[linux-lvm] Data loss - vg gone

AJ Lewis lewis at sistina.com
Wed Jun 6 03:44:43 UTC 2001


On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 01:07:07AM +0200, Jens Benecke wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 12:47:37PM -0700, Michael S. Fischer wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > vgscan found no volumes (and vgdisplay reports none), but according to
> > pvscan the physical volume signature is still there.  If I try to
> > recreate the volume I get the error message that the physical volume
> > already belongs to the volume group.
> 
> Possible solution (worked here):
> 
> You need to edit the disk signatures and for each PV, insert all the
> _other_ PV signatures in the right place. Go to #lvm on
> irc.openprojects.org and bug 'roadrunner', he walked me through this and it
> worked. ;)

Yeah, do that.  We should be able to fix you up.  I should be on the channel
by 0900 CDT tomorrow (June 6).

Regards,
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