Chris, have you read the Howto (http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/; contained in every email from this list) ? FYI: we've begun reworking the Howto to cover LVM2 as well. Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 01:56:48AM -0500, Chris Wells wrote: > Heinz, > > Thanks for the advice.. unfortunately I did not have a backup of > /etc/lvmconf/.. the data was unfortunately lost. As it stands, I'm still > quite new to the Linux aspect of LVM. How do I go about backing up VG > configuration or /etc/lvmconf.. Also can you recommend any decent online > guides/How-Tos for Linux LVM? The documentation I've read thus far (books > and online) has been limited. > > > > > Chris, > > > > looks like the installation toasted your PVs (writing partition tables > > to the drives?). > > > > Run vgcfgrestore (you've got a backup of /etc/lvmconf/*, right?). > > > > Regards, > > Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 12:49:41PM -0500, Chris Wells wrote: > >> Hello all, > >> > >> I'm still a newbie to LVM but I've followed a FAQ in exporting my VG > >> (I had to replace a failing system drive - not in the VG). When I > >> replaced the drive and tried to import the volume group, I get the > >> following errors: > >> > >> vgimport kbvg /dev/hde /dev/hdf > >> vgimport -- ERROR "pv_check_consistency(): PE size" checking physical > >> volume consistency of "/dev/hde" > >> vgimport -- ERROR "pv_check_consistency(): PE size" checking physical > >> volume consistency of "/dev/hdf" > >> vgimport -- ERROR: no valid physical volumes found to import volume > >> group "kbvg" > >> > >> When I do a pvscan, I get: > >> > >> pvscan > >> pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...) > >> pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hde" is in EXPORTED VG "kbvg" [0 / 0 > >> free] pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hdf" is in EXPORTED VG "kbvg" [0 / > >> 0 free] pvscan -- total: 2 [37.46 MB] / in use: 2 [37.46 MB] / in no > >> VG: 0 [0] > >> > >> > >> I get these errors even when replacing the old drive and trying to > >> import back. Any ideas on what I can do next or what the problem > >> could be? Or.. at least, does anyone know of any tools which I can > >> use to retrieve data from these drives? > >> > >> Any help is greatly appreciated! > >> > >> -- > >> Thanks, > >> Chris Wells > >> Fusion Hosting & Design > >> Lexington, KY > >> chris@fusion-hosting.net > >> http://www.fusion-hosting.net > >> Phone: (859) 492-6439 > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> linux-lvm mailing list > >> linux-lvm@redhat.com > >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > >> read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-lvm mailing list > > linux-lvm@redhat.com > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ > > > -- > Thanks, > Chris Wells > Fusion Hosting & Design > Lexington, KY > chris@fusion-hosting.net > http://www.fusion-hosting.net > Phone: (859) 492-6439 > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.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 Red Hat, Inc. Consulting Development Engineer Am Sonnenhang 11 56242 Marienrachdorf Germany Mauelshagen@RedHat.com +49 2626 141200 FAX 924446 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
