I tarred up the /etc/lvm* stuff from one box that has a similar configuration (two whole disks, /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc, in one vg), and then put it on my target host and attempted to restore the configuration. Below is the output I get. I guess, all I need to know right now, is are the first 512 bytes of each disk all that is used for the pv information, or is it more than that? Also, can pvcreate be used without destroying the underlying filesystems? TIA!!! <vgcfgrestore> [root@localhost root]# vgcfgrestore -n data /dev/sdb vgcfgrestore -- INFO: using backup file "/etc/lvmconf/data.conf" vgcfgrestore -- ERROR "pv_read(): PV identifier invalid" reading physical volume "/dev/sdb" [root@localhost root]# vgcfgrestore -n data /dev/sdc vgcfgrestore -- INFO: using backup file "/etc/lvmconf/data.conf" vgcfgrestore -- ERROR "pv_read(): PV identifier invalid" reading physical volume "/dev/sdc" </vgcfgrestore> Austin _______________________________________________ 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/
