Hi All! On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:43:41 -0400 Erik Karlin <e_karlin@yahoo.com> wrote: > Of course, one of my disks died. In the past, I used the -P partial flag > to get the lvm to start so I could copy off my data from the "good" pv, > but under lvm10, I don't see that option. > > What are my options. Can I upgrade from lvm10 to lvm2 with a failed > disk. The lvm doesn't start and while I can pvdisplay /dev/hda4 I cannot > vgdisplay or lvdisplay (obviously) since the vg isn't starting. > > Can I put in a dummy drive, somehow tell lvm to pvcreate a pv on the new > drive with the same ID and then get the vg to come up? This latter option worked for me once. The VG's name is "vg0", the died PV was /dev/hdc1. * Read the exact size of the died PV: vgcfgrestore -ll -n vg0 * Add a new disk to the system, create a partition with _exactly_ the same size as the died PV. (It need not be on the same device as the old PV, eg. I'll call it /dev/hdb2.) * Restore the LVM headers of the died PV onto the new disk: vgcfgrestore -n vg0 -o /dev/hdb2 /dev/hdc1 * Rescan, activate the VG: vgscan; vgchange -a y vg0 Hope it will help. norbi _______________________________________________ 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/
