I'm at the end of my rope on this one. I added a new RAID array to a system, started a pvmove, then hardware failure forced me to abort it. "pvmove --abort" didn't appear to do anything, so I attempted to move on with "vgreduce --remove-missing vg0". Now, absolutely no commands work on the vg0 group. Attached the output of vgscan -v -v and vgchange -a y -v -v, but all commands have very similar output, with the same old error of "Couldn't find volume 'pvmove0' for segment 'start_extent'."
Script started on Sun Aug 20 13:27:05 2006 root@Amnesiac#vgscan -v -v Setting global/locking_type to 1 Setting global/locking_dir to /var/lock/lvm File-based locking enabled. Wiping cache of LVM-capable devices Wiping internal VG cache Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while... Finding all volume groups /dev/ram0: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram0: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram0: No label detected /dev/hda: size is 240121728 sectors /dev/md0: size is 937744896 sectors /dev/md0: size is 937744896 sectors /dev/md0: lvm2 label detected /dev/hdc: size is 58633344 sectors /dev/ram1: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram1: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram1: No label detected /dev/hda1: size is 240121665 sectors /dev/hda1: size is 240121665 sectors /dev/md1: size is 480242944 sectors /dev/md1: size is 480242944 sectors /dev/md1: lvm2 label detected /dev/hdc1: size is 4192902 sectors /dev/hdc1: size is 4192902 sectors /dev/hdc1: No label detected /dev/ram2: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram2: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram2: No label detected /dev/md2: size is 937729536 sectors /dev/md2: size is 937729536 sectors /dev/md2: lvm2 label detected /dev/hdc2: size is 208845 sectors /dev/hdc2: size is 208845 sectors /dev/hdc2: No label detected /dev/ram3: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram3: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram3: No label detected /dev/hdc3: size is 2 sectors /dev/ram4: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram4: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram4: No label detected /dev/hdc4: size is 38588130 sectors /dev/hdc4: size is 38588130 sectors /dev/hdc4: No label detected /dev/ram5: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram5: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram5: No label detected /dev/hdc5: size is 15631182 sectors /dev/hdc5: size is 15631182 sectors /dev/hdc5: No label detected /dev/ram6: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram6: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram6: No label detected /dev/ram7: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram7: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram7: No label detected /dev/ram8: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram8: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram8: No label detected /dev/ram9: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram9: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram9: No label detected /dev/ram10: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram10: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram10: No label detected /dev/ram11: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram11: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram11: No label detected /dev/ram12: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram12: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram12: No label detected /dev/ram13: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram13: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram13: No label detected /dev/ram14: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram14: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram14: No label detected /dev/ram15: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram15: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram15: No label detected Locking /var/lock/lvm/V_vg1 RB Finding volume group "vg1" /dev/md2: lvm2 label detected /dev/md2: lvm2 label detected Found volume group "vg1" using metadata type lvm2 Unlocking /var/lock/lvm/V_vg1 Locking /var/lock/lvm/V_vg0 RB Finding volume group "vg0" /dev/md0: lvm2 label detected /dev/md1: lvm2 label detected /dev/md0: lvm2 label detected /dev/md1: lvm2 label detected Couldn't find volume 'pvmove0' for segment 'start_extent'. Couldn't read all logical volumes for volume group vg0. /dev/md0: lvm2 label detected /dev/md1: lvm2 label detected Couldn't find volume 'pvmove0' for segment 'start_extent'. Couldn't read all logical volumes for volume group vg0. /dev/ram0: No label detected /dev/md0: lvm2 label detected /dev/ram1: No label detected /dev/md1: lvm2 label detected /dev/hdc1: No label detected /dev/ram2: No label detected /dev/md2: lvm2 label detected /dev/hdc2: No label detected /dev/ram3: No label detected /dev/ram4: No label detected /dev/hdc4: No label detected /dev/ram5: No label detected /dev/hdc5: No label detected /dev/ram6: No label detected /dev/ram7: No label detected /dev/ram8: No label detected /dev/ram9: No label detected /dev/ram10: No label detected /dev/ram11: No label detected /dev/ram12: No label detected /dev/ram13: No label detected /dev/ram14: No label detected /dev/ram15: No label detected /dev/md0: lvm2 label detected /dev/md1: lvm2 label detected /dev/md0: lvm2 label detected /dev/md1: lvm2 label detected Couldn't find volume 'pvmove0' for segment 'start_extent'. Couldn't read all logical volumes for volume group vg0. /dev/md0: lvm2 label detected /dev/md1: lvm2 label detected Couldn't find volume 'pvmove0' for segment 'start_extent'. Couldn't read all logical volumes for volume group vg0. Volume group "vg0" not found Unlocking /var/lock/lvm/V_vg0 root@Amnesiac#^D Script done on Sun Aug 20 13:27:11 2006
