Re: [linux-lvm] Cannot create a Volume Group

[Fernando Ruza <feruza terra es>]

Hi again,

I solved my problem. The issue was that I had not applied the device
mapper patch to my kernel. I did it and every thing worked right.

Best regards,

Fernando.


El mié, 15-12-2004 a las 01:29, Fernando Ruza escribió:
> Hi,
> 
> El mié, 15-12-2004 a las 01:08, Alasdair G Kergon escribió:
> > On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 12:36:55AM +0100, Fernando Ruza wrote:
> > > Everything seems to be create properly, however when now I'm trying to
> > > activate the volume group or to scan it, it says it cannot found it:
> >  
> > > sol:~# vgchange -a y vg1
> > >   Unable to find volume group "vg1"
> > > sol:~# vgscan
> > >  No volume groups found
> >  
> > >   lvm2           2.00.29-1
> > 
> > Firstly, there's a bug in pvcreate 2.00.29 (it'll sometimes fail
> > with an error message when it shouldn't) - upgrade to .31.
> 
> Well, I don't think is the version. I've just upgrade to 2.00.29 before
> writing to the list and with the version I had before it happened the
> same.
> 
> > Use -vvv options to see what's going on and why it ignores things.
> > e.g. pvscan --partial -vvv
> > 
> 
> After doing the pvcreate /dev/hda1 /dev/hda4 /dev/hdb1, pvscan --partial
> -vvv   lists me all the devices y /dev and at the end says:
> 
>   PV /dev/hda1         lvm2 [7,96 GB]
>   PV /dev/hda4         lvm2 [15,48 GB]
>   PV /dev/hdb1         lvm2 [3,00 GB]
>   Total: 3 [26,44 GB] / in use: 0 [0   ] / in no VG: 3 [26,44 GB]
> 
> After doing the vgcreate /dev/vg1 /dev/hda1 /dev/hda4 /dev/hdb1,
> vgscan --partial -vvv   lists me all the devices y /dev and at the end
> says: No volume groups found
> 
> The device /dev/vg1 is not created although vgcreate says Volume group
> "vg1" successfully created.
> 
> 
> > Alasdair
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