On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 06:28:31PM +0000, B. Dobalina wrote: > Luckily I have some backups of all but one LV (which is just too big to > backup) on vol2. But it would be nice to recover that volume. > > As far as syslog messages, I did not see anything out of the ordinary before > the pvmove. Now of course I get the error message produced by vgscan which I > pasted in the first message. > > Not quite sure what you mean about "using vol2's content". I cannot get LVM > to recognize vol2, so of course it will not activate it. So I cannot mount > any of the volumes in vol2. Got it. > > It is only complaining about /dev/vol2/software volume. If there was someway > I could delete this volume without having to have vol2 activated, that might > solve the problem--unless other volumes' metadata is corrupted as well. I > seem to remember reading about LVM2's ability to do a partial activation > (missing 1 or more PVs from a VG). Would it be worthwhile to try and mount > vol2 under LVM2 with hdh3 removed? That's probably the way to go. LVM2 is LVM1 metadata compatible. Run "vgscan ; vgchange -P -ay" once you've installed it. Please remember that LVM2 doesn't have pvmove so far (we are working on it). > > Thanks, > Skip > > > >From: "Heinz J . Mauelshagen" <mauelshagen@sistina.com> > >Reply-To: linux-lvm@sistina.com > >To: linux-lvm@sistina.com > >Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] pvmove problem > >Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 14:53:49 +0100 > > > >On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 05:50:21PM +0000, B. Dobalina wrote: > > > Its linux 2.4.19 (with the sgi xfs patch) and lvm 1.0.6. I have two > >volumes, > > > the other volume (vol1) is unaffected. All lvm operations seem to be > >working > > > on vol1. For vol2 (the one that I executed a pvmove on), I cannot get > >lvm to > > > recognize it so I cannot perform any lvm operations. > > > >You've got the actual LVM software. Let's try to approach the problem > >a bit more... > > > >Have there been any syslog messages spotting some light on this ? > >Are you still able to use vol2's content ? > > > >Before changing anything, don't forget to keep recent backups! > > > >Regards, > >Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- > > > > > > > > -skip > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Which LVM and Linux version is this ? > > > Does everything else irt LVM with the exception of pvmove ru fine > > > (i.e. creating/removing LVs etc.) ? > > > > > > Regards, > > > Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 11:26:44PM +0000, B. Dobalina wrote: > > > >I am trying to remove an old harddrive from one of my volumes using: > > > > pvmove -v /dev/hdh3 > > > >It was chugging along just find until about half way through when it > >froze. > > > >Linux was not "frozen", but I do not think it would allow any io to the > > > >block devices (logins, ls's, etc would stall). I waited about an hour, > >at > > > >which point it was still stuck on the same extent, and had no other > >option > > > >but to hard reboot. When the system was booted, the volume to which > >hdh3 > > > >belonged, would no longer mount: > > > > > > > >$ vgscan > > > >vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...) > > > >vgscan -- found active volume group "vol1" > > > >vgscan -- only found 2523 of 768 LEs for LV /dev/vol2/software (1) > > > >vgscan -- ERROR "vg_read_with_pv_and_lv(): allocated LE of LV" can't > >get > > > >data of volume group "vol2" 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 > > > >groups > > > > > > > > > > > >Looks like some lvm metadata has been corrupted. So I ran vgcfgrestore > >on > > > >/dev/hdh3: same result. Then I ran it on all the PVs in vol2: same > >result. > > > >Does anybody have a solution to get this volume mounted? There is a > >bunch > > > >of data on vol2, but not all that much in /dev/hdh3, so a partial > >restore > > > >would be ok. > > > > > > > >Thanks, > > > >Skip > > > > > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > > > >Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > > > >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >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/ > > > > > > >*** Software bugs are stupid. > > Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them *** > > > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > > >Heinz Mauelshagen Sistina Software Inc. > >Senior Consultant/Developer Am Sonnenhang 11 > > 56242 Marienrachdorf > > Germany > >Mauelshagen@Sistina.com +49 2626 141200 > > FAX 924446 > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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/ > > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ -- Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- *** Software bugs are stupid. 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