Danny's Space

I had to reinstall my linux operating system with an existing LVM over RAID. During the install I formatted one of the physical volumes PV. I used it for / (root), swap and /boot partitions. I could have used the existing Logical Volume LV for these but this device is also encrypted. I doubt I can reuse it without unlocking it. So I simply wiped it clean and made a clean install. After reboot I checked the status of the LVM and the RAID. Both are okay-ish. The RAID is clean according to mdadm. LVM informed me that the volume group is degraded. I'm missing a physical volume. I know I wiped it clean. So how do I restore the volume group so I can get at my data. LVM keeps its configuration files in /etc/lvm/backups and also in /etc/lvm/archives/"name-of- volume-group". So pick the current or latest one in /etc/lvm/backups or the older ones in /etc/lvm/archives/"volume- group". You need two things - the backup configuration file and the UUID of the...

The lives lost as of today, 22nd of August 2016, is at 1,800. Lives that are (1) napabuti, (2) naituwid, at (3) nailigtas. Di mga buhay na biglang nawala. #BEST @risahontiveros pic.twitter.com/7m7YK25Emh — Ram (@RamuelAsturiano) August 22, 2016

It's been a while since I created these logical volumes and extended my volume group (the only one) to include the newly grown raid5 array on a 2-2-1 TB device. Frown all you want as long as it works. When that 1 TB HDD shows some signs of failing or error, I'll replace it with a 2TB HDD. The raid array will then be a complete 2-2-2 TB raid5. Here's the status of the raid array now: I'm replacing the 1 TB HDD when it fails or errors, or when I need to increase the capacity of the array, whichever comes first. The present raid array size is 2 TB. -- Donato Roque @desktop-ubuntu mobile:0918-5721-710 I'm on twitter and facebook . Web: Danny's Space Consider using my pgp keys for privacy.