Destroyed local-lvm - how do I reactivate it?

neilsonwheels

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Jul 2, 2023
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I had an issue where the local-lvm on a node was full.
I think it traced to an lvm-thin disk being the culprit.
I am only running Proxmox Backup Server in a VM on that node and didn't really care too much about losing anything on it (I had other backups).
I ended up getting impatient with trying various solutions to free up space and ended up using the Destroy option in the GUI.

I then added local-lvm back onto that node, however it is greyed out and not active.

Below is the output of some cli command that may help - I believe that the disk I want to use for local-lvm is sdb3

Bash:
root@pve2:~# lsblk
NAME                          MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
sda                             8:0    0  3.6T  0 disk
├─backup4tb-backup4tb_tmeta   252:2    0 15.9G  0 lvm 
│ └─backup4tb-backup4tb-tpool 252:4    0  3.6T  0 lvm 
│   └─backup4tb-backup4tb     252:5    0  3.6T  1 lvm 
└─backup4tb-backup4tb_tdata   252:3    0  3.6T  0 lvm 
  └─backup4tb-backup4tb-tpool 252:4    0  3.6T  0 lvm 
    └─backup4tb-backup4tb     252:5    0  3.6T  1 lvm 
sdb                             8:16   0  1.8T  0 disk
├─sdb1                          8:17   0 1007K  0 part
├─sdb2                          8:18   0    1G  0 part /boot/efi
└─sdb3                          8:19   0  1.8T  0 part
  ├─pve-swap                  252:0    0  7.6G  0 lvm  [SWAP]
  └─pve-root                  252:1    0   96G  0 lvm  /
mmcblk0                       179:0    0 29.1G  0 disk
├─mmcblk0p1                   179:1    0  512M  0 part
├─mmcblk0p2                   179:2    0 27.7G  0 part
└─mmcblk0p3                   179:3    0  977M  0 part
mmcblk0boot0                  179:8    0    4M  1 disk
mmcblk0boot1                  179:16   0    4M  1 disk


Code:
root@pve2:~# pvesm status
pbs: error fetching datastores - 500 Can't connect to 192.168.50.234:8007 (No route to host)
no such logical volume pve/data
Name                        Type     Status           Total            Used       Available        %
borg-backups                cifs     active      3905109820      3155288272       749821548   80.80%
local                        dir     active        98497780        43884480        49563752   44.55%
local-lvm                lvmthin   inactive               0               0               0    0.00%
media-server-storage         lvm   disabled               0               0               0      N/A
pbs                          pbs   inactive               0               0               0    0.00%
pve-shared                   nfs   disabled               0               0               0      N/A
qnap-nas-backups             nfs   disabled               0               0               0      N/A
qnap-nas-public              nfs   disabled               0               0               0      N/A

Code:
root@pve2:~# pvesm scan lvm
pve
backup4tb

I really don't care too much whether I have to reformat that drive(s), or even reinstall the Proxmox Backup Server VM again, but just looking for the easiest solution. I'm a bit time poor at the moment and am not much of an advanced user.

Hoping someone can help out.
 

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