lvremove error

[Joe Profaizer]

Rec'd following error on lvremove. Please consult on how to correct this.
# lvremove /dev/vgdvl/lvol2

The logical volume "/dev/vgdvl/lvol2" is not empty;
do you really want to delete the logical volume (y/n) : y
Logical volume "/dev/vgdvl/lvol2" has been successfully removed.
vgcfgbackup: /etc/lvmtab is out of date with the running kernel:Kernel indicates
17 disks for "/dev/vgdvl"; /etc/lvmtab has 16 disks.
Cannot proceed with backup.

[harry d brown jr]

rename the /etc/lvmtab file (don't delete it).

Then run vgscan, which will recreate /etc/lvmtab.

harry

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[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Joe,

This is obviously not due to your lvremove. It might have been there before also since the lvremove runs vgcfgbackup, you are seeing the error now.

Do an lvlnboot -v and you will find the disk that is missing or having problems. You can find the volume group by either doing a vgdisplay -v or strings /etc/lvmtab. You may have to replace the disk through vgcfgrestore process.

There are many threads on vgcfgrestore process in this forum. You can follow anyone of them. If this disk is a mirror disk, then it's a matter or replacing the disk and running vgcfgrestore. If it belongs to a data volume group, then you may need to restore the file systems that are part of this disk.

-Sri

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Joe:

This is a potentially serious error. Document #KBRC00000632 describes this in detail and provides guidelines. I have attached the document for your convenience.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Joe Profaizer]

I did a strings /etc/lvmtab and all the disks check out except that there is an ";t68" entry listed as a disk. I have no idea where this came from. Please consult.
Thanks............