Volume group not activated.

[Has]

Hi ,
I have old volume group which is not used, and it keep giving the "Volume group not activated." message whenever i run vgdisplay .
How can I remove it safely from the system.

Thanx
AbuAli

[Torsten.]

Hi,

to remove the VG from the system and keeping the data on the disk use vgexport.

[Rasheed Tamton · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Just that as mentioned above.

vgexport /dev/vgname

(Vgexport command can be used to remove a volume group from the system.The volume group will be removed without modifying the logical volume
information found on the physical volumes).

Regards,
Rasheed Tamton.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom AbuAli,

Perhaps the volume group is still marked in /etc/lvmrc for activation, take a quick look there.

Normally vgexport modifies this file.

SEP

[Has]

/etc/lvmrc
contains the following :

#----------------------
AUTO_VG_ACTIVATE=1
RESYNC="SERIAL"
custom_vg_activation()
return 0
parallel_vg_sync()
for VG in $*
if /sbin/vgsync $VG > /dev/null
then
echo "Resynchronized volume group $VG"
fi
} &
done
#----------------------

[James George_1]

Hi

The best way is to export the voulume group as everyone have pointed out. I would say, keep a map file before you export ..

# vgexport -p -s -v -m vg_name.map /dev/vg_name

# vgexport /dev/vg_name

Rgds / James