Heinz, Thanks for your reply. Couple of clarification questions: Lets say the disk that holds the the lvm metadata (and system files) dies and I have to rebuild from scratch: 1) I restore the system disk 2) restore the /etc/lvm* files from backup ? 3) Am I done? Lets say I have another a couple of other LVs that don't include PVs from the crashed disk. Lets say the data on the filesystem have changed. since the last backup of the /etc/lvm* data. Will those filesystems be OK after the restore of the /etc/lvm* data? Besten Dank Axel =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =- Heinz Mauelshagen Red Hat GmbH 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/