[linux-lvm] Volume group "vgs" not found

[Eli Morris]

Thank you for helping. I kind of thought that it might be something  
like that. The 'vgs not found' was during bootup. Here is a snippet  
from /var/log/messages:

Jun 11 08:41:59 nimbus kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: qh  
0000010000522320 (#0) state 1
Jun 11 08:42:02 nimbus smartd[5015]: Unable to register SCSI device / 
dev/sdb at line 30 of file /etc/smartd.conf
Jun 11 08:42:02 nimbus smartd[5015]: Unable to register device /dev/ 
sdb (no Directive -d removable). Exiting.
Jun 11 08:41:39 nimbus lvm[3104]: /var/log/lvm2.log: fopen failed: No  
such file or directory <14>Jun 11 08:41:39 lvm[3104]: Setti
ng log/activation to 1
Jun 11 08:41:39 nimbus lvm[3104]: No volume groups found
Jun 11 08:41:51 nimbus lvm[3910]: Volume group "vgs" not found
Jun 11 08:42:08 nimbus sshd[5180]: error: Bind to port 22 on 0.0.0.0  
failed: Address already in use.
Jun 11 08:42:08 nimbus xinetd[5195]: /etc/xinetd.d/RCS is not a  
regular file. It is being skipped.
Jun 11 08:42:08 nimbus nfsd[5273]: nfssvc_versbits: +2 +3 +4

This was before I turned on lvm logging or I guess I had just turned  
it on. I know I've seen the same vgs not found in that log also, but I  
can't find it in there now. It must have rotated out of the log file,  
or I'm imagining things. I'm rebooting next week, so I should see the  
message in the lvm log then. I will post it when I do.

Thanks again,

Eli



On Jun 19, 2008, at 11:30 AM, Jonathan Brassow wrote:

> if you can activate the volume group once the machine is up, it  
> sounds like there is a problem in the initrd.  Perhaps the static  
> binaries there or the lvm config file it contains...
>
> You turned on logging... When you see "vgs" not found, is that  
> during bootup, or after?
>
> ('vgs' is an LVM command.  There could be a script somewhere that is  
> duplicating the string 'vgs' and inadvertently sending it as an  
> argument...)
>
> Might need more information for this one... :(
>
> brassow
>
> On Jun 12, 2008, at 11:23 AM, Eli Morris wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> 	I'm running Centos 4, as part of a Rocks cluster. I have a 13 TB  
>> lvm2 volume. At boot up, the volume group doesn't get activated.  
>> When I run 'vgchange -ay' it activates the volume group without  
>> error and I can then mount it. I've turned lvm logging on and I  
>> notice the message 'toollib.c:508 vgchange  Volume group "vgs" not  
>> found'. I don't think I have a 'vgs' volume group. At least I don't  
>> find I have one if I use tools like 'vgscan'. The only thing that  
>> shows up is my 13 TB volume, as it should be. I haven't been able  
>> to find any information on such an error. I used yum update to make  
>> sure I had the latest lvm2 packages for my distro. I can't upgrade  
>> distros, because that would screw other stuff up. Any info on this,  
>> or recommendations as to how I could track it down?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Eli
>>
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