On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 08:02:24AM -0500, Bradley Alexander wrote: > > > There might be a slight chance to get it back, if you have an LVM > > > metadata backup at hand (/etc/lvmconf/vg00.conf) and use vgcfgrestore > > > to restore it to the physical volume. > > > > I tried this and when I tried listing the file, I got the same > > consistency error message: > > > > [defiant /etc/lvmconf]# vgcfgrestore -f /etc/lvmconf/vg00.conf.2.old -l > > -n vg00 > > vgcfgrestore -- ERROR "vg_cfgrestore(): pv_check_consistency" restoring > > volume group "vg00" > > "pvcreate -ff ..." on the PV first. Okay, I tried this, it was successful > Well, if the vgcfgrestore brings your VG back it is still questionable what > data is toasted. If any the move won't help either and you want to > go for your backup media :( The issue I am running into is that when I try to rebuild the lvm from scratch, I have been getting some strange errors. The base directories of the system are in / (including /, /usr, /lib, etc). LVM 1.0.5 is compiled into the kernel, not as modules. I did the pvcreate -ff on each PV, then did a vgcreate vg00, and activated. Messages kept popping up about "Can't find module /dev/lvm" and "Can't find module /dev/vg00" and "invalidate: busy buffer". I finally got it to create the vg, created my partitions, then started restoring from backup. After over an hour of restoring, I had everything back to pretty much where I wanted it. Did a CTRL-D to go back to multiuser mode, and it wound up rebooting. When it came back up, the vgchange -a y vg00 told me that vg00 did not exist. How can I rebuild my volume group and get the data to stay on the machine? Sorry for the vagueness of the post, but I am not sitting in front of the machine, and since the home directories do not exist, I can't ssh in to get the exact messages. But the pvs, lvs and partitions were in place, why is this not persistent through a reboot? Thanks, --Brad _______________________________________________ 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/
