Hi Alasdair, On Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 11:21:26PM +0000, Alasdair G Kergon wrote: > > VG data differs between PVs /dev/hde and /dev/hdf3 > > Volume group "datavg" doesn't exist > > So hde should be in the VG at the moment, but not hdf3? precisely. > Add a filter to lvm.conf so lvm only looks at hde. Run vgscan and see > check if things look OK eg vgcfgbackup and read the text backup file. > If things *are* OK like that, then pvremove hdf3, remove the filter & > vgscan. Wow! *phew* that did the job! THANKS A LOT!! Just a question out of curiosity, what does "VG data differs..." mean, and why does filtering hdf3 help (I thought vgreduce removed that PV from the VG)? well, again, thanks a zillion Jelle. _______________________________________________ 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/