[root@xaos archive]# cat smb_00025.vg
# Generated by LVM2: Wed Apr  4 16:57:10 2007

contents = "Text Format Volume Group"
version = 1

description = "Created *before* executing 'lvchange -C y /dev/smb/arch'"

creation_host = "xaos.freenet.local"    # Linux xaos.freenet.local 2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.aspsmp #1 SMP Tue Feb 27 16:52:58 EET 2007 x86_64
creation_time = 1175695030      # Wed Apr  4 16:57:10 2007

smb {
        id = "xrWecP-pAj5-m7YZ-tgrR-DL2R-WZPj-otglny"
        seqno = 43
        status = ["RESIZEABLE", "READ", "WRITE"]
        extent_size = 8192              # 4 Megabytes
        max_lv = 0
        max_pv = 0

        physical_volumes {

                pv0 {
                        id = "BEDk2H-djpg-27Iz-B3lW-gK1L-DB5b-KM7SqM"
                        device = "/dev/sda2"    # Hint only

                        status = ["ALLOCATABLE"]
                        pe_start = 384
                        pe_count = 59494        # 232,398 Gigabytes
                }

                pv1 {
                        id = "US2M1u-v1Gu-XDsp-9gqL-12FF-2xd5-k9tZNT"
                        device = "/dev/hda7"    # Hint only

                        status = ["ALLOCATABLE"]
                        pe_start = 384
                        pe_count = 36775        # 143,652 Gigabytes
                }

                pv2 {
                        id = "EwQmyW-8N8F-WM7l-c78E-hMpH-YUNc-6oy897"
                        device = "/dev/hdd3"    # Hint only

                        status = ["ALLOCATABLE"]
                        pe_start = 384
                        pe_count = 47406        # 185,18 Gigabytes
                }

                pv3 {
                        id = "auI12K-RTYK-0MWG-8oVD-Fltg-7gRy-Yuqprr"
                        device = "/dev/sdb1"    # Hint only

                        status = ["ALLOCATABLE"]
                        pe_start = 384
                        pe_count = 95387        # 372,605 Gigabytes
                }
        }

        logical_volumes {

                arch {
                        id = "PRyqNm-Luoe-4KXA-OHfg-VQr0-StqR-Qihj5m"
                        status = ["READ", "WRITE", "VISIBLE"]
                        segment_count = 4

                        segment1 {
                                start_extent = 0
                                extent_count = 59494    # 232,398 Gigabytes

                                type = "striped"
                                stripe_count = 1        # linear

                                stripes = [
                                        "pv0", 0
                                ]
                        }
                        segment2 {
                                start_extent = 59494
                                extent_count = 29186    # 114,008 Gigabytes

                                type = "striped"
                                stripe_count = 1        # linear

                                stripes = [
                                        "pv2", 17276
                                ]
                        }
                        segment3 {
                                start_extent = 88680
                                extent_count = 36775    # 143,652 Gigabytes

                                type = "striped"
                                stripe_count = 1        # linear

                                stripes = [
                                        "pv1", 0
                                ]
                        }
                        segment4 {
                                start_extent = 125455
                                extent_count = 17276    # 67,4844 Gigabytes

                                type = "striped"
                                stripe_count = 1        # linear

                                stripes = [
                                        "pv2", 0
                                ]
                        }
                }
        }
}
[root@xaos archive]# pvscan
File descriptor 3 left open
File descriptor 5 left open
File descriptor 7 left open
  PV /dev/sda2   VG smb   lvm2 [232,40 GB / 0    free]
  PV /dev/hda7   VG smb   lvm2 [143,65 GB / 0    free]
  PV /dev/hdd3   VG smb   lvm2 [185,18 GB / 3,69 GB free]
  PV /dev/sdb1   VG smb   lvm2 [372,61 GB / 372,61 GB free]
  Total: 4 [933,84 GB] / in use: 4 [933,84 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0   ]
[root@xaos archive]# lvscan
File descriptor 3 left open
File descriptor 5 left open
File descriptor 7 left open
  ACTIVE            '/dev/smb/arch' [557,54 GB] contiguous
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