Thanks Herta. I'll try this today. On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 3:37 AM, Herta Van den Eynde < herta.vandeneynde@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > -- Ezra Taylor -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
