Fixed. I found the same problem in the linux-lvm archives, got the tools in the LVM_BRANCH_1-0 branch of CVS, and the new vgimport worked just fine. Sorry to bother. On Thursday 17 October 2002 11:15, Tony Likhite wrote: > Ok, after initial spasm of confused panic, here's some possibly relevant > data: > > Kernel 2.4.19-rc3-ac4 (devfs mounted) > > LVM tools 1.04 (latest Debian package, pvscan --version says: > pvscan: Logical Volume Manager 1.0.4 > Heinz Mauelshagen, Sistina Software 02/05/2002 (IOP 10)) > > output from 'vgimport -fv rootvg > /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part2': > > vgimport -- locking logical volume manager > vgimport -- checking volume group name > vgimport -- checking volume group "rootvg" existence > vgimport -- trying to read physical volume > vgimport -- checking for duplicate physical volumes > vgimport -- checking physical volume name > "/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part2" > vgimport -- reading data of physical volume > "/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part2" from disk > vgimport -- checking for exported physical volume > "/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part2" > vgimport -- reallocating memory > vgimport -- checking consistency of physical volume > "/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part2" > vgimport -- ERROR: wrong number of physical volumes to import volume > group "rootvg" > > output from 'pvdata /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part2': > > --- Physical volume --- > PV Name /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part2 > VG Name rootvgPV_EXP > PV Size 110.79 GB [232344000 secs] / NOT usable 4.25 MB > [LVM: 238 > KB] > PV# 2 > PV Status available > Allocatable yes > Cur LV 6 > PE Size (KByte) 4096 > Total PE 28361 > Free PE 17865 > Allocated PE 10496 > PV UUID z9FKhX-y87k-j6Oj-STF1-C7KR-3HcY-3VFDcI > > --- Volume group --- > VG Name > VG Access read/write > VG Status NOT available/exported/resizable > VG # 1 > MAX LV 255 > Cur LV 6 > Open LV 0 > MAX LV Size 255.99 GB > Max PV 255 > Cur PV 1 > Act PV 1 > VG Size 110.79 GB > PE Size 4 MB > Total PE 28361 > Alloc PE / Size 10496 / 41 GB > Free PE / Size 17865 / 69.79 GB > VG UUID gvQKre-flUe-MkcE-OJvo-ijKM-AWjc-IZo6R9 > > --- List of logical volumes --- > > pvdata -- logical volume "/dev/rootvg/root" at offset 0 > pvdata -- logical volume "/dev/rootvg/usr-local" at offset 1 > pvdata -- logical volume "/dev/rootvg/swap" at offset 2 > pvdata -- logical volume "/dev/rootvg/home" at offset 3 > pvdata -- logical volume "/dev/rootvg/oracle" at offset 4 > pvdata -- logical volume "/dev/rootvg/archive" at offset 5 > pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 6 is empty > pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 7 is empty > pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 8 is empty > pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 9 is empty > pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 10 is empty > ..etc... > --- List of physical volume UUIDs --- > > 001: z9FKhX-y87k-j6Oj-STF1-C7KR-3HcY-3VFDcI > > On Thursday 17 October 2002 10:53, Tony Likhite whined: > > The boot drive in my dual-drive system was dying, so I pvmoved all its > > PEs to the other drive and vgreduced it from its VG (rootvg). During > > a reboot after completing the vgreduce, the boot drive died. > > > > However, when I connected the remaining (good) drive to another > > system, vgscan reported a duplicate volume group ID (as I recall), and > > made a VG on the new machine (vg00) inaccessible. rootvg was fine, > > and I was able to mount LVs from it, though. > > > > To get back vg00, I vgexported rootvg. However, now when I try to > > import it again, vgimport fails with "wrong number of physical > > volumes". > > > > How can I fix this? Is it possible to edit the definition of rootvg > > and reduce the PV count? I'm reasonably sure that all the PEs are > > intact on the remaining drive, and the VG definition is the only thing > > that's off. > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/
