On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Robert Nichols <rnicholsNOSPAM at comcast.net> wrote: > The attachment didn't come through, but I can use the file that you posted > before. The PV you have is completely used, but restoring this > configuration > should get you back to a state where you can try again to extend the VG to > a new PV. You can do _all_ of that online -- no need to resort to a live > CD. And this time, don't remove or overwrite that new PV until you have > successfully purged it from the LVM structure. > > Updated file attached as LVMconfig.new . All I have done is comment out > two blocks of lines referring to "pv1" and change the segment count to "1" > for lv_root. You will need to run > > vgcfgrestore -v --file LVMconfig.new vg_devserver > > You might want to try it first including the "--test" option to see what > it is going to do. > Well seem to be not working # vgcfgrestore -v --file LVMconfig.new vg_devserver --test File descriptor 7 (pipe:[18995]) leaked on vgcfgrestore invocation. Parent PID 3790: bash TEST MODE: Metadata will NOT be updated and volumes will not be (de)activated. Parse error at byte 81 (line 2): unexpected token Couldn't read volume group metadata. Restore failed. Test mode: Wiping internal cache Wiping internal VG cache