[linux-lvm] Forcibly remove broken disk from LV

[Turbo Fredriksson]

Quoting "Bryn M. Reeves" <breeves at redhat.com>:

> You can activate what's left of the volume group with:
> vgchange --partial -ay <VolGroup>

Tried that but it didn't seem to be working:

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root at pegasos:~# vgchange --partial -ay movies
  Partial mode. Incomplete volume groups will be activated read-only.
  Couldn't find device with uuid 'nqj4V1-CxT3-At8I-Vc0h-E6iu-6jY3-a6z0A3'.
  Couldn't find device with uuid 'nqj4V1-CxT3-At8I-Vc0h-E6iu-6jY3-a6z0A3'.
  Couldn't find device with uuid 'nqj4V1-CxT3-At8I-Vc0h-E6iu-6jY3-a6z0A3'.
  Couldn't find device with uuid 'nqj4V1-CxT3-At8I-Vc0h-E6iu-6jY3-a6z0A3'.
  Couldn't find device with uuid 'nqj4V1-CxT3-At8I-Vc0h-E6iu-6jY3-a6z0A3'.
  Couldn't find device with uuid 'nqj4V1-CxT3-At8I-Vc0h-E6iu-6jY3-a6z0A3'.
  Couldn't find device with uuid 'nqj4V1-CxT3-At8I-Vc0h-E6iu-6jY3-a6z0A3'.
  Couldn't find device with uuid 'nqj4V1-CxT3-At8I-Vc0h-E6iu-6jY3-a6z0A3'.
  Couldn't find device with uuid 'nqj4V1-CxT3-At8I-Vc0h-E6iu-6jY3-a6z0A3'.
  Couldn't find device with uuid 'nqj4V1-CxT3-At8I-Vc0h-E6iu-6jY3-a6z0A3'.
  Couldn't find device with uuid 'nqj4V1-CxT3-At8I-Vc0h-E6iu-6jY3-a6z0A3'.
  Couldn't find device with uuid 'nqj4V1-CxT3-At8I-Vc0h-E6iu-6jY3-a6z0A3'.
  Device /dev/ioerror not found.
  device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument
  device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument
  Couldn't find device with uuid 'nqj4V1-CxT3-At8I-Vc0h-E6iu-6jY3-a6z0A3'.
  Couldn't find device with uuid 'nqj4V1-CxT3-At8I-Vc0h-E6iu-6jY3-a6z0A3'.
  Couldn't find device with uuid 'nqj4V1-CxT3-At8I-Vc0h-E6iu-6jY3-a6z0A3'.
  Couldn't find device with uuid 'nqj4V1-CxT3-At8I-Vc0h-E6iu-6jY3-a6z0A3'.
  Couldn't find device with uuid 'nqj4V1-CxT3-At8I-Vc0h-E6iu-6jY3-a6z0A3'.
  Couldn't find device with uuid 'nqj4V1-CxT3-At8I-Vc0h-E6iu-6jY3-a6z0A3'.
  Device /dev/ioerror not found.
  device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument
  1 logical volume(s) in volume group "movies" now active
root at pegasos:~# vgdisplay
  Couldn't find device with uuid 'nqj4V1-CxT3-At8I-Vc0h-E6iu-6jY3-a6z0A3'.
  Couldn't find all physical volumes for volume group movies.
  Couldn't find device with uuid 'nqj4V1-CxT3-At8I-Vc0h-E6iu-6jY3-a6z0A3'.
  Couldn't find all physical volumes for volume group movies.
  Couldn't find device with uuid 'nqj4V1-CxT3-At8I-Vc0h-E6iu-6jY3-a6z0A3'.
  Couldn't find all physical volumes for volume group movies.
  Couldn't find device with uuid 'nqj4V1-CxT3-At8I-Vc0h-E6iu-6jY3-a6z0A3'.
  Couldn't find all physical volumes for volume group movies.
  Couldn't find device with uuid 'nqj4V1-CxT3-At8I-Vc0h-E6iu-6jY3-a6z0A3'.
  Couldn't find all physical volumes for volume group movies.
  Couldn't find device with uuid 'nqj4V1-CxT3-At8I-Vc0h-E6iu-6jY3-a6z0A3'.
  Couldn't find all physical volumes for volume group movies.
  Volume group "movies" not found
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I was supposed to do this after physically removing/disconnecting the
broken disk, right?


Also, i noticed that I had the /dev/mapper/movies-pvmove0 block device.
How do i cancel the pvmove I initiated a couple of days ago (tried
to move hdb to availible space on VG - this availible space is/was
on the - now - broken disk)? The command 'pvmove --abort' won't
work - it also hangs...