On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 11:52:08AM +0100, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > >>>>> "Heinz" == Heinz J Mauelshagen <mauelshagen@sistina.com> writes: > > Heinz> On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 11:01:22AM +0100, Turbo Fredriksson > Heinz> wrote: > >> I have (had) 6 PV's in my VG. The last one crashed (the whole > >> disk seems to have broken totaly). > >> > >> It don't seem possible to restore the information (not without > >> spending $$$ to a data recovery company), so how do I get the > >> data stored on the OTHER disks? > > Heinz> You don't spend a single dollar :-) > > I was referring to restore the lost data on the failed disk .. Well, that's a different story :) > > Heinz> There's 2 solutions: > > Heinz> A: -- > Heinz> Buy a replacemeent drive (say /dev/sdg1 ;-) and run > > Heinz> fdisk # to partition it the same way the broken one was > Heinz> pvcreate /dev/sdg1 vgcfgrestore -f /etc/lvmconf/vg1.conf -n > Heinz> vg1 /dev/sdg1 vgscan > > I'll get a replacement from IBM (the disk is still on warranty), so I'd > go for this... Ok. > > Since I have data on the vg, will this still let me keep this, or will > it be destroyed when doing the pvcreate/vgcfgrestore? > > Heinz> B: -- > Heinz> If you don't have a replacement drive at hand you can even > Heinz> be faster by faking one (you must have loop configured in > Heinz> the kernel and use LVM 1.0.2): > > Heinz> dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/my_sdg1.vgda bs=1k count=512 > Heinz> losetup /dev/loop0 /tmp/my_sdg1.vgda pvcreate /dev/loop0 > Heinz> vgcfgrestore -f /etc/lvmconf/vg1.conf -n vg1 /devloop0 > Heinz> vgscan > > I'll do this as a temporary solution, while waiting for the replacement. > Knowing IBM, it can take a while :) No comment. > > > Same question here, will the content on the VG be destroyed? > > Heinz> Hope that helps :-) > > It does (at least in the sense that I'll won't loose MORE data :) Thanx. Right. Did you try it already with loop? > > spy NORAD Peking domestic disruption Kennedy subway Ortega president > quiche class struggle [Hello to all my fans in domestic surveillance] > AK-47 CIA Ft. Bragg attack > [See http://www.aclu.org/echelonwatch/index.html for more about this] > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@sistina.com > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html -- Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- *** Software bugs are stupid. Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them *** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Heinz Mauelshagen Sistina Software Inc. Senior Consultant/Developer Am Sonnenhang 11 56242 Marienrachdorf Germany Mauelshagen@Sistina.com +49 2626 141200 FAX 924446 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html
