[linux-lvm] harddisk dies while pvmove is in progress

[Ray Morris]

> For the record: finally, I edited the last metadata-backup, put the
> successfully mirrored segment on the raid into the LV (instead of the
> pvmovesomething mirror), removed references to pvmove, the damaged PV
> and the "homevideo" LV, vgcfgrestored the config, rebooted, and
> everything works.
> 
> Robert


It's good to know what kind of thing can actually work in practice.
I'm absent minded, the kind of guy who says "oops" a lot, so it's 
always good to know ways of recovering.
-- 
Ray Morris
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On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:23:22 +0200
Robert Schöftner <rmu at unfoo.net> wrote:

> Am 2011-09-13 00:15, schrieb Robert Schöftner:
> > my plan is to edit the latest archived meta-data, remove the
> > pvmove-mirror, exchange the segment pointing to the missing device
> > with the mirrored segment, and vcfgrestore it, if no better idea
> > comes up. the saved metadata confirms that the segment belonging to
> > LV "shares" was completely mirrored before the harddisk died, so
> > all the needed data is there.
> For the record: finally, I edited the last metadata-backup, put the
> successfully mirrored segment on the raid into the LV (instead of the
> pvmovesomething mirror), removed references to pvmove, the damaged PV
> and the "homevideo" LV, vgcfgrestored the config, rebooted, and
> everything works.
> 
> Robert
> 
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