On Oct 25, 2001 14:15 +0900, appendix@hatsune.cc wrote: > I've a LVM one physical volume "vg0" that created on 9 RAID devices. > > My VG structure is following > /dev/md2,md3,md4,md5,md6,md7,md8,md9,md10 => vg0 You say 9 md devices, and list 9 above for vg0. > Kernel Linux melody.angelic.jp 2.4.5 #10 SMP > > The pvscan report is following > >pvscan > pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...) > pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/md2" is associated to an unknown VG (run vgscan) > pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/md3" is associated to an unknown VG (run vgscan) > pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/md4" is associated to an unknown VG (run vgscan) > pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/md5" is associated to an unknown VG (run vgscan) > pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/md6" is associated to an unknown VG (run vgscan) > pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/md7" is associated to an unknown VG (run vgscan) > pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/md8" is associated to an unknown VG (run vgscan) > pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/md9" is associated to an unknown VG (run vgscan) > pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/md10" of VG "vg1" [4.48 GB / 4.48 GB free] One of your PVs says it is in another VG ^^^ very strange. > pvscan -- total: 9 [68.48 GB] / in use: 9 [68.48 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0] > > The pvdata report is following > >pvdata -U /dev/md2 > 000: w1ozGmggQJ7LqDumRFhBWpxAcBuinvkV > 001: gyivka8v8Rs8N6UHW1mXO2A7pe3V2UtL > 002: N1rBqi3J4SXDpRwYCh65eXCtH98zrkYQ > 003: vy3JnFfm4b4j5t1kcnnmPBVnqvKE1454 > 004: 3qwEJ6e08fnjyfEtYh2VUwNLSlAv7WHC > 005: bCf2F3RgkdCqz0qs605zpQiMDF738U7Q > 006: Ao8MnMZSLrDhk1pbTHatNA5KHiZXv5vG > 007: 3ztQ2cfoGMc15y1TTXQzSpSkTIBzLcas > 008: 9VW0My6FYEh4T1WnwBP3m0OSlMhdM7Gq > 009: BIxTWheupMeCfEjU8UuyW0LX8gAq4aoD ^^^ 10 PVs listed. This is wrong. > > >pvdata -PP pvdata -PP /dev/md2 > --- Physical volume --- > PV# 2 > PV UUID gyivka-8v8R-s8N6-UHW1-mXO2-A7pe-3V2UtL This matches "001" above. You need to check each of the other MD devices to see which ones have valid UUIDs. You may need to use the uuid-fixer tool. Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger \ "If a man ate a pound of pasta and a pound of antipasto, \ would they cancel out, leaving him still hungry?" http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/ -- Dogbert