I had to restore back to a state previous to the creation of usrdata. I have LVM with system VG and so I captured it. I get the same error when I tried to add a logical volume to system also.
techlnux:~ # vgdisplay --- Volume group --- VG Name system System ID Format lvm2 Metadata Areas 2 Metadata Sequence No 10 VG Access read/write VG Status resizable MAX LV 255 Cur LV 3 Open LV 3 Max PV 255 Cur PV 2 Act PV 2 VG Size 4.58 GB PE Size 4.00 MB Total PE 1172 Alloc PE / Size 1155 / 4.51 GB Free PE / Size 17 / 68.00 MB VG UUID udixdw-j6fY-Sgqn-vo9w-VgL4-w6gq-Xy72m3 techlnux:~ # ls -l /dev/system total 88 dr-x------ 2 root root 4096 Dec 7 16:56 . drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 81920 Dec 7 16:57 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Dec 7 16:56 home -> /dev/mapper/system-home lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Dec 7 16:56 opt -> /dev/mapper/system-opt lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Dec 7 16:56 var -> /dev/mapper/system-var techlnux:~ # ls -l /dev/usrdata -----Original Message----- From: Mark Post [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 6:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: LVM question Ok, this looks like a difference between LVM and the LVM2 that comes with 2.6. I guess "vgdisplay" and "ls -l /dev/usrdata" might tell us something. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 8:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: LVM question I crossed up too many systems trying to get this to work and I had to restore from backups. I then ran "pvscan" sans quotes > techlnux:/proc # pvscan > PV /dev/dasdc1 VG system lvm2 [2.29 GB / 0 free] > PV /dev/dasda1 VG system lvm2 [2.29 GB / 68.00 MB free] > Total: 2 [4.58 GB] / in use: 2 [4.58 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0 ] When I ran "cat /proc/lvm/global" sans quotes I received: No such file or directory http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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
