Hi list, This is what I've done so far ( I apologize for the large amount of lines/info!): [root@ptb3 /root]# pvcreate -v /dev/sdb pvcreate -- locking logical volume manager pvcreate -- checking physical volume name "/dev/sdb" pvcreate -- getting physical volume size pvcreate -- checking partition type pvcreate -- creating new physical volume pvcreate -- setting up physical volume for /dev/sdb with 860231680 sectors pvcreate -- writing physical volume data to disk "/dev/sdb" pvcreate -- physical volume "/dev/sdb" successfully created pvcreate -- unlocking logical volume manager [root@ptb3 /root]# pvscan pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...) pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/sdb" is in no VG [410.19 GB] pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/sdc1" of VG "exp300_2" [440.69 GB / 0 free] pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/sdd1" of VG "exp300_2" [440.69 GB / 0 free] pvscan -- total: 3 [1.26 TB] / in use: 2 [881.43 GB] / in no VG: 1 [410.19 GB] [root@ptb3 /root]# dmesg | less [root@ptb3 /root]# vgscan vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...) vgscan -- found active volume group "exp300_2" vgscan -- "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d" successfully created vgscan -- WARNING: This program does not do a VGDA backup of your volume group [root@ptb3 /root]# lvscan lvscan -- ACTIVE "/dev/exp300_2/exp300_lv2" [881.38 GB] lvscan -- 1 logical volumes with 881.38 GB total in 1 volume group lvscan -- 1 active logical volumes [root@ptb3 /root]# vgextend -A y exp300_2 /dev/sdb vgextend -- INFO: maximum logical volume size is 1 Terabyte vgextend -- doing automatic backup of volume group "exp300_2" vgextend -- volume group "exp300_2" successfully extended [root@ptb3 /root]# lvextend -L +440.7 /dev/exp300_2/exp300_lv2 /dev/sdb lvextend -- rounding size to physical extent boundary lvextend -- extending logical volume "/dev/exp300_2/exp300_lv2" to 881.81 GB lvextend -- doing automatic backup of volume group "exp300_2" lvextend -- logical volume "/dev/exp300_2/exp300_lv2" successfully extended Then, not thinking at all, I went back and ran fdisk, since I forgot to run fdisk, it was 2:00 a.m. in the morning!!! root@ptb3 rc3.d]# fdisk /dev/sdb The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 53757. There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in certain setups cause problems with: 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., LILO) 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK) Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sdb: 254 heads, 63 sectors, 53757 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16002 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System Command (m for help): m Command action a toggle a bootable flag b edit bsd disklabel c toggle the dos compatibility flag d delete a partition l list known partition types m print this menu n add a new partition o create a new empty DOS partition table p print the partition table q quit without saving changes s create a new empty Sun disklabel t change a partition's system id u change display/entry units v verify the partition table w write table to disk and exit x extra functionality (experts only) Command (m for help): n Command action e extended p primary partition (1-4) p Partition number (1-4): 1 First cylinder (1-53757, default 1): Using default value 1 Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-53757, default 53757): Using default value 53757 Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sdb: 254 heads, 63 sectors, 53757 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16002 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 53757 430109725+ 83 Linux Command (m for help): l 0 Empty 17 Hidden HPFS/NTF 5c Priam Edisk a6 OpenBSD 1 FAT12 18 AST Windows swa 61 SpeedStor a7 NeXTSTEP 2 XENIX root 1b Hidden Win95 FA 63 GNU HURD or Sys b7 BSDI fs 3 XENIX usr 1c Hidden Win95 FA 64 Novell Netware b8 BSDI swap 4 FAT16 <32M 1e Hidden Win95 FA 65 Novell Netware c1 DRDOS/sec (FAT- 5 Extended 24 NEC DOS 70 DiskSecure Mult c4 DRDOS/sec (FAT- 6 FAT16 3c PartitionMagic 75 PC/IX c6 DRDOS/sec (FAT- 7 HPFS/NTFS 40 Venix 80286 80 Old Minix c7 Syrinx 8 AIX 41 PPC PReP Boot 81 Minix / old Lin db CP/M / CTOS / . 