>>> On 3/29/2011 at 11:53 AM, Michael Simms <[email protected]> wrote: >> Scanning for LVM volume groups..."" >> Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while..."" >> Found duplicate PV nKTbzlk3XKmCNSegm50mK5LqnJgfo1sv: using /dev/sdb1 not >>/dev/sda1"" >> Found volume group "VGClinDoc" using metadata type lvm2"" >>Activating LVM volume groups..."" >> Found duplicate PV nKTbzlk3XKmCNSegm50mK5LqnJgfo1sv: using /dev/sdb1 not >>/dev/sda1"" > > > So, I am unable to get a clean startup using SuSE SLES 11 SP1. We did work > through and get SuSE SLES 10 SP3+ working, after months of > work/testing/questions. In this startup instance, the system reversed the > 'available' disk to "sdb1". Odd, should have been "sda1". > > I don't know what to try next.
You need to update the filter statement in /etc/lvm/lvm.conf to only look at /dev/disk/by-id/ devices. http://www.novell.com/documentation/sles11/stor_admin/?page=/documentation/sles11/stor_admin/data/bookinfo.html Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
