Empty lvmtab

[Bona_1]

Hello All,
My server has an empty /etc/lvmtab all of a sudden. Does anyone know how to re-create an lvmtab file?

Thanks
Bona

[Mark Grant · Accepted solution]

"vgscan -a"

[RAC_1]

do

vgscan -pva (in preview mode to know what is going one here.)

To rebuild do
vgscan -a

Anil

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi Bone,

Before the vgscan -a move the empty file.

# mv /etc/lvmtab /etc/lvmtab.bad
# vgscan -a

Robert-Jan

[Geoff Wild]

Either run vgscan -a, or restore from backup.

Rgds...Geoff

[SS_6]

You must move current lvmtab file before creating new one.
# mv /etc/lvmtab /etc/lvmtab.orig
#vgscan -a -v

[Paula J Frazer-Campbell]

Hi

AS well as recreating the lvmtab you should investigate as to how it ended up empty.

Check shell history and syslog.log.


Paula

[Michael Tully]

All of a sudden means that it has been removed. Suggest you do this:

Change the root password.
Make sure there is only one account that has a UID of 0.
Review /etc/sudoers if you utilise this utility.

As suggested, you can re-create it with vgscan or restore from backup.