Try to remove the lvm cache

rm -rf /etc/lvm/cache/.cache

On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Jochen Spieker <m...@well-adjusted.de> wrote:

> Dennis Wicks:
> >
> > I can't figure out what exactly happened, but here is the result.
>
> :)
>
> > I had an lvm volume consisting of a complete 250GB disk and about
> > 75GB partition on another disk.
>
> You mean you had two Physical Volumes in one Volume Group and one
> Logical Volume in that group, spanning both PVs?
>
> Please show the output of pvs, lvs and vgs.
>
> > Now LVM won't access either one of
> > them and when I try any sort of lv command I get a message that
> > "Incorrect metadata area header checksum"
> > and "No volume groups found".
>
> What do pvscan and 'vgchange -ay' tell you?
>
> > I have failed to find anything relating to lvm that is of any help.
> > Is there any way that I can get access to these two areas so I can
> > get to my data off of them??
>
> The problem with your setup is that you can only access the data when
> both disks are available. I suspect one of them has some sort of problem
> and you may need to, *cough*, restore from backup.
>
> J.
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