9 AIX bootable 42 SFS 82 Linux swap e1 DOS access a OS/2 Boot Manag 4d QNX4.x 83 Linux e3 DOS R/O b Win95 FAT32 4e QNX4.x 2nd part 84 OS/2 hidden C: e4 SpeedStor c Win95 FAT32 (LB 4f QNX4.x 3rd part 85 Linux extended eb BeOS fs e Win95 FAT16 (LB 50 OnTrack DM 86 NTFS volume set f1 SpeedStor f Win95 Ext'd (LB 51 OnTrack DM6 Aux 87 NTFS volume set f4 SpeedStor 10 OPUS 52 CP/M 93 Amoeba f2 DOS secondary 11 Hidden FAT12 53 OnTrack DM6 Aux 94 Amoeba BBT fd Linux raid auto 12 Compaq diagnost 54 OnTrackDM6 a0 IBM Thinkpad hi fe LANstep 14 Hidden FAT16 <3 55 EZ-Drive a5 BSD/386 ff BBT 16 Hidden FAT16 56 Golden Bow Command (m for help): m Command action a toggle a bootable flag b edit bsd disklabel c toggle the dos compatibility flag d delete a partition l list known partition types m print this menu n add a new partition o create a new empty DOS partition table p print the partition table q quit without saving changes s create a new empty Sun disklabel t change a partition's system id u change display/entry units v verify the partition table w write table to disk and exit x extra functionality (experts only) Command (m for help): t Partition number (1-4): 1 Hex code (type L to list codes): l 0 Empty 17 Hidden HPFS/NTF 5c Priam Edisk a6 OpenBSD 1 FAT12 18 AST Windows swa 61 SpeedStor a7 NeXTSTEP 2 XENIX root 1b Hidden Win95 FA 63 GNU HURD or Sys b7 BSDI fs 3 XENIX usr 1c Hidden Win95 FA 64 Novell Netware b8 BSDI swap 4 FAT16 <32M 1e Hidden Win95 FA 65 Novell Netware c1 DRDOS/sec (FAT- 5 Extended 24 NEC DOS 70 DiskSecure Mult c4 DRDOS/sec (FAT- 6 FAT16 3c PartitionMagic 75 PC/IX c6 DRDOS/sec (FAT- 7 HPFS/NTFS 40 Venix 80286 80 Old Minix c7 Syrinx 8 AIX 41 PPC PReP Boot 81 Minix / old Lin db CP/M / CTOS / . 9 AIX bootable 42 SFS 82 Linux swap e1 DOS access a OS/2 Boot Manag 4d QNX4.x 83 Linux e3 DOS R/O b Win95 FAT32 4e QNX4.x 2nd part 84 OS/2 hidden C: e4 SpeedStor c Win95 FAT32 (LB 4f QNX4.x 3rd part 85 Linux extended eb BeOS fs e Win95 FAT16 (LB 50 OnTrack DM 86 NTFS volume set f1 SpeedStor f Win95 Ext'd (LB 51 OnTrack DM6 Aux 87 NTFS volume set f4 SpeedStor 10 OPUS 52 CP/M 93 Amoeba f2 DOS secondary 11 Hidden FAT12 53 OnTrack DM6 Aux 94 Amoeba BBT fd Linux raid auto 12 Compaq diagnost 54 OnTrackDM6 a0 IBM Thinkpad hi fe LANstep 14 Hidden FAT16 <3 55 EZ-Drive a5 BSD/386 ff BBT 16 Hidden FAT16 56 Golden Bow Hex code (type L to list codes): 8e Changed system type of partition 1 to 8e (Unknown) Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sdb: 254 heads, 63 sectors, 53757 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16002 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 53757 430109725+ 8e Unknown Command (m for help): m Command action a toggle a bootable flag b edit bsd disklabel c toggle the dos compatibility flag d delete a partition l list known partition types m print this menu n add a new partition o create a new empty DOS partition table p print the partition table q quit without saving changes s create a new empty Sun disklabel t change a partition's system id u change display/entry units v verify the partition table w write table to disk and exit x extra functionality (experts only) Command (m for help): v 62 unallocated sectors Command (m for help): w The partition table has been altered! Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. WARNING: If you have created or modified any DOS 6.x partitions, please see the fdisk manual page for additional information. Syncing disks. So, now I have these errors when running most of the LVM cmds!! [root@ptb3 rc3.d]# vgscan vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...) vgscan -- found active volume group "exp300_2" vgscan -- ERROR "pv_read_pe(): PV size invalid" can't get data of volume group "exp300_2" from physical volume(s) vgscan -- ERROR "pv_read_pe(): PV size invalid" creating "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d" [root@ptb3 rc3.d]# vgdisplay vgdisplay -- ERROR: VGDA in kernel and lvmtab are NOT consistent; please run vgscan [root@ptb3 rc3.d]# pvscan pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...) pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/sdb" is associated to an unknown VG (run vgscan) pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/sdc1" is associated to an unknown VG (run vgscan) pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/sdd1" is associated to an unknown VG (run vgscan) pvscan -- total: 3 [889.43 GB] / in use: 3 [889.43 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0] [root@ptb3 rc3.d]# lvscan lvscan -- ERROR: VGDA in kernel and lvmtab are NOT consistent; please run vgscan Hence, chaos ensues on this machine.... Please let me know if "vgcfgrestore" will work for me. Or do I try to remove the partition from fdisk? I really don't think that will help though! I think the damage is done from the partition write to the EXP300 disk array. Also, if I reboot, will there be a disaster!(For fdisk...) This is a production machine. Please help me if you can... TIA! -Scott
