vgimport failure.

[skt_skt]

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 3 (Taroon Update 9)


# pvscan
pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/sdq" is associated to unknown VG "vghw_rds3_p1" (run vgscan)
pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/sdr" is associated to unknown VG "vghw_rds3_p1" (run vgscan)
pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/sdt" is in EXPORTED VG "vghw_rds3_p1_arcPV_EXP" [9.94 GB / 960 MB free]
pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/sda2" of VG "vg00" [418.86 GB / 321.83 GB free]
pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/sdb" of VG "vghw_rds1_d" [19.94 GB / 0 free]
pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/sdc" of VG "vghw_rds1_d" [19.94 GB / 0 free]
pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/sdd" of VG "vghw_rds1_d" [4.94 GB / 0 free]
pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/sde" of VG "vghw_rds1_d" [4.94 GB / 768 MB free]
pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/sdf" of VG "vghw_rds1_d_arc" [7.94 GB / 960 MB free]
pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/sdg" of VG "vghw_rds3_s_db" [14.94 GB / 0 free]
pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/sdh" of VG "vghw_rds3_s_db" [14.94 GB / 0 free]
pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/sdi" of VG "vghw_rds3_s_bin" [9.94 GB / 0 free]
pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/sdj" of VG "vghw_rds3_s_bin" [4.94 GB / 192 MB free]
pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/sdk" of VG "vghw_rds3_s_db" [9.94 GB / 0 free]
pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/sdl" of VG "vghw_rds3_s_arc" [9.94 GB / 160 MB free]
pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/sdm" of VG "vghw_rds3_s_db" [19.94 GB / 32 MB free]
pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/sdn" is associated to unknown VG "vghw_rds3_p1" (run vgscan)
pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/sdo" is associated to unknown VG "vghw_rds3_p1" (run vgscan)
pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/sdp" is associated to unknown VG "vghw_rds3_p1" (run vgscan)
pvscan -- total: 19 [626.87 GB] / in use: 19 [626.87 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0]

[root@exgld180n .sess_history]# strings /etc/lvmtab
vg00
vghw_rds1_d
vghw_rds1_d_arc
vghw_rds3_s_arc
vghw_rds3_s_bin
vghw_rds3_s_db


# vgimport -v /dev/vghw_rds3_ptest /dev/sdn /dev/sdo /dev/sdp /dev/sdq /dev/sdr
vgimport -- locking logical volume manager
vgimport -- checking volume group name
vgimport -- checking volume group "vghw_rds3_ptest" existence
vgimport -- trying to read physical volumes
vgimport -- checking for duplicate physical volumes
vgimport -- checking physical volume name "/dev/sdn"
vgimport -- reading data of physical volume "/dev/sdn" from disk
vgimport -- checking for exported physical volume "/dev/sdn"
vgimport -- ERROR: physical volume "/dev/sdn" doesn't belong to an exported volume group


vgimport [-d|--debug] [-f|--force] [-h|--help] [-v|--verbose]
VolumeGroupName PhysicalVolumePath [PhysicalVolumePath...]


i am surprised to see why the disks are showing associated with a vg prior to vgimport. Do you think a LUN initilise(pvcreate) will help? The data on the disks are restored from netaps snap volume which is a PROD data from vg vghw_rds3_p1. I tried importing with a different vg name and failed.

let ms know if you have any suggetion.

[kelvinlnx]

According to your output the physical volumes belong to the volume group named "vghw_rds3_p1" but your vgimport, you were referring to vghw_rds3_ptest.
The command you wanted to type should look something like this:
vgimport -v vghw_rds3_p1 /dev/sd[nopqr]

Perhaps you would like to run the vgscan first as suggested by the pvscan command ;)

[skt_skt]

that was my second attempt with a different vg name. First tried with vghw_rds3_p1 only.