Re: [CentOS] Looking for a life-save LVM Guru

2015-02-27 Thread Khemara Lyn
Ok, sorry about that. On Sat, February 28, 2015 9:13 am, Chris Murphy wrote: OK It's extremely rude to cross post the same question across multiple lists like this at exactly the same time, and without at least showing the cross posting. I just replied to the one on Fedora users before I saw

[CentOS] Looking for a life-save LVM Guru

2015-02-27 Thread Khemara Lyn
Dear All, I am in desperate need for LVM data rescue for my server. I have an VG call vg_hosting consisting of 4 PVs each contained in a separate hard drive (/dev/sda1, /dev/sdb1, /dev/sdc1, and /dev/sdd1). And this LV: lv_home was created to use all the space of the 4 PVs. Right now, the third

Re: [CentOS] Looking for a life-save LVM Guru

2015-02-27 Thread Khemara Lyn
Thank you, John for your quick reply. That is what I hope. But how to do it? I cannot even activate the LV with the remaining PVs. Thanks, Khem On Sat, February 28, 2015 7:34 am, John R Pierce wrote: On 2/27/2015 4:25 PM, Khemara Lyn wrote: Right now, the third hard drive is damaged

Re: [CentOS] Looking for a life-save LVM Guru

2015-02-27 Thread Khemara Lyn
Dear James, Thank you for being quick to help. Yes, I could see all of them: # vgs # lvs # pvs Regards, Khem On Sat, February 28, 2015 7:37 am, James A. Peltier wrote: - Original Message - | Dear All, | | I am in desperate need for LVM data rescue for my server. | I have an VG

Re: [CentOS] Looking for a life-save LVM Guru

2015-02-27 Thread Khemara Lyn
Dear John, I understand; I tried it in the hope that, I could activate the LV again with a new PV replacing the damaged one. But still I could not activate it. What is the right way to recover the remaining PVs left? Regards, Khem On Sat, February 28, 2015 7:42 am, John R Pierce wrote: On

Re: [CentOS] Looking for a life-save LVM Guru

2015-02-27 Thread Khemara Lyn
--restorefile ... --uuid ... /dev/sdb2 # vgcfgrestore --file ... vg_hosting Regards, Khem On Sat, February 28, 2015 7:42 am, Khemara Lyn wrote: Dear James, Thank you for being quick to help. Yes, I could see all of them: # vgs # lvs # pvs Regards, Khem On Sat, February 28, 2015 7:37 am