On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Rick Stevens <ricks@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Frank Cox wrote: >> >> On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:07:28 -0700 >> Rick Stevens wrote: >> >>> We have a serious conflict here. The df command shows you as on sda, >>> but LVM is reporting sdb. My gut reaction is to have you do a: >>> >>> vgreduce --test VolGroup00 /dev/sdb2 >>> >>> and see if it would be successful. If so, then remove the "--test" and >>> cross your fingers. >> >> [root@mutt temp]# vgreduce --test VolGroup00 /dev/sdb2 >> Test mode: Metadata will NOT be updated. >> Physical Volume "/dev/sdb2" not found in Volume Group "VolGroup00" >> >> This is consistent with the fact that the "active" Volume Group that I'm >> using >> is not on /dev/sdb2. It's just the "lvdisplay -vm" command that shows it >> as >> being in use. > > This is truly screwey. The pvscan shows sdb2 as part of VolGroup00, > lvdisplay shows the partition as in use, but vgreduce says sdb2 isn't > part of the VG. Hoo, boy. > > Frank, this is potentially dangerous, but you can try > > # pvremove /dev/sdb2 > > to wipe out sdb2's PV status. Since you seem to be running on /dev/sda > and vgreduce claims that /dev/sdb2 isn't part of the active VG, you > should be able to do this without blowing things up. > > Damn this makes me nervous! The pvremove man page does say whether the UUID can be used to remove a PV. Using the UUID would've come very handy in this kind of situation. ~af -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines