On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 08:19:48AM +0200, haaber wrote: > Dear all, > > I had a lethally bad hardware failure on computer. Since I had to buy a > new machine this took a while, now I try to save some data: the old SSD > is attached to a brand-new qubes via usb adapter. I started > > sudo pvscan and sudo vgscan --mknodes and sudo vgchange -ay as > manual says. > > unexpected output: > > PV /dev/mapper/OLDSSD VG qubes_dom0 lvm2 [238.27 GiB / <15.79 > GiB free] > Total: 1 [238.27 GiB] / in use: 1 [238.27 GiB] / in no VG: 0 [0 ] > Found volume group "qubes_dom0" using metadata type lvm2 > Check of pool qubes_dom0/pool00 failed (status:1). Manual repair > required! > > 1 logical volume(s) in volume group "qubes_dom0" now active > > then I consulted dr. google for help, and found little help. This one > > https://mellowhost.com/billing/index.php?rp=/knowledgebase/65/How-to-Repair-a-lvm-thin-pool.html > > suggested to deactivate volumed so that a repair can work. Only swap was > active, I deactivated it. But repair does not work: > > lvconvert --repair qubes_dom0/pool00 > terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::runtime_error' > what(): transaction_manager::new_block() couldn't allocate new block > Child 21255 exited abnormally > Repair of thin metadata volume of thin pool qubes_dom0/pool00 failed > (status:-1). Manual repair required! > > > So now I am struck and ask for help! This is not purely qubes-related, I > known, but I hope to find competent help within the community. > > > cheers, Bernhard > Hi Bernhard Havent seen you for a while. Nice to see you back. I've been able to fix this in the past by deleting snapshots - I'm not sure if this will work for you. If I were you I would take a copy of the SSD with dd, and then start to prune - what happens if you use lvremove against some of the larger snapshots? unman
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