Hi Jian, have a look into /etc/lvm/archive/ and /etc/lvm/backup/ to understand how your vgs and lvs are organized and how they changed during your last LVM actions. May be this helps understanding the problem. Dieter. -- Dieter Stüken, con terra GmbH, Münster stueken@conterra.de http://www.conterra.de/ (0)251-7474-501 _______________________________________________ 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/