Thanks Austin, That was the command I was looking for. Drives are mounted and there does not appear to be any data loss. :) (Yes, I do have backups, but I didn't want to have to use them.) Greg >> have you tried doing vgcfgrestore /dev/sdxx? >> On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 15:56, Greg Freemyer wrote: >> > All, >> > >> > I have a LVM based data disk with 3 LVs. My OS disks are _not_ LVM >> > based. >> > >> > We had a lightning storm over the weekend, and an old kernel (2.4.18) >> > got >> > booted when the machine was powered back on. I have 2.4.19 running >> > again now. >> > >> > Now I get the following: >> > >> > SuSEbox:~ # pvscan >> > pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...) >> > pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/sda1" is associated to unknown VG >> > "TruStore-Data" >> > (run vgscan) >> > pvscan -- total: 1 [55.91 GB] / in use: 1 [55.91 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0] >> > >> > SuSEbox:~ # vgscan >> > vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...) >> > vgscan -- ERROR "lv_read_all_lv(): number of LV" can't get data of >> > volume group >> > "TruStore-Data" 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 >> > >> > SuSEbox:~ # >> > >> > Any ideas on how to restore my LVM config tables (VGDAs ??). I think >> > LVM keeps >> > backups somewhere. >> > >> > >> > Greg Freemyer >> > Internet Engineer >> > Deployment and Integration Specialist >> > Compaq ASE - Tru64 v4, v5 >> > Compaq Master ASE - SAN Architect >> > The Norcross Group >> > www.NorcrossGroup.com >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > linux-lvm mailing list >> > linux-lvm@sistina.com >> > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm >> > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ >> -- >> Austin Gonyou <austin@coremetrics.com> >> Coremetrics, Inc. >> _______________________________________________ >> linux-lvm mailing list >> linux-lvm@sistina.com >> http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm >> read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ Greg Freemyer Internet Engineer Deployment and Integration Specialist Compaq ASE - Tru64 v4, v5 Compaq Master ASE - SAN Architect The Norcross Group www.NorcrossGroup.com _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/