Even with the original disk being reformatted, you can use vgcfgrestore to restore the LVM metadata. I'm not sure of the exact syntax, so check the man page. You should be able to use vgscan followed by vgchange --partial -a -y to mount the volume group read-only. This might allow the vgreduce command to work. -----Original Message----- From: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com [mailto:linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com] On Behalf Of Trond Michelsen Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 12:44 PM To: linux-lvm@sistina.com Subject: removed disk without using vgreduce Hi. I've just screwed up my volume group, and I hope there's a way to fix it. I recently had to change one of the disks in my system, so I added a new disk, and used pvmove to move all PEs from the old disk to the new. Then I mounted the LV to make sure that everything was fine. Then I shut down the system, removed the disk and gave it away. Completely forgetting about vgreduce. Obviously, now vgscan can't find all PVs belonging to the VG, so it refuses to make it available. vgreduce can't remove a PV from a VG that isn't available, so I'm a bit stuck now. The original disk is now gone and reformatted, so sticking it back into the system for a couple of minutes is not an option, unfortunately :( Is there a way to let LVM know that this disk is no longer part of the VG, without having it? -- // Trond Michelsen \X/ mike@crusaders.no _______________________________________________ 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/
