On 08/04/2008, Ezra Taylor <ezra.taylor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello all: > I just inherited a box that's running LVM2. This box has > two > volume groups with the same name but they both have different UUID > numbers. > Is it a problem to have a box like this? If so, how can I recover? The > output of displayvg and pvscan is below. > > > sudo /usr/sbin/vgdisplay > --- Volume group --- > VG Name SysVG > System ID > Format lvm2 > Metadata Areas 1 > Metadata Sequence No 8 > VG Access read/write > VG Status resizable > MAX LV 0 > Cur LV 7 > Open LV 7 > Max PV 0 > Cur PV 1 > Act PV 1 > VG Size 273.38 GB > PE Size 32.00 MB > Total PE 8748 > Alloc PE / Size 2112 / 66.00 GB > Free PE / Size 6636 / 207.38 GB > VG UUID rS82Le-cEA5-MDxm-7zza-x0ve-gxYp-txZQT0 > > --- Volume group --- > VG Name SysVG > System ID > Format lvm2 > Metadata Areas 1 > Metadata Sequence No 8 > VG Access read/write > VG Status resizable > MAX LV 0 > Cur LV 7 > Open LV 7 > Max PV 0 > Cur PV 1 > Act PV 1 > VG Size 67.94 GB > PE Size 32.00 MB > Total PE 2174 > Alloc PE / Size 2112 / 66.00 GB > Free PE / Size 62 / 1.94 GB > VG UUID haTLf2-kby5-fPxh-pVGx-7lD5-ZYpa-nI6EvK > > > > sudo /usr/sbin/pvscan > PV /dev/cciss/c0d1p1 VG SysVG lvm2 [273.38 GB / 207.38 GB free] > PV /dev/cciss/c0d0p2 VG SysVG lvm2 [67.94 GB / 1.94 GB free] > Total: 2 [341.31 GB] / in use: 2 [341.31 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0 ] > > > -- > Ezra Taylor > I suppose that this could be caused when exporting/importing volume groups from another system. You could try to rename one of the volume groups using vgsplit. It has a -t option to test first, so you should be save. Something like this should do the trick: # vgsplit -A y -t SysVG MyVG /dev/cciss/c0d0p2 If this looks OK, repeat without the "-t" option. Kind regards, Herta -- "Life on Earth may be expensive, but it comes with a free ride around the Sun." -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
