http://www.progsoc.org/~wildfire/lvm/ Access to the requested resource is denied. Please tell us, when it is accessable. Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 06:23:55AM +1100, Anand Kumria wrote: > Hi there, > > I recently add a metadevice to my existing LVM setup. Basically I > copied the data (use tar) from one LV to another and removed the > original LV (and associated PV). > > A few reboots later (where things were working) and I decided to > do an lvrename. Upon rebooting vgscan complains that it "can't > get data of volume group 'caliban' from physical volumes". > > This is somewhat disturbing. > > I have checked the archives and have also attached an lvmdiskscan > and confirmed I have some free space in / (only 2.4M, but still). > > I would have attached the output from 'pvdata -a /dev/md0' and > 'vgscan -d -d' however they are large files, instead I've made it > available at <URL: http://www.progsoc.org/~wildfire/lvm/> along > with my other files. > > I am using Linux 2.4.16 and LVM tools 1.0.3 (all the work was done > using this version of the tools). Here is some of the output: > > Script started on Wed Mar 6 05:31:49 2002 > (none):~# cat /proc/sys/kernel/tainted > 0 > (none):~# uname -a > Linux (none) 2.4.16 #4 SMP Tue Feb 26 00:15:49 EST 2002 i686 unknown > (none):~# pvscan --version > pvscan: Logical Volume Manager 1.0.3 > Heinz Mauelshagen, Sistina Software 19/02/2002 (IOP 10) > (none):~# pvscan > pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...) > pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/md0" is associated to unknown VG "caliban" (run vgscan) > pvscan -- WARNING: physical volume "/dev/hdg" belongs to a meta device > pvscan -- WARNING: physical volume "/dev/hde" belongs to a meta device > pvscan -- total: 3 [111.80 GB] / in use: 3 [111.80 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0] > > (none):~# vgscan --version > vgscan: unrecognized option `--version' > Logical Volume Manager 1.0.3 > Heinz Mauelshagen, Sistina Software 19/02/2002 (IOP 10) > > vgscan -- scan for available volume groups for use by LVM > > vgscan [-d|--debug] > [-f/--force_numbers] > [-h/--help] > [-r/--remove_snapshots [VgNameToRemoveSnapshotsFrom]] > [-v/--verbose] > > (none):~# vgscan > vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...) > vgscan -- ERROR "vg_read_with_pv_and_lv(): current PV" can't get data of volume group "caliban" from physical volume(s) > vgscan -- "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d" successfully created > vgscan -- WARNING: This program does not do a VGDA backup of your volume group > > (none):~# pvdisplay /dev/md0 > --- Physical volume --- > PV Name /dev/md0 > VG Name caliban > PV Size 111.80 GB [234462464 secs] / NOT usable 3.62 MB [LVM: 232 KB] > PV# 4 > PV Status available > Allocatable yes > Cur LV 2 > PE Size (KByte) 4096 > Total PE 28620 > Free PE 9576 > Allocated PE 19044 > PV UUID Wmmzbe-bxjy-auNC-ViiX-mQfW-4srb-Y3kMFy > > (none):~# lvmdiskscan > lvmdiskscan -- reading all disks / partitions (this may take a while...) > lvmdiskscan -- /dev/md0 [ 111.80 GB] free meta device > lvmdiskscan -- /dev/hdg [ 55.90 GB] free whole disk > lvmdiskscan -- /dev/hde [ 55.90 GB] free whole disk > lvmdiskscan -- /dev/hdf [ 55.90 GB] free whole disk > lvmdiskscan -- /dev/hda1 [ 1.91 GB] Primary LINUX native partition [0x83] > lvmdiskscan -- /dev/hda2 [ 122.06 MB] Primary [0x82] > lvmdiskscan -- /dev/hda3 [ 5.72 GB] Primary LINUX native partition [0x83] > lvmdiskscan -- /dev/hda4 [ 4.38 GB] Primary LINUX native partition [0x83] > lvmdiskscan -- 4 disks > lvmdiskscan -- 3 whole disks > lvmdiskscan -- 0 loop devices > lvmdiskscan -- 1 multiple device > lvmdiskscan -- 0 network block devices > lvmdiskscan -- 4 partitions > lvmdiskscan -- 0 LVM physical volume partitions > > (none):~# exit > > Script done on Wed Mar 6 05:32:39 2002 > > What concerns me about this output is that it thinks that /dev/md0 is *free* > whereas pvdisplay knows it is not. If you have any suggestions, please let > me know. > > Thanks, > Anand > > -- > `` We are shaped by our thoughts, we become what we think. > When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never > leaves. '' -- Buddha, The Dhammapada > > _______________________________________________ > 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 *** Software bugs are stupid. Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them *** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Heinz Mauelshagen Sistina Software Inc. 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