would the first method of this also work for me.
I should get an identical harddisk from the vendor since i have still
warranty on it.
I tried allready the second one, and I was lucky to succsessfully get the
data out of 2 from my 3 LVs since they didn't use the broken disk.
The last one which used the broken Harddisk will not mount without a fs
scan, since this is not an option with a readonly FS I still couldn't even
try to get any data from it.
regards
Kai
> -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> Von: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com [mailto:linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com]Im
> Auftrag von Heinz J . Mauelshagen
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 28. Janner 2003 11:47
> An: linux-lvm@sistina.com
> Betreff: Re: [linux-lvm] removing a failed disk from VG
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 09:28:08PM +0100, Alois Schneider wrote:
> > I had a VG scsi_vg consisting of 4 PV's (sda1, sdb1, hdb1,hdc1).
> > Now /dev/sdb1 failed and was no longer recogniced by th SCSI-
> > controller. I had to remove it.
> >
>
> Alois,
>
> then you probably lost data with the gone disk. Backup time :-(
> Please make sure that you've got backups of /etc/lvmconf/* and
> /etc/lvmtab*
> before you proceed.
>
> There's 2 options:
>
> a. you get a replacement drive (which can be a loop device)
> of the same size (4G), run pvcreate on it, restore the metadata onto
> it (vgcfgrestore) and run "vgscan ; vgchange -ay"
>
> b. you implement LVM2/device-mapper and run "vgscan ; vgchange -P
> -ay", which
> will activate your VG without the missing drive. This solution enables
> you to retrieve the data still accessable _but_ won't let you change
> your volume group configuration. We are working on an
> enhancement supporting
> such changes.
>
> Regards,
> Heinz -- The LVM Guy --
>
>
> > vgscan now fails with the following error:
> >
> > vgscan -- ERROR "vg_read_with_pv_and_lv(): current PV" can't get data
> > of volume group "scsi_vg" from physical volume(s)
> > vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
> > vgscan -- "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d" successfully created
> > vgscan -- WARNING: This program does not do a VGDA backup of your
> > volume group
> >
> > vgchange -ay gives
> > -- no volume group found
> >
> > The remaining PV's seem to be ok and the failed disk was only 4Gb
> > large.
> >
> > Here is the output of pvdisplay:
> >
> > --- Physical volume ---
> > PV Name /dev/sda1
> > VG Name scsi_vg
> > PV Size 4.04 GB [8466192 secs] / NOT usable 1.88 MB
> > [LVM: 125 KB]
> > PV# 1
> > PV Status available
> > Allocatable yes (but full)
> > Cur LV 1
> > PE Size (KByte) 4096
> > Total PE 1033
> > Free PE 0
> > Allocated PE 1033
> > PV UUID pJsMFv-ci9Q-orNK-3cRr-2aTl-w1N9-TEHDI1
> >
> >
> > --- Physical volume ---
> > PV Name /dev/hdb1
> > VG Name scsi_vg
> > PV Size 76.69 GB [160826652 secs] / NOT usable 4.25 MB
> > [LVM: 200 KB]
> > PV# 3
> > PV Status available
> > Allocatable yes (but full)
> > Cur LV 2
> > PE Size (KByte) 4096
> > Total PE 19631
> > Free PE 0
> > Allocated PE 19631
> > PV UUID u5I40y-Op34-nnVV-aInj-Jekc-VJT7-s2q8OK
> >
> >
> > --- Physical volume ---
> > PV Name /dev/hdc1
> > VG Name scsi_vg
> > PV Size 19.01 GB [39873267 secs] / NOT usable 4.18 MB
> > [LVM: 143 KB]
> > PV# 5
> > PV Status available
> > Allocatable yes
> > Cur LV 1
> > PE Size (KByte) 4096
> > Total PE 4866
> > Free PE 2040
> > Allocated PE 2826
> > PV UUID 3PCGsY-hUr6-QEUt-MkoJ-fKlX-24vG-pS0HJY
> >
> > What can I do? How can I remove the no longer existing PV sdb1 from
> > scsi_vg?
> >
> > Any help will be appreciated.
> > Regards
> > Alois
> >
> >
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--- Begin Message ---
Install device-mapper + LVM2 tools _additionally_ in a seperate
location and run "vgscan ; vgchange -a y -P".
That might still leave you with unusable LVs in case their beginning
is gone with the failed disk.
If you decide to do that get back to us in case you've got installation
related questions.
Regards,
Heinz -- The LVM Guy --
On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 11:29:08PM +0100, Kai Iskratsch wrote:
> One hard disk of my lvm System is completely broken, so that even the
> controller cannot find it.
> Is there a possibility to get the lvm running again without the data of
> this disk.
>
> Kai Iskratsch
>
>
>
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