[linux-lvm] no volume groups found

[Glenn Shannon]

Pierre,

It's not proper to yell at people like that. The guy is asking an honest
question and you yelling at him will not get him any closer to a solution.

I use debian unstable, but I have upgraded to lvm 1.0.

My suggestion is to use lvm 1.0-rc1. Any other valid suggestions?

Glenn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pierre Lamb" <plamb_98 at yahoo.com>
To: <linux-lvm at sistina.com>
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] no volume groups found


> THATS WHY IT IS CALLED UNSTABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> --- Ulrich Wiederhold <U.Wiederhold at gmx.net> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I use 2.4.9 with debian unstable and lvm version
> > 0.9.1_beta6. I don´t
> > use devfs and compiled lvm into the kernel.
> > I created a vg nameed vg01 containing
> > hda2,hdb1,hdd1,sdb1 and sdc1. Then
> > I created some lv´s and made a mkfs.xfs.
> > I could do a "vgscan -v && vgchange -a y" and mount
> > my lv´s.
> >
> > After a reboot, /etc/rcS.d/S25lvm couldn´t find any
> > vg´s. So I ran the
> > script manually and it works.
> >
> > I had some other problems that need me to reboot and
> > my PC crashed several
> > times. Now, I can´t even run the script manually. I
> > always get this:
> >
> > home:# vgscan -v
> > vgscan -- removing "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d"
> > vgscan -- creating empty "/etc/lvmtab" and
> > "/etc/lvmtab.d"
> > vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may
> > take a while...)
> > vgscan -- "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d"
> > successfully created
> > vgscan -- WARNING: This program does not do a VGDA
> > backup of your volume
> > group
> >
> > home:# vgchange -a y
> > vgchange -- no volume groups found
> >
> > home:# vgdisplay
> > vgdisplay -- no volume groups found
> >
> > Then I did "man vgcfgrestore" and tryed
> > home:# vgcfgrestore -n vg01 -l
> > vgcfgrestore -- ERROR: different structure size
> > stored in
> > "/etc/lvmconf/vg01.conf" than expected in file
> > vg_cfgrestore.c [line
> > 137]
> > vgcfgrestore -- ERROR "vg_cfgrestore(): read"
> > restoring volume group
> > "vg01"
> >
> > and:
> > home:# vgcfgrestore -f /etc/lvmconf/vg01.conf.1.old
> > -n vg01 /dev/sdb1
> > vgcfgrestore -- ERROR: different structure size
> > stored in
> > "/etc/lvmconf/vg01.conf.1.old" than expected in file
> > vg_cfgrestore.c
> > [line 137]
> > vgcfgrestore -- ERROR "vg_cfgrestore(): read"
> > restoring volume group
> > "vg01"
> >
> > What "PhysicalVolumePath" should I use with it?
> >
> > Then I looked in the mail-archive and did a:
> > home:/home/fzzgrr# vgcfgrestore -v -d -n vg01
> > /dev/hda2
> > <1> vg_check_name -- CALLED with VG: vg01
> > <22> lvm_check_chars -- CALLED with name: "vg01"
> > <22> lvm_check_chars -- LEAVING with ret: 0
> > <1> vg_check_name -- LEAVING with ret: 0
> > <1> pv_check_name -- CALLED with "/dev/hda2"
> > <22> lvm_check_chars -- CALLED with name:
> > "/dev/hda2"
> > <22> lvm_check_chars -- LEAVING with ret: 0
> > <22> lvm_check_dev -- CALLED
> > <333> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- CALLED
> > <333> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- LEAVING with ret:
> > TRUE
> > <22> lvm_check_dev -- LEAVING with ret: 1
> > <1> pv_check_name -- LEAVING with ret: 0
> > <1> vg_check_active -- CALLED with VG: vg01
> > <22> vg_check_name -- CALLED with VG: vg01
> > <333> lvm_check_chars -- CALLED with name: "vg01"
> > <333> lvm_check_chars -- LEAVING with ret: 0
> > <22> vg_check_name -- LEAVING with ret: 0
> > <22> vg_status -- CALLED with VG: vg01
> > <333> vg_check_name -- CALLED with VG: vg01
> > <4444> lvm_check_chars -- CALLED with name: "vg01"
> > <4444> lvm_check_chars -- LEAVING with ret: 0
> > <333> vg_check_name -- LEAVING with ret: 0
> > <22> vg_status -- LEAVING with ret: -6
> > <1> vg_check_active -- LEAVING with ret: -6
> > <1> lvm_get_iop_version -- CALLED
> > <22> lvm_check_special -- CALLED
> > <22> lvm_check_special -- LEAVING
> > <1> lvm_get_iop_version -- AFTER ioctl ret: 0
> > <1> lvm_get_iop_version -- LEAVING with ret: 10
> > vgcfgrestore -- locking logical volume manager
> > <1> lvm_lock -- CALLED
> > <22> lvm_check_special -- CALLED
> > <22> lvm_check_special -- LEAVING
> > <1> lvm_lock -- LEAVING with ret: 0
> > <1> lvm_dont_interrupt -- CALLED
> > <1> lvm_dont_interrupt -- LEAVING
> > vgcfgrestore -- restoring volume group "vg01" from
> > "/etc/lvmconf/vg01.conf"
> > <1> vg_cfgrestore -- CALLED
> > <22> vg_check_name -- CALLED with VG: vg01
> > <333> lvm_check_chars -- CALLED with name: "vg01"
> > <333> lvm_check_chars -- LEAVING with ret: 0
> > <22> vg_check_name -- LEAVING with ret: 0
> > vgcfgrestore -- checking existence of
> > "/etc/lvmconf/vg01.conf"
> > vgcfgrestore -- reading volume group data for "vg01"
> > from
> > "/etc/lvmconf/vg01.conf"
> > <22> vg_check_consistency -- CALLED
> > <333> vg_check_name -- CALLED with VG: vg01
> > <4444> lvm_check_chars -- CALLED with name: "vg01"
> > <4444> lvm_check_chars -- LEAVING with ret: 0
> > <333> vg_check_name -- LEAVING with ret: 0
> > <22> vg_check_consistency -- LEAVING with ret: 0
> > vgcfgrestore -- reading physical volume data for
> > "vg01" from
> > "/etc/lvmconf/vg01.conf"
> > vgcfgrestore -- ERROR: different structure size
> > stored in
> > "/etc/lvmconf/vg01.conf" than expected in file
> > vg_cfgrestore.c [line
> > 137]
> > <1> vg_cfgrestore -- LEAVING with ret: -328
> > <1> lvm_error -- CALLED with: -328
> > <1> lvm_error -- LEAVING with: "vg_cfgrestore():
> > read"
> > vgcfgrestore -- ERROR "vg_cfgrestore(): read"
> > restoring volume group
> > "vg01"
> >
> > <1> lvm_unlock -- CALLED
> > <1> lvm_unlock -- LEAVING with ret: 0
> >
> >
> > So, what else can I do?
> > I don´t want lose my data!
> > :(
> >
> > Any hints?
> > Thanks.
> > Uli
> >
> > --
> > 'The box said, 'Requires Windows 95 or better', so i
> > installed Linux - TKK 5
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