this is related to my earlier post of: my volume group disappeared! I'm trying to restore the vg, which I backed up before with: vgcfgbackup -f big_cheese_VG.2005.5.12 big_cheese now, when I try to restore, I get these errors: blade01:root # vgcfgrestore -d -v -f big_cheese_VG.2005.5.12 -l -n big_cheese big_cheese Loaded external locking library liblvm2clusterlock.so File: /etc/lvm/archive/big_cheese_00000.vg Wiping cache of LVM-capable devices Couldn't find device with uuid '6uBYm4-WiAQ-eZib-t6hK-IH2c-fmAQ-0a9K9i'. VG name: big_cheese Description: Created *before* executing 'vgchange -aly' Backup Time: Mon Jun 6 00:50:26 2005 File: /etc/lvm/backup/big_cheese Couldn't find device with uuid '6uBYm4-WiAQ-eZib-t6hK-IH2c-fmAQ-0a9K9i'. VG name: big_cheese Description: Created *after* executing 'vgchange -aly' Backup Time: Mon Jun 6 00:50:26 2005 ..and I've tried this after doing vgchange -aln -dan _______________________________________________ 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/