hi, after using for some time lvm without any problems, my lvm system generates after rebooting some strang errors. the problems look like these: http://www.copilotconsulting.com/mail-archives/linux-lvm.2005/msg00025.html but the solution doesnt work for me. summery: system suse 10.1, boot drive sata /dev/sda (no lvm) lvm composed of 8 ide drives (/dev/hda to /dev/hdh) worked for some time, but i think the auto-update of suse screwed the lvm. pvscan, pvdisplay, lvsvan and vgscan all generate errors. i have no idea where the "logic extend" is already mapped. i cant diagnose the error. i think the pv are still intact, but i dont knwo how to put em back together. here are some of the errors: tokyoo:/tmp # pvscan /dev/sdb: open failed: Kein Medium gefunden (No Media found) /dev/sdc: open failed: Kein Medium gefunden /dev/sdd: open failed: Kein Medium gefunden /dev/sde: open failed: Kein Medium gefunden logical extent (630) already mapped. Couldn't fill logical volume maps. logical extent (630) already mapped. Couldn't fill logical volume maps. No matching physical volumes found tokyoo:/tmp # pvdisplay logical extent (630) already mapped. Couldn't fill logical volume maps. logical extent (630) already mapped. Couldn't fill logical volume maps. remark: with every commad that generates an error i get the "No Media found" error block für the /dev/sdx devices. i removed them to save space. but strangely the single drives are recognised as proper PV: tokyoo:/tmp # pvdisplay /dev/hda1 --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/hda1 VG Name system PV Size 111,78 GB / not usable 0 Allocatable yes PE Size (KByte) 16384 Total PE 7154 Free PE 7154 Allocated PE 0 PV UUID afdGTQ-95Qv-f3oL-anWh-V2LO-PKIf-eXTbRb [...] some other things i tried: tokyoo:/tmp # lvscan logical extent (630) already mapped. Couldn't fill logical volume maps. logical extent (630) already mapped. Couldn't fill logical volume maps. Volume group "system" not found tokyoo:/tmp # lvdisplay logical extent (630) already mapped. Couldn't fill logical volume maps. logical extent (630) already mapped. Couldn't fill logical volume maps. Volume group "system" not found tokyoo:/tmp # lvdisplay system logical extent (630) already mapped. Couldn't fill logical volume maps. logical extent (630) already mapped. Couldn't fill logical volume maps. Volume group "system" not found tokyoo:/tmp # vgscan Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while... logical extent (630) already mapped. Couldn't fill logical volume maps. logical extent (630) already mapped. Couldn't fill logical volume maps. Volume group "system" not found tokyoo:/tmp # vgcreate erwin /dev/hda1 /dev/hdc1 /dev/hdd1 /dev/hde1 /dev/hdf1 /dev/hdg1 /dev/hdh1 Physical volume '/dev/hda1' is already in volume group 'system' Unable to add physical volume '/dev/hda1' to volume group 'erwin'. _______________________________________________ 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/
