Travis, looks like you've got corrupted metadata. Did you run "vgck" to make sure sure that the metadata of "bcvorabackupdg" really is intact ? On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 05:12:31PM -0500, travis@usi.net wrote: > Hello, > > I am working with EMC drives (Both M1/M2s and BCVs) and encountered > the following problem with vgexport. When I try to export a volume group > which consists of BCVs, I receive the following error: > > [root@sanbox06 root]# vgexport -v bcvorabackupdg > vgexport -- locking logical volume manager > vgexport -- checking volume group name > vgexport -- checking volume group activity > vgexport -- reading data of volume group "bcvorabackupdg" from disk(s) > vgexport -- ERROR "lv_read_all_lv(): number of LV" reading data of volume group "bcvorabackupdg" > > vgexport -- unlocking logical volume manager > > > Now, the creation of both the BCV volume group and the mirrored EMC volume group > was identical. When exporting the BCV volume group I have no issues at all and > everything runs as exptected. I have run vgexport on three mirrored groups with > no issues, but each time I use a BCV group, the same error appears. Thanks in > advance for any feedback! > > Cheers, > Travis B. > > _______________________________________________ > 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. 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/
