               232.88 GB
  Allocatable           NO
  PE Size (KByte)       0
  Total PE              0
  Free PE               0
  Allocated PE          0
  PV UUID               ty0TuP-Xj5v-MZh3-1wV0-OHDm-uvu2-Goay71
 
     # pvdisplay /dev/hdd
  --- Physical volume ---
  PV Name               /dev/hdd
  VG Name               vg_ftp
  PV Size               232.75 GB / not usable 0
  Allocatable           yes
  PE Size (KByte)       262144
  Total PE              931
  Free PE               43
  Allocated PE          888
  PV UUID               1UD81y-U11m-zUe1-Doya-cLmP-5Qy5-PM36GU
 
 
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