Re: How should I proceed with incorrect metadata? (disk still functioning)

[Aleksandar Milivojevic <alex milivojevic org>]

Peter Boy wrote:
> Am Montag, den 17.10.2005, 14:24 -0500 schrieb Aleksandar Milivojevic:
>
> > Quoting Peter Boy <pboy barkhof uni-bremen de>:
> >
> > > b)  this message is an indicator for a severe problem and I should
> > >   restore the metadata from an archiv in /var/lvm, but there
> > >   isn't one, the system is just installed from scratch.
> >
> > Probably because it is located in /etc/lvm/backup, not in /var/lvm.  Execute
> > "vgcfgbackup" and you should see your LVM configuration backed up into
> > /etc/lvm/backup.
>
>
> Indeed, it is in /etc/lvm/backup. But that directory is empty, there is
> nothing I could restore.

Try running vgcfgbackup as root.  Inspect the files it creates in 
/etc/lvm/backup directory and see if they make sense.  Specifically, 
look for any suspicios physical volumes that should not exist.