VM not recognize ext4 LVM drive

csrgzz

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By mistake I detach an LVM drive from my vm and when I re-attach no longer recognize as ext4 type, I know I can reformat the drive but I want to save the files before I do anything else.

Proxmox node can see my LVM as ext4 e2fsck works ok I can even mount this drive (which I will eventually do to save my files) but I just dot want to go the easy route mounting save files then by formatting the disk on vm.

any other suggestion?

root@proxmox: lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,SIZE,MOUNTPOINT,LABEL
NAME FSTYPE SIZE MOUNTPOINT LABEL
sda LVM2_member 7.3T
├─LVM-LVM_tmeta 15.8G
│ └─LVM-LVM-tpool 7.2T
│ ├─LVM-LVM 7.2T
│ ├─LVM-vm--101--disk--1 ext4 7.7T
│ └─LVM-vm--101--disk--0 7.7T
└─LVM-LVM_tdata 7.2T
└─LVM-LVM-tpool 7.2T
├─LVM-LVM 7.2T
├─LVM-vm--101--disk--1 ext4 7.7T
└─LVM-vm--101--disk--0 7.7T
root@proxmox:~# e2fsck /dev/mapper/LVM-vm--101--disk--1
e2fsck 1.46.5 (30-Dec-2021)
/dev/mapper/LVM-vm--101--disk--1: clean, 529984/258867200 files, 396417465/2070937600 blocks

on VM my /dev/sdc is not showing as ext4
csr@tux:~$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sdc: 7.71 TiB, 8482560409600 bytes, 16567500800 sectors
Disk model: QEMU HARDDISK
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


csr@tux:~$ sudo lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,SIZE,MOUNTPOINT,LABEL
NAME FSTYPE SIZE MOUNTPOINT LABEL
sda 170G
├─sda1 1M
├─sda2 ext4 2G /boot
└─sda3 LVM2_member 98G
└─ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv ext4 98G /
sdb ext4 1.9T /mnt/HD2G
sdc 7.7T
sr0 iso9660 1.4G Ubuntu-Server 22.04.1 LTS amd64



csr@tux:~$ sudo e2fsck -v /dev/sdc
e2fsck 1.46.5 (30-Dec-2021)
ext2fs_open2: Bad magic number in super-block
e2fsck: Superblock invalid, trying backup blocks...
e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sdc

The superblock could not be read or does not describe a valid ext2/ext3/ext4
filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2/ext3/ext4
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
or
e2fsck -b 32768 <device>


csr@tux:~$ sudo e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/sdc
e2fsck 1.46.5 (30-Dec-2021)
e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sdc

The superblock could not be read or does not describe a valid ext2/ext3/ext4
filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2/ext3/ext4
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
or
e2fsck -b 32768 <device>
 

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