For some unknown reasons...my LVM PV's which have worked for several years are dropping! Here is one example....the node is still up, the partition usable...but pvscan/pvdisplay don't display anything. I know if i reboot, i wont be able to access this partition anymore! It has happened to one filesystem already. Any ideas what is going on here? /dev/sdb1: unknown volume type /dev/sdc1: unknown volume type /dev/sdd1: unknown volume type No physical volume label read from /dev/sdb1 Failed to read physical volume "/dev/sdb1" No physical volume label read from /dev/sdc1 Failed to read physical volume "/dev/sdc1" No physical volume label read from /dev/sdd1 Failed to read physical volume "/dev/sdd1" Well, before i finished typing this message...the node locked up (un-related issue) and upon reboot...it does not find any PV's, thus VG's and LV's. I followed a recovery procedure from http://codeworks.gnomedia.com/archives/2005/general/lvm_recovery/ on a 5TB reiserfs filesystem...and the FS is still hosed, with --rebuild-tree failing. I will post a separate email for that. Now i am wondering how to recover this one successfully...and also, why is it happening? i have another node, that is still up, with same symptoms..i know as soon as i reboot, it wont work. _Thanks Rick... ____________________________________________________________________________________ Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index _______________________________________________ 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/
