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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 14:48:02
Message-Id: 4471CA8C.90008@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
3 > Did try that.. it keeps complaining
4 >
5 > vgreduce storage /dev/sdb1
6 > Physical volume "/dev/sdb1" still in use
7 >
8 > I have no idea what/who is using it. fuser/lsof etc doesn't show up
9 > anything
10
11 This means, that there are still used Physical Extents (PEs) on
12 this PV. A PE is used, if it is "referenced" by a Logical Volume (LV).
13
14 So - you'll need to move all the LVs off of that PV. To do so, use
15 pvmove.
16
17 Alexander Skwar
18 --
19 What good is a ticket to the good life, if you can't find the entrance?
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Re: [gentoo-user] LVM - Removing a Bad Disk w/o a new disk Ow Mun Heng <Ow.Mun.Heng@×××.com>