Bryn M. Reeves writes > If the command above is exactly what you ran, I'd guess that it is > complaining because you are trying to create the new PV on *hdb* (whole > disk), but there is already a PV with that UUID present on *hdb1* > (partition). Ahh! raneb:/etc/lvm/archive# pvcreate --uuid v3HXpi-d5QN-OGiW-VFBG-TNIY-qTun-bFhlVd --restorefile vg1_00026.vg /dev/hdb1 Warning: Volume group vg1 is not consistent Physical volume "/dev/hdb1" successfully created BTW, I never understood if I should use disks or partitions is lvms. raneb:/etc/lvm/archive# pvcreate --uuid v3HXpi-d5QN-OGiW-VFBG-TNIY-qTun-bFhlVd --restorefile vg1_00026.vg /dev/hdb1 Warning: Volume group vg1 is not consistent Physical volume "/dev/hdb1" successfully created raneb:/etc/lvm/archive# pvdisplay --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/hdd1 VG Name vg1 PV Size 186.31 GB / not usable 3.69 MB Allocatable yes PE Size (KByte) 4096 Total PE 47694 Free PE 47694 Allocated PE 0 PV UUID vy3MOc-47sl-zUal-nhdO-FFX3-ispO-Rl0h8p --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/hdc VG Name vg1 PV Size 465.76 GB / not usable 4.02 MB Allocatable yes PE Size (KByte) 4096 Total PE 119234 Free PE 119234 Allocated PE 0 PV UUID NxRIE1-ROxx-pfjJ-QHzh-7B80-F7wt-kRCmSK --- NEW Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/hdb1 VG Name PV Size 186.31 GB Allocatable NO PE Size (KByte) 0 Total PE 0 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 0 PV UUID v3HXpi-d5QN-OGiW-VFBG-TNIY-qTun-bFhlVd raneb:/etc/lvm/archive# vgdisplay --- Volume group --- VG Name vg1 System ID Format lvm2 Metadata Areas 2 Metadata Sequence No 17 VG Access read/write VG Status resizable MAX LV 0 Cur LV 0 Open LV 0 Max PV 0 Cur PV 2 Act PV 2 VG Size 652.06 GB PE Size 4.00 MB Total PE 166928 Alloc PE / Size 0 / 0 Free PE / Size 166928 / 652.06 GB VG UUID Hm2mZH-jACj-gxQI-tbZM-H6pm-ovfr-TVgurC raneb:/etc/lvm/archive# lvdisplay raneb:/etc/lvm/archive# I presume I have to restore the lv somehow. But this has got me a step foward. Big thank and cheers, Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel RePEc:per:1965-06-05:thomas_krichel skype: thomaskrichel _______________________________________________ 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/
