Christian,
never "rm -r /etc/lvm*" !!!
o vgscan deletes and creates /etc/lvmtab and volume group
backup files in /etc/lvmtab.d/ new
o /etc/lvmconf/ archive files get updated by _any_ configuration changing
command or by explicitely running vgcfgbackup
Of course you might want to remove certain archive files from /etc/lvmconf/
after many configuration changes because archives of removed VGs don't get
deleted automatically for obvious reasons.
But yuu *never* *ever* want to do that without having an actual backup
of /etc/lvmconf/*.
FYI: LVM2 keeps metadata backups and archives uin different locations
(see /etc/lvm/lvm.conf there)
Regards,
Heinz -- The LVM Guy --
On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 06:52:51PM +0100, Christian Reiss wrote:
> Heinz Mauelshagen wrote:
>
> >
> >/me wonders how often we mentioned to take backups of /etc/lvmconf/* yet
> >:->
> >
>
> From a Users point of view:
> If you run vgscan, and it even mentions something about
>
> a) REBuilding /etc/lvmwhatever
> and
> b) it fails for *any* reason,
>
> people, me included, delete /etc/lvm* to start "clean",
> and give vgscan the opportunity to start fresh, without
> any "corrupted" data.
>
> I dont know how often I nuked the backups, even after i
> knew that deleting /etc/lvm* is not a good idea. Its like
> a reflex.
>
> -Christian
>
>
>
>
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