From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (ext-mx25.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.110.66]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 39C255D6A9 for ; Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:20:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sonic307-54.consmr.mail.ir2.yahoo.com (sonic307-54.consmr.mail.ir2.yahoo.com [87.248.110.31]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B860010C093C for ; Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:20:56 +0000 (UTC) References: <8d1e7b13-eeec-18c0-592b-564dc5740636@yahoo.co.uk> <20191007164218.GA4398@redhat.com> From: lejeczek Message-ID: <0d9ef198-25ad-a8c6-2c1b-86af3c92eabe@yahoo.co.uk> Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 16:20:52 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20191007164218.GA4398@redhat.com> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------B3AA04561482DAD4CC98EAE8" Content-Language: en-US Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] recovery of a VG - how? Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Cc: "linux-lvm@redhat.com" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------B3AA04561482DAD4CC98EAE8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 07/10/2019 17:42, David Teigland wrote: > On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 05:25:15PM +0100, lejeczek wrote: >> hi guys >> >> I have a VG which I try to restore: >> >> $ vgcfgrestore --file /etc/lvm/archive/chenbro0.0_00308-2121179640.vg = chenbro0.0 >> =C2=A0 /dev/mapper/chenbro_a: Checksum error at offset 428544 >> =C2=A0 Couldn't read volume group metadata from /dev/mapper/chenbro_a.= >> =C2=A0 Metadata location on /dev/mapper/chenbro_a at 428544 has invali= d summary for VG. > The latest upstream version of lvm has some improvements to help recove= r > from problems like this. So, you could try building lvm 2.03.05, and > running 'vgck --updatemetadata'. Otherwise, the old approach has been = to > use pvcreate with --restorefile and --uuid, followed by vgcfgrestore. > (I'd experiment with that using some test devices if possible.) > Dave is that new version in rhel/centos 8 by any chance? thanks, L. --------------B3AA04561482DAD4CC98EAE8 Content-Type: application/pgp-keys; name="pEpkey.asc" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="pEpkey.asc" -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- mQENBFxA2+oBCADNEtjjWJ07WtHPIaz73oKgaXWOBiPMDpYiFqfwquJeU4w4Mkb3 +huzAfmMRvpaWyoc0HeInkwd0IEeHdVFjeLuRUHQNCIujjwlTnI+Ee/BmCYRf4D8 jMjvZvNcHh1QLOn2UU6dNsQMlF10YqZPrwXW9X7TA67IsTC8n58kOI39gv/4D5ag NbhUrg2c8OZD85miXW1IXsk3e7wiqNxQmhKbT3cbmPpJfGf/RN1URIavnhkLs4RQ bL+UFz2t8fvX5i72zMQYbCjJkvkatFJuAbzbUn0ZRMFkJJQHokORSzJIs1nv5kPC BikSnbj4AI5fcuEjpTJynQRj9v2z2e4QQohBABEBAAG0HmxlamVjemVrIDxwZWxq YXN6QHlhaG9vLmNvLnVrPokBVAQTAQgAPhYhBJMFnyQe7uHQdpqF9FWRir8hIk66 BQJcQNvqAhsDBQkB4TOABQsJCAcCBhUKCQgLAgQWAgMBAh4BAheAAAoJEFWRir8h Ik66BxUIAIfflSVCcXjqQlQguVZGF8W+9WhgWjXA+0t1o8hCTlK6ejpeU3w216xx VJnYlTv1Q9oIndLT0s7Q2j5O33ozQFMAE9JSdnOc5X6TxDH6jk7Y5EtcnvriXyT/ zwIfCTjUWSVyesjNZdid6+7GqdoPsLjggrFGlyRvNftWxvt6yhhKJfbZqfmVl0gg w2Q9QVwYbNf2qP8lycZ8Q4eMAp65TdAtl5Ik/XjdjgJ8ZE1XoZoSXTWQYVdfJrmb gYk55a4Z7PM7LKxZK4OsLDs8SpqsbUwVSW8QKt5nxd6espvubgRutCrsc8DCnFb4 4H8xEZgIwQKzhOt/ulf+QEP2op4W0/u5AQ0EXEDb6gEIAK2p19xkCOehxOwONlKl /bMo4Bov4wfSw8CImuV5ABV80acSahKf5hX9qPyxNl7JKaWU+5gntA3m+jUEbobs mRDvkwi3SLLh9fIqn8yv7JtEKzgxShWtOoPsilD1Ytz7D3HYZof4mrrYI6FQrR3I eYYVkyFKOLcE1q70vyuEGsxC96lF+n7ajwk78nXYvSynK8l5pmEb1DL1uQnbLUga 0KXmVxCVmqbvA31ncT8WVrfk4f1TVQTCpoaKOTBoSMzFTQLhgiOB4KNk6Wj+s6vQ h96hbmiiZZYADbZh73HDokWoAzV6jf3UGeIPlavkBuVW3OHUggR6PB0JM0HMoo5z x/kAEQEAAYkBPAQYAQgAJhYhBJMFnyQe7uHQdpqF9FWRir8hIk66BQJcQNvqAhsM BQkB4TOAAAoJEFWRir8hIk66El4H/25/osXtnjiFwwj5Pqb4TEHlMh+Jze0zLZML J+lI/K+07u9DhQ9ZtwxyZZlTRINZDoqQYnMob4tWXUtHngqwGnSP/ZJkmS2Uquob 76aEyYm0fyEeq67j+o15o2atjCAcfWvbMxra0/c2JTzP0wMKTStbsMZrTFRFM1wE DffR9HA9jIW+w2Jgru9/awd9HX+0q/UcMQQ2j+vfxjm345lEQHceeUgTwf3TzdXg FpdD3/T2HYHWkBm8TZGdgZDZB+kj8IMKMSA72j28F1UilHQuFfdAD7M9UXVwiMFZ 3Tfexjv9OPa4wEDC9Z9YcYOpoimgNRAW2ZK7JlAgIbkejoRFHpg=3D =3DIiFi -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- --------------B3AA04561482DAD4CC98EAE8--