Hi, I have a bit of a problem, I have just bought a new 250 GB disk and I have put it into my lvm, but now it seems to be broken so I need to replace it. But I have data on it that I need to save. I don't know how much of the disk is used by data and I don't know how much is free on the other disks. I have 5 disks in the LVM --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/hdd VG Name lvm PV Size 152.67 GB [320173056 secs] / NOT usable 64.19 MB [LVM: 137 KB] PV# 6 PV Status NOT available Allocatable yes (but full) Cur LV 1 PE Size (KByte) 65536 Total PE 2441 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 2441 PV UUID 0EudhZ-dtuy-WuPG-r6ED-Fp9V-LFkb-CktrYG --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/hde VG Name lvm PV Size 93.16 GB [195371568 secs] / NOT usable 64.19 MB [LVM: 133 KB] PV# 3 PV Status NOT available Allocatable yes (but full) Cur LV 1 PE Size (KByte) 65536 Total PE 1489 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 1489 PV UUID OVUe6B-SI0R-71Xo-NU4s-BQwU-zPgR-Bf6RvM --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/hdf VG Name lvm PV Size 93.16 GB [195371568 secs] / NOT usable 64.19 MB [LVM: 133 KB] PV# 4 PV Status NOT available Allocatable yes (but full) Cur LV 1 PE Size (KByte) 65536 Total PE 1489 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 1489 PV UUID 2Ea3i5-Jo0b-hB73-kENF-TffA-j4ep-QeZhRn --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/hdg VG Name lvm PV Size 232.89 GB [488397168 secs] / NOT usable 64.19 MB [LVM: 142 KB] PV# 5 PV Status NOT available Allocatable yes (but full) Cur LV 1 PE Size (KByte) 65536 Total PE 3725 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 3725 PV UUID Nt2gWs-FbQf-Q20G-T918-Qivy-ZVbn-MJib57 --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/hdh VG Name lvm PV Size 152.67 GB [320173056 secs] / NOT usable 64.19 MB [LVM: 137 KB] PV# 1 PV Status NOT available Allocatable yes (but full) Cur LV 1 PE Size (KByte) 65536 Total PE 2441 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 2441 PV UUID BoIRX3-51Wt-qobG-9Bbs-s645-drey-Csd9VU --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/lvm/lvm VG Name site LV Write Access read/write LV Status available LV # 1 # open 0 LV Size 957.75 GB Current LE 15324 Allocated LE 15324 Allocation next free Read ahead sectors 1024 Block device 58:0 /dev/hdg is the one that is broken... when I have mounted the lvm disk and are trying to read or write to it this shows up in the logs: Jul 26 13:42:54 c-47bf72d5 kernel: hdg: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } Jul 26 13:42:54 c-47bf72d5 kernel: hdg: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=148767608, high=8, low=14549880, sec tor=148767608 Jul 26 13:42:54 c-47bf72d5 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 22:00 (hdg), sector 148767608 Jul 26 13:42:56 c-47bf72d5 kernel: hdg: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } Jul 26 13:42:56 c-47bf72d5 kernel: hdg: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=148767610, high=8, low=14549882, sec tor=148767610 Jul 26 13:42:56 c-47bf72d5 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 22:00 (hdg), sector 148767610 How can I remove the disk? And how can I figure out whats actually stored on it... I really need to have the rest of the lvm saved. And I don't have any backups. (I know I should have backups but I haven't had time to get a backup station that can store all that stuff on not too many tapes...) Would appreciate any help, thank you. _______________________________________________ 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/