vgreduce --removemissing
--partial doesn't seem to be a valid option for vgreduce.
Or did you mean something like 'lvchange -ay --partial /dev/typhoon/backup' or 'vgchange -ay --partial typhoon'?
[root@typhoon ~]# lvchange -ay --partial /dev/typhoon/backup
Partial mode. Incomplete volume groups will be activated read-only. Couldn't find device with uuid '5Ztw2o-Ooa8-AYX3-XE56-HR9T-uRQI-75YTuA'. Couldn't find device with uuid 'O4kqGt-VEKo-yavU-R8yN-PGjF-mWjF-a9tdWt'.
One or more specified logical volume(s) not found. [root@typhoon ~]# vgchange -ay --partial typhoon
Partial mode. Incomplete volume groups will be activated read-only. Couldn't find device with uuid '5Ztw2o-Ooa8-AYX3-XE56-HR9T-uRQI-75YTuA'. Couldn't find device with uuid 'O4kqGt-VEKo-yavU-R8yN-PGjF-mWjF-a9tdWt'. Couldn't find device with uuid '5Ztw2o-Ooa8-AYX3-XE56-HR9T-uRQI-75YTuA'. Couldn't find device with uuid 'O4kqGt-VEKo-yavU-R8yN-PGjF-mWjF-a9tdWt'. Couldn't find device with uuid '5Ztw2o-Ooa8-AYX3-XE56-HR9T-uRQI-75YTuA'. Couldn't find device with uuid 'O4kqGt-VEKo-yavU-R8yN-PGjF-mWjF-a9tdWt'. device-mapper ioctl cmd 9 failed: Invalid argument
Couldn't load device 'typhoon-backups'.
2 logical volume(s) in volume group "typhoon" now active
The end result is roughly what the messages indicate, the remaining good LV is made available read-only. However, lvdisplay and vgdisplay both still fail and I'm no closer to dumping the unwanted LV and establishing a clean configuration.
As for versions, I'm running FC3 patched up to the latest and greatest:
[root@typhoon ~]# rpm -q lvm2
lvm2-2.00.25-1.01
[root@typhoon ~]# uname -a
Linux typhoon.aput.net 2.6.11-1.27_FC3 #1 Tue May 17 20:27:37 EDT 2005 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
Jason
Quoted 5 lines · Alasdair G Kergon
--partial ?
else what version?
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