Script started on Sun Aug 20 13:26:42 2006 root@Amnesiac#vgscan -[K[K[K[K[Kchange -a -y[K[Ky -v -v Setting global/locking_type to 1 Setting global/locking_dir to /var/lock/lvm File-based locking enabled. Finding all volume groups /dev/ram0: No label detected /dev/md0: lvm2 label detected /dev/ram1: No label detected /dev/md1: lvm2 label detected /dev/hdc1: No label detected /dev/ram2: No label detected /dev/md2: lvm2 label detected /dev/hdc2: No label detected /dev/ram3: No label detected /dev/ram4: No label detected /dev/hdc4: No label detected /dev/ram5: No label detected /dev/hdc5: No label detected /dev/ram6: No label detected /dev/ram7: No label detected /dev/ram8: No label detected /dev/ram9: No label detected /dev/ram10: No label detected /dev/ram11: No label detected /dev/ram12: No label detected /dev/ram13: No label detected /dev/ram14: No label detected /dev/ram15: No label detected Locking /var/lock/lvm/V_vg1 RB Finding volume group "vg1" /dev/md2: lvm2 label detected /dev/md2: lvm2 label detected 0 logical volume(s) in volume group "vg1" now active Unlocking /var/lock/lvm/V_vg1 Locking /var/lock/lvm/V_vg0 RB Finding volume group "vg0" /dev/md0: lvm2 label detected /dev/md1: lvm2 label detected /dev/md0: lvm2 label detected /dev/md1: lvm2 label detected Couldn't find volume 'pvmove0' for segment 'start_extent'. Couldn't read all logical volumes for volume group vg0. /dev/md0: lvm2 label detected /dev/md1: lvm2 label detected Couldn't find volume 'pvmove0' for segment 'start_extent'. Couldn't read all logical volumes for volume group vg0. Wiping cache of LVM-capable devices /dev/ram0: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram0: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram0: No label detected /dev/hda: size is 240121728 sectors /dev/md0: size is 937744896 sectors /dev/md0: size is 937744896 sectors /dev/md0: lvm2 label detected /dev/hdc: size is 58633344 sectors /dev/ram1: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram1: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram1: No label detected /dev/hda1: size is 240121665 sectors /dev/hda1: size is 240121665 sectors /dev/md1: size is 480242944 sectors /dev/md1: size is 480242944 sectors /dev/md1: lvm2 label detected /dev/hdc1: size is 4192902 sectors /dev/hdc1: size is 4192902 sectors /dev/hdc1: No label detected /dev/ram2: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram2: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram2: No label detected /dev/md2: size is 937729536 sectors /dev/md2: size is 937729536 sectors /dev/md2: lvm2 label detected /dev/hdc2: size is 208845 sectors /dev/hdc2: size is 208845 sectors /dev/hdc2: No label detected /dev/ram3: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram3: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram3: No label detected /dev/hdc3: size is 2 sectors /dev/ram4: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram4: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram4: No label detected /dev/hdc4: size is 38588130 sectors /dev/hdc4: size is 38588130 sectors /dev/hdc4: No label detected /dev/ram5: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram5: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram5: No label detected /dev/hdc5: size is 15631182 sectors /dev/hdc5: size is 15631182 sectors /dev/hdc5: No label detected /dev/ram6: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram6: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram6: No label detected /dev/ram7: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram7: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram7: No label detected /dev/ram8: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram8: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram8: No label detected /dev/ram9: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram9: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram9: No label detected /dev/ram10: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram10: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram10: No label detected /dev/ram11: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram11: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram11: No label detected /dev/ram12: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram12: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram12: No label detected /dev/ram13: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram13: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram13: No label detected /dev/ram14: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram14: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram14: No label detected /dev/ram15: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram15: size is 16384 sectors /dev/ram15: No label detected /dev/md0: lvm2 label detected /dev/md1: lvm2 label detected /dev/md0: lvm2 label detected /dev/md1: lvm2 label detected Couldn't find volume 'pvmove0' for segment 'start_extent'. Couldn't read all logical volumes for volume group vg0. /dev/md0: lvm2 label detected /dev/md1: lvm2 label detected Couldn't find volume 'pvmove0' for segment 'start_extent'. Couldn't read all logical volumes for volume group vg0. Unable to find volume group "vg0" Unlocking /var/lock/lvm/V_vg0 root@Amnesiac#^Dexit Script done on Sun Aug 20 13:26:50 2006
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