[linux-lvm] "vg doesn't exist" after removing a pv
Jonathan E Brassow
jbrassow at redhat.com
Fri Jan 20 17:40:42 UTC 2006
There may be a better way, but here is what I did...
> vgcfgrestore <VG>
Errors out, but gives you the uuid of the PV that is missing.
> pvcreate -u <uuid given by failed command> <device>
> vgcfgrestore <VG>
All should be good now.
brassow
On Jan 18, 2006, at 4:37 PM, Alan Wise wrote:
>
> I just attempted to remove two physical volumes from one of my volume
> groups. Since I very recently added them, I knew (or thought I knew)
> that there was no data on them so I attempted to to remove them using
> "pvremove /dev/hda8 /dev/hdb1".
>
> The program complained, but suggested I try using the "-ff" option,
> which I promptly did, without considering the consequences of my
> actions (or backing up the data).
>
> Now I'm getting the following errors:
>
> Couldn't find device with uuid "..."
> Couldn't find all physical volumes for volume group my_vg
> Volume group "my_vg" doesn't exist
>
> Unfortunately, being rather new to LVM, I didn't know about
> vgcfgbackup until I started researching how to fix my problem, so I
> can't go that route.
>
> Is there any way I can recover my data. Any help would be MUCH
> appreciated.
>
> Alan
>
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