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From: Alexander Skwar <listen@×××××××××××××××.name>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] LVM - Removing a Bad Disk w/o a new disk
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 22:14:09
Message-Id: 44723108.7060503@mid.email-server.info
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] LVM - Removing a Bad Disk w/o a new disk by Ow Mun Heng
1 Ow Mun Heng wrote:
2 > On Mon, 2006-05-22 at 16:28 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote:
3 >> Ow Mun Heng wrote:
4 >>
5 >> > Did try that.. it keeps complaining
6 >> >
7 >> > vgreduce storage /dev/sdb1
8 >> > Physical volume "/dev/sdb1" still in use
9 >> >
10 >> > I have no idea what/who is using it. fuser/lsof etc doesn't show up
11 >> > anything
12 >>
13 >> This means, that there are still used Physical Extents (PEs) on
14 >> this PV. A PE is used, if it is "referenced" by a Logical Volume (LV).
15 >>
16 >> So - you'll need to move all the LVs off of that PV. To do so, use
17 >> pvmove.
18 >
19 > I've just created a test scenerio using a test box (under vmware) and
20 > for some reason, this one can't get dm-mirror.
21 >
22 > Where can I get dm-mirror?
23
24 You'll need a kernel compiled with support for mirror and lvm2
25 mustn't be compiled with nomirror USE flag.
26
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28 Alexander Skwar
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30 When you're ready to give up the struggle, who can you surrender to?
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