Some additional information: ---------------------- # lvm dumpconfig devices { dir="/dev" scan="/dev" preferred_names=[] filter="a/.*/" cache_dir="/etc/lvm/cache" cache_file_prefix="" write_cache_state=1 sysfs_scan=1 md_component_detection=1 ignore_suspended_devices=0 } activation { missing_stripe_filler="/dev/ioerror" reserved_stack=256 reserved_memory=8192 process_priority=-18 mirror_region_size=512 readahead="auto" mirror_log_fault_policy="allocate" mirror_device_fault_policy="remove" } global { umask=63 test=0 units="h" activation=1 proc="/proc" locking_type=1 fallback_to_clustered_locking=1 fallback_to_local_locking=1 locking_dir="/var/lock/lvm" } shell { history_size=100 } backup { backup=1 backup_dir="/etc/lvm/backup" archive=1 archive_dir="/etc/lvm/archive" retain_min=10 retain_days=30 } log { verbose=0 syslog=1 overwrite=0 level=0 indent=1 command_names=0 prefix=" " } ---------------------- (I powered off 2 of the storage devices, so only one (12TB) device remains accessible): # lvmdiskscan /dev/ramdisk [ 16.00 MB] /dev/md0 [ 148.94 MB] /dev/ram [ 16.00 MB] /dev/md1 [ 3.91 GB] /dev/ram2 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/md2 [ 105.46 GB] /dev/dm-2 [ 11.83 TB] /dev/ram3 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/sda3 [ 3.91 GB] /dev/md3 [ 3.91 GB] /dev/ram4 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/md4 [ 800.46 GB] /dev/ram5 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram6 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram7 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram8 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram9 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram10 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram11 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram12 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram13 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram14 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram15 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/sdb6 [ 3.91 GB] /dev/sdb8 [ 6.05 GB] 3 disks 23 partitions 0 LVM physical volume whole disks 1 LVM physical volume -- Julie Ashworth <julie.ashworth@berkeley.edu> Computational Infrastructure for Research Labs, UC Berkeley http://cirl.berkeley.edu/ PGP Key ID: 0x17F013D2 _______________________________________________ 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/