[linux-lvm] about to give up

[lembark at wrkhors.com]

-- "Gonyou, Austin" <austin at coremetrics.com> on 07/11/01 10:30:10 -0500

> perhaps just blowing away your VG, then re-setting the volumes as PVs in
> that vg, then growing them one at a time?

blowing off the VG will loose data.

try:

    vgexport blah;
    vgimport blah PV PV PV;

Export will remove the vg from local disk but leave
the VG info on the platters.  Import will re-build 
the VG on the disk.

sl