Turbo, did you run "vgscan" *before* the "vgchange -ay"? Not running it could explain the inactive PV on /dev/sdh1. On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 01:01:10PM +0100, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > >>>>> "Turbo" == Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@bayour.com> writes: > > Turbo> This went ok, but 'pvscan -u' is behaving (?) strangly... > > Shutting down (vgchange -a n), doing the vgcfgrestore, and then starting > it again (vgchange -a y) gave me this: > > ----- s n i p ----- > [papadoc.root]# /etc/init.d/lvm stop > Shutting down LVM Volume Groups... > vgchange -- no volume groups found > > [papadoc.root]# vgcfgrestore -f /etc/lvmconf/vg1.conf -n vg1 -o /dev/sdg1 /dev/sdh1 > vgcfgrestore -- VGDA for "vg1" successfully restored to physical volume "/dev/sdh1" > vgcfgrestore -- you may not have an actual backup of restored volume group "vg1" > > [papadoc.root]# /etc/init.d/lvm start > Setting up LVM Volume Groups... > vgchange -- volume group "vg1" successfully activated > > [papadoc.root]# pvscan -u > pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...) > pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/sdb1 " with UUID "ofZCeT-O16H-Df0h-4KoB-xQhm-lc24-67dZvk" of VG "vg1" [5.87 GB / 0 free] > pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/sdc1 " with UUID "xN0MF7-xKU0-Uk3L-g8Pw-0YfH-fS3V-zgFA66" of VG "vg1" [1004.00 MB / 0 free] > pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/sdd10" with UUID "5V0XNB-gA87-OU66-1iza-cvsz-xQ2q-6DEbyH" of VG "vg1" [2.37 GB / 0 free] > pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/sde1 " with UUID "Bdm7PX-50Dq-hC6R-yXmv-DDq1-n6Nx-4ohaKK" of VG "vg1" [8.50 GB / 0 free] > pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/sdf1 " with UUID "QnqfyA-fOTB-J1Pp-4be5-t6QU-bGjS-i2BKf2" of VG "vg1" [17.09 GB / 0 free] > pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/sdh1 " with UUID "ZNODti-EFFz-rGID-HYyh-kg7Z-yDCe-LLbXBv" is in no VG [15.55 GB] > pvscan -- total: 6 [50.39 GB] / in use: 5 [34.84 GB] / in no VG: 1 [15.55 GB] > ----- s n i p ----- > > > I'm getting so close, I can SMELL the coffey! :) > > Why is sdh1 inactive? > > Qaddafi NSA Treasury NORAD FBI smuggle Saddam Hussein Kennedy Soviet > jihad bomb genetic Khaddafi pits quiche > [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