[linux-lvm] error msg: VG vgc1 metadata too large for circular buffer

[Gary Eheman]

Alasdair:
Many thanks.  I blew away the pv with your suggested pvremove and 
recreated specifying a large metadatasize (16M, since  am experimenting) 
and all worked as desired this time around.


Alasdair G Kergon wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 03:35:41PM -0500, Gary Eheman wrote:
>> I can destroy the data. In fact, that is what I would like to do, but 
>> softly using lvremove, vgremove, pvremove if possible. But I can't get 
>> around the current error.
>>
>> Advice,please?  Are there parameters I can give during the creation of 
>> the group or volume to avoid this?
> 
> As you realised, you need to recreate the PV with a much larger 
> metadatasize.
> 
> There are no tools yet to manipulate it after it's been created.
> 
> If you can throw it away, do that: vgchange -an to deactivate everything
> then pvremove -ff to destroy it.
> 
> [If you weren't able to do that, there are workarounds involving making
> lvm2 stop using that metadata area and using a new larger one somewhere
> else instead.]
> 
> Alasdair

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Gary Eheman
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