On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 02:24:26PM -0700, Adam Olsen wrote: > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Ray Van Dolson<rvandolson@esri.com> wrote: > > Very strange... a few more commands: > > > > vgs -P -o +devices > > lvs -P -a -o +devices > > imgserv:/storage/# vgs -P -o +devices > Partial mode. Incomplete volume groups will be activated read-only. > VG #PV #LV #SN Attr VSize VFree Devices > storage 3 1 0 wz--n- 3.62T 4.98G /dev/sda3(0) > storage 3 1 0 wz--n- 3.62T 4.98G /dev/sdb1(0) > storage 3 1 0 wz--n- 3.62T 4.98G /dev/sdc1(0) > imgserv:/storage/# lvs -P -a -o +devices > Partial mode. Incomplete volume groups will be activated read-only. > LV VG Attr LSize Origin Snap% Move Log Copy% Convert > Devices > storage storage -wi-i- 3.62T > /dev/sda3(0) > storage storage -wi-i- 3.62T > /dev/sdb1(0) > storage storage -wi-i- 3.62T > /dev/sdc1(0) > > > If you want, post the lvmdump tarball somewhere... > > http://www.exaile.org/lvmdump.tar.gz Maybe someone else could take a look as well. Some of the LVM metadata files in the archive directory appear to be missing logical_volumes {} sections. I wonder if this could be fixed with a simple vgcfgrestore -f /etc/lvm/backup/storage storage vgscan vgchange -ay storage Also it looks like some of the older archived versions would be valid as well. vgcfgrestore -l storage Should give a list... > > > When did this start happening? > > This morning. 5am MST. Ray _______________________________________________ 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/