On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 01:33:58PM +0200, Mufit Eribol wrote: > Hello, > > After loosing all the data on my production server by issuing wrong lvm > commands in restoring the logical volume, I have worked for weeks to setup > my server again from scratch up. Now, today I noticed another problem, but > scared to death to touch it. > > This time I have to ask you before issuing any commands as obviously I > haven't learned LVM internals. > > Please find the details below. I would appreciate any help. > > Thanks, > Mufit > > Problem: > The system works but fdisk -l gives the following error: > > [root@server ~]# fdisk -l > ... > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > Disk /dev/sdc: 799.9 GB, 799937658880 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 97253 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Disk /dev/sdc doesn't contain a valid partition table That's not an error. Its simply saying that there is no partition table on sdc. You don't necessarily need a partition table. A lot of people actually setup their system like this, especially when the device is from a SAN. > --- Physical volume --- > PV Name /dev/sdc LVM is using the correct device. You don't need to change anything. > [root@server ~]# pvscan > PV /dev/sdc VG raid_vg0 lvm2 [744.97 GB / 480.00 MB free] > Total: 1 [744.97 GB] / in use: 1 [744.97 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0 ] --Dave _______________________________________________ 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/
