VM Clone is failing

[elmatador]

I'm trying to clone a VM and I'm getting this error:

Cannot change VG pve while PVs are missing.
See vgreduce --removemissing and vgextend --restoremissing.
TASK ERROR: clone failed: lvcreate 'pve/vm-112-disk-0' error: Cannot process volume group pve

When I try the suggested command, I get another error:
@pve:/etc/lvm/backup# vgreduce --removemissing
No command with matching syntax recognised. Run 'vgreduce --help' for more information.
Nearest similar command has syntax:
vgreduce --removemissing VG
Remove all missing PVs from a VG.


vgreduce --removemissing VG
Volume group "VG" not found
Cannot process volume group VG


root@pve:/etc/lvm/backup# vgextend --restoremissing
No command with matching syntax recognised. Run 'vgextend --help' for more information.
Correct command syntax is:
vgextend VG PV ...

root@pve:/etc/lvm/backup# vgextend VG PVE
No device found for PVE.


Before you ask, here is the output of VGS:


root@pve:/etc/lvm/backup# vgs
WARNING: Couldn't find device with uuid QtU37G-avH6-RSdH-8GFN-oGJB-MD5L-dLPYDR.
WARNING: VG pve is missing PV QtU37G-avH6-RSdH-8GFN-oGJB-MD5L-dLPYDR (last written to [unknown]).
VG #PV #LV #SN Attr VSize VFree
USBDisk 1 9 0 wz--n- <9.43t 570.17g
pve 2 26 0 wz-pn- 9.89t <9.32t


It looks like something is wrong with my PV, but I don't know how to fix it

 

[elmatador]

I'm still having major issues with VG not found in this PV.

I've been searching all over the internet but have not found anything. Can someone chime in, please?

 

[elmatador]

Ok, so after a long time on trial and error, I think I found a solution (although I'm not sure what caused the problem).

I have used the command:

vgreduce --removemissing pve

This seems to have cleared a PV that was in the VG causing the problem

I *think* this PV is part of a directory I added to Proxmox to it could be a self-inflicted problem by the system. But I could be wrong. In any case, I hope the command can be helpful to other people who find this.