Randy, the PV structure on /dev/sdb hasn't been removed. Overwrite the first 128 bytes of /dev/sdb and rerun vgscan. On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 03:56:56PM -0800, Randy Rubins wrote: > I'm having a problem importing a VG after > re-installing the server (original OS version RH 7.3, > new RHEL 3 AS). LVM is picking up the /dev/sdb, as > well as the new /dev/sdb1 PV. Any way to tell LVM to > ignore /dev/sdb and force it to use /dev/sdb1? > BTW, the LVM version used on RH 7.3 was 0.9.1_beta7, > the new LVM version - whatever comes with RHEL 3 AS > update 1. 1.0.3 > > Thanks, > Randy > > pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take > a while...) > pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/sda2" of VG "rootvg" > [16.45 GB / 4.69 GB free] > pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/sdb" is associated to > unknown VG "localvg" (run vgscan) > pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/sdb1" is associated to > unknown VG "localvg" (run vgscan) > pvscan -- total: 3 [45.42 GB] / in use: 3 [45.42 GB] / > in no VG: 0 [0] > > ===== > Randy Rubins (eBay ID: lv_hockey) > mailto://lv_hockey@yahoo.com > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. > http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ -- Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- *** 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/
