ignite failure - lvmtab differs from lvmpvg

[Darren Etheridge_2]

When attempting to perform an ignite of our system I got the following error. VG14 no longer exists on this system. How do I correct the lvmpvg file?


/var/opt/ignite/recovery/2007-01-29,20:38/system_cfg vg00
Information in "/etc/lvmtab" differs from that in "/etc/lvmpvg".
VG "/dev/vg14" is not defined in file "/etc/lvmtab".
save_config: Error - vg00 not in the volume/disk group

[Hein van den Heuvel · Accepted solution]

Are you aware of any recent changes to vg14 and its underlying physical device?

Anyway, you begin with very very carefully studying both files. Try to line up the physical devices with ioscan output and do a vgdisplay.
#ioscan -funC disk

Next you probably should lvmtab to a safe place like:
#mv /etc/lvmtab /etc/lvmtab.20070129

Now tell the system create a fresh lvmtab through vgscan and compare:

#vgscan.
#diff /etc/lvmtab /etc/lvmtab.20070129

Good luck,
Hein.

[Bill Hassell]

Sounds like someone made some changes with the wrong commands. Does vgdisplay -v report similar errors? You can use vgscan to repair lvmtab:

mv /etc/lvmtab /etc/lvmtab.old
vgscan -a -v
vgchange -a y /dev/vg14

This should return vgdisplay to normal (no errors) and Ignite should work OK.