marek cervenka wrote:
hi,
i have fc4test3 with ona system disk and 3 in lvm2
i'm booted without disks in lvm
now i have disks connected back and vgdisplay shows this
WARNING: Volume group "ftp" inconsistent
--- Volume group ---
VG Name ftp
System ID
Format lvm2
Metadata Areas 4
Metadata Sequence No 8
VG Access read/write
VG Status resizable
MAX LV 0
Cur LV 1
Open LV 0
Max PV 0
Cur PV 3
Act PV 3
VG Size 409.86 GB
PE Size 16.00 MB
Total PE 26231
Alloc PE / Size 26231 / 409.86 GB
Free PE / Size 0 / 0
VG UUID LbNnyU-TS7U-w5EI-pGsQ-Mmj0-1J2V-5CM5H3
lv cannot be deleted
#lvremove -f /dev/ftp/lvftp
Inconsistent metadata copies found - updating to use version 8
Volume group ftp metadata is inconsistent
Volume group for uuid not found:
LbNnyUTS7Uw5EIpGsQMmj01J2V5CM5H3q0BI4QvUvoSlS7pLlB1aizoviEK9sBUw
Unable to deactivate logical volume "lvftp"
Device '/dev/hda1' has been left open.
Device '/dev/hdc1' has been left open.
Device '/dev/hdb1' has been left open.
can i repair this?
or how drop vg ?
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Marek Cervenka
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try first with vgcfgrestore to restore to the last working config.