Hi everyone,

I'm trying to recover a deleted LVM volume but can't see to get the syntax right.

Running the following command gives me a list of backed up LVM volumes:

root@usaxen02:[~]$ vgcfgrestore -l fluidVG_125094317679

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File: /etc/lvm/archive/fluidVG_125094317679_00126-1479850541.vg VG name: fluidVG_125094317679 Description: Created *before* executing 'lvremove /dev/fluidVG_125094317679/mars.x.com_root_125152080771' Backup Time: Tue Aug 2 17:40:44 2011

File: /etc/lvm/backup/fluidVG_125094317679 VG name: fluidVG_125094317679 Description: Created *after* executing 'lvremove /dev/fluidVG_125094317679/mars.x.com_root_125152080771' Backup Time: Tue Aug 2 17:40:44 2011

So I want to recover mars.x.com_root_125152080771 and issue the following command:

root@usaxen02:[~]$ vgcfgrestore -f fluidVG_125094317679 mars.x.com_root_125152080771 fluidVG_125094317679: stat failed: No such file or directory Couldn't read volume group metadata. Restore failed.

root@usaxen02:[~]$ vgcfgrestore -f fluidVG_125094317679 Please specify a *single* volume group to restore.

root@usaxen02:[~]$ vgcfgrestore -f mars.x.com_root_125152080771 Please specify a *single* volume group to restore.

All different attempts, which apparently should work according to some google search results I've found but doesn't.

Another attempt:

root@usaxen02:[~]$ vgcfgrestore -vvt /etc/lvm/archive/fluidVG_125094317679_00126-1479850541.vg fluidVG_125094317679 Test mode: Metadata will NOT be updated. Setting global/locking_type to 1 global/wait_for_locks not found in config: defaulting to 1 File-based locking selected. Setting global/locking_dir to /var/lock/lvm Please specify a *single* volume group to restore. Test mode: Wiping internal cache Wiping internal VG cache

Does anyone know what the correct syntax should be on CentOS 5.5?