Hello, Data on a volume should be the same independently on how they are being accessed. I would think the volume was previously initialized with an LVM layer, did "lvs" shows any logical volume on the system ? On Sun, Feb 4, 2024, 08:56 duluxoz <duluxoz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi All, > > All of this is using the latest version of RL and Ceph Reef > > I've got an existing RBD Image (with data on it - not "critical" as I've > got a back up, but its rather large so I was hoping to avoid the restore > scenario). > > The RBD Image used to be server out via an (Ceph) iSCSI Gateway, but we > are now looking to use plain old kernal module. > > The RBD Image has been RBD Mapped to the client's /dev/rbd0 location. > > So now I'm trying a straight `mount /dev/rbd0 /mount/old_image/` as a test > > What I'm getting back is `mount: /mount/old_image/: unknown filesystem > type 'LVM2_member'.` > > All my Google Foo is telling me that to solve this issue I need to > reformat the image with a new file system - which would mean "losing" > the data. > > So my question is: How can I get to this data using rbd kernal modules > (the iSCSI Gateway is no longer available, so not an option), or am I > stuck with the restore option? > > Or is there something I'm missing (which would not surprise me in the > least)? :-) > > Thanks in advance (as always, you guys and gals are really, really helpful) > > Cheers > > > Dulux-Oz > _______________________________________________ > ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@xxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-leave@xxxxxxx > _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@xxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-leave@xxxxxxx