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[Dave Howorth <dhoworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> > It's just occurred to me that the two problems could be related. Is it
> > possible that installing grub has damaged whatever control information
> > LVM uses?
>
> Have you tried running 
>
> pvscan -v  # Scan for physcial volumes
> vgscan -v  # Scan physical volumes for volume groups

Hi Adam,

I hadn't but I did and got essentially the same output as before. It
doesn't see the second PV that contains the 'backup' VG. So I'm still
reading ...

Thanks, Dave

> If that finds voulume group run
>
> vgchange -ay  # vary-on the volume groups (make them available)
>
> > I'd appreciate any pointers to information, especially how-to repair
> > such damage! Meanwhile I'll RTFM :)
> > Oh, this is my main fileserver so the fewer reboots I have to do, the
> > better.
>
> No reboot should be required if the hardware is actually available.

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