thx for your answer. actually I had this 3 drive linear array, with 170 gigs. 60+80+30. the 30 gig one died. Only 20gigs of data were on the array. My big problem is, that I dont even have an idea in which order I added them. is there a way to determine the order of the drives in the array? greg At 14:54 2002. 09. 02., you wrote: >On Sun, Sep 01, 2002 at 04:50:27AM +0100, Newsmail wrote: > > Hello everybody, > > maybe its an already answered problem, I dont know, > > I just have an lvm array of 3 disks. and the last disk of the array just > > died, as is. I cannot to anything with it, it died, it doesnt even spin > up. > > what should I do with my array to make it work, or at least save the > data I > > have on it? > > I tried vgchange -an -qn to make it active without a quorum, but after I > > didnt have an idea what to do. how can I remove the faultive, non-existing > > drive from it? what should I do? > >Well, you should backup any data you can still access this way or copy >it to new LVs in a newly created VG. >Either way you need to reinitialize the 2 remaining PVs after that to use them >in some other VG. > >Your only other option to regain quorum (with all data of the failed PV lost!) >is to vgcfgrestore the metadata of the failed drive to a replacement one, >and "vgscan ; vgchange -ay". > > > thanx in advance, > > regards, > > greg > > > > ps: I'm using reiserfs. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
