On 10/21/05, Mike Snitzer <snitzer@gmail.com> wrote: > Last line should've been: > vgcfgrestore -f /etc/lvm/backup/media_vg media_vg > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@gmail.com> > Date: Oct 20, 2005 3:54 PM > Subject: Re: setting up LVM, lost everything with a typo > To: LVM general discussion and development <linux-lvm@redhat.com> > > > On 10/19/05, Craig Hagerman <craighagerman@gmail.com > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I recently got a new HD and thought it was about time I started using > > LVM. Unfortunatly, I think I have ended up loosing all of my data due > > to a typo. I would like to know if my data is lost forever. If not, > > what can I do now to recover. Here is the whole story... > > You've changed the partition table of /dev/sdb but the data itself _should_ > still be intact (changing the type shouldn't adversely affect the offsets of > your sdb1 partition). You might try the type change on /dev/sda2 and then > restore the backup of the media_vg's VGDA from /etc/lvm/backup/media_vg > using pvcreate and vgcfgrestore, something like: > > pvcreate --restorefile /etc/lvm/backup/media_vg --uuid > rlnV4y-B4eJ-Pyc0-RLJm-2Zbv-t04C-dxzU1A /dev/sdb1 > pvcreate --restorefile /etc/lvm/backup/media_vg --uuid > ZHl4Ak-mGS4-wFlF-4neF-G1Ed-GxWB-C4Smj6 /dev/sda2 > vgcfgrestore -f /etc/lvm/backup/media_vg test_vg > > That said, its unclear to me why /dev/sda2 is unknown... so take my advise > at your own risk ;) > > Thank you Mike - that did it. I am SO happy! I can mount the vg and everything is there. I think I will backup everything onto DVD (about 180GB) before I do another reboot. Craig _______________________________________________ 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/
