knossos:/home/heidi# mdadm -C /dev/md0 -n2 -l 1 /dev/hdc missing mdadm: array /dev/md0 started. knossos:/home/heidi# cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [raid1] md0 : active raid1 hdc[0] 195360896 blocks [2/1] [U_] unused devices: knossos:/home/heidi# pvcreate /dev/md0 Physical volume "/dev/md0" successfully created knossos:/home/heidi# vgdisplay --- Volume group --- VG Name knossos System ID Format lvm2 Metadata Areas 1 Metadata Sequence No 80 VG Access read/write VG Status resizable MAX LV 0 Cur LV 2 Open LV 1 Max PV 0 Cur PV 1 Act PV 1 VG Size 186.31 GB PE Size 4.00 MB Total PE 47695 Alloc PE / Size 33280 / 130.00 GB Free PE / Size 14415 / 56.31 GB VG UUID xccB3F-8F8A-YzcP-jMNJ-rIkV-jxZ3-cueJwp knossos:/home/heidi# pvdisplay --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/hdb VG Name knossos PV Size 186.31 GB / not usable 0 Allocatable yes PE Size (KByte) 4096 Total PE 47695 Free PE 14415 Allocated PE 33280 PV UUID uti1WC-dIFW-4STS-v8Fr-VNiS-R8jx-fcCObn --- NEW Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/md0 VG Name PV Size 186.31 GB Allocatable NO PE Size (KByte) 0 Total PE 0 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 0 PV UUID weSMyC-dFYc-wkQ1-Km5O-N5z5-68fK-85Lfuv knossos:/home/heidi# vgextend /dev/knossos /dev/md0 /var/lock/lvm/V_/dev/knossos: open failed: No such file or directory Can't get lock for /dev/knossos knossos:/home/heidi# vgextend knossos /dev/md0 Volume group "knossos" successfully extended knossos:/home/heidi# vgdisplay --- Volume group --- VG Name knossos System ID Format lvm2 Metadata Areas 2 Metadata Sequence No 81 VG Access read/write VG Status resizable MAX LV 0 Cur LV 2 Open LV 1 Max PV 0 Cur PV 2 Act PV 2 VG Size 372.62 GB PE Size 4.00 MB Total PE 95390 Alloc PE / Size 33280 / 130.00 GB Free PE / Size 62110 / 242.62 GB VG UUID xccB3F-8F8A-YzcP-jMNJ-rIkV-jxZ3-cueJwp knossos:/home/heidi# pvmove /dev/hdb -v Finding volume group "knossos" Archiving volume group "knossos" metadata. Creating logical volume pvmove0 mirror: Required device-mapper target(s) not detected in your kernel knossos:/home/heidi# modprobe dm-mirror knossos:/home/heidi# pvmove /dev/hdb -v Finding volume group "knossos" Archiving volume group "knossos" metadata. Creating logical volume pvmove0 Moving 20480 extents of logical volume knossos/home Moving 12800 extents of logical volume knossos/cdimages Found volume group "knossos" Found volume group "knossos" Updating volume group metadata Creating volume group backup "/etc/lvm/backup/knossos" Found volume group "knossos" Found volume group "knossos" Found volume group "knossos" Loading knossos-pvmove0 Volume group knossos metadata is inconsistent Volume group for uuid not found: xccB3F8F8AYzcPjMNJrIkVjxZ3cueJwpbFlPFexuk87RhLlyrADnO3fhvTt7RzVX /dev/md0: Checksum error Couldn't read volume group metadata. Volume group knossos metadata is inconsistent Volume group for uuid not found: xccB3F8F8AYzcPjMNJrIkVjxZ3cueJwpNvlkOKzchkxX5F4LINiZDQuxI2nMs0DT Checking progress every 15 seconds WARNING: dev_open(/dev/hdb) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/hdb) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/hdb) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/hdb) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/hdb) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/md0) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/md0) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/md0) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/hdb) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/hdb) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/hdb) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/md0) called while suspended Inconsistent metadata copies found - updating to use version 82 /dev/hdb: Moved: 0.0% WARNING: dev_open(/dev/hdb) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/hdb) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/hdb) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/hdb) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/hdb) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/md0) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/md0) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/md0) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/hdb) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/hdb) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/hdb) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/md0) called while suspended /dev/hdb: Moved: 0.1% WARNING: dev_open(/dev/hdb) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/hdb) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/hdb) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/hdb) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/hdb) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/hdb) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/md0) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/md0) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/md0) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/hdb) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/hdb) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/hdb) called while suspended WARNING: dev_open(/dev/md0) called while suspended ABORTING: Can't find mirror LV in knossos for /dev/hdb