Mike, in case the io path changed, you need to provide the "-o" option with the former path to vgcfgrestore. That should do the trick. "vgcfgrestore -ll -n VGName -f BackupPath" tells you, which one that was. On Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 12:42:50AM -0400, mikeywoll@cox.net wrote: > I improperly shutdown my pc which resulted in a system > that would not boot. The root partition is on a logical > volume called root (/dev/hda2) of the volume group vg1, > vg1 also contains a logical volume called home > (/dev/hda6). Booting would freeze with a vg_read... > error. I have another computer with lvm installed, and > the drive worked fine on there (I did not try it as the > booting drive). Because I installed the drive in a > working computer, I have a working backup of the > lvmtab/lvmconf stuff. I followed instructions on this list > for restoring a lost volume. (pvcreate -ff /dev/hda2..., > vgcfgrestore -n vg1 /dev/hda6, vgchange -ay) The restore > fails at vgcfrestore with the error "physical volume > /dev/hda6 doesn't belong to volume group vg1." The > logical volume is no longer working in either system. I > installed the broken drive in my working pc as the primary > master, and have a working system as the secondary master. > I can boot off the second drive, and work on the broken > lvm with the physical drive paths maintained. I restored > my lvmtab, lvmtab.d, and lvmconf files by hand. > > vgchange -ay gives the following error: > > physical volume /.......lun0/part6 of volume group vg1 is > offline > physical volume /...../lun0/part6 of volume group vg1 is > inconsistent > vgchange -- run vgscan > > Running vgscan runs as if there are no volume groups > defined, and overwrites the lvmtab/lvmconf stuff with > blank files. > > running pvdata on the partitions shows the correct data > for my original setup, however it segfaults. > > Is there any way to reset the physical volumes so that > vgcfgrestore can do its magic?? > > thanks in advance for any help. > > > mike > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
