VMs cannot be started due to Volume Group not found.

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Hi, I would like to ask:

I've done rebooting my server and some of my VMs cannot be started because:

Volume group "wd1" not found
TASK ERROR: can't activate LV '/dev/wd1/vm-101-disk-2': Skipping volume group wd1

How do I fix this issue?

Code: 
root@eden:~# pvesm status
local    dir 1       332616080       250200268        82415812 75.72%
vms      lvm 1       488382464               0       452730880 0.50%
wd1      lvm 0               0               0               0 100.00%
wd2      lvm 0               0               0               0 100.00%
root@eden:~# pvs
  PV         VG   Fmt  Attr PSize   PFree
  /dev/sda2  pve  lvm2 a--  465.26g  15.99g
  /dev/sdb1  vms  lvm2 a--  465.76g 431.76g
root@eden:~# vgscan
  Reading all physical volumes.  This may take a while...
  Found volume group "vms" using metadata type lvm2
  Found volume group "pve" using metadata type lvm2
root@eden:~# vgs
  VG   #PV #LV #SN Attr   VSize   VFree
  pve    1   3   0 wz--n- 465.26g  15.99g
  vms    1   2   0 wz--n- 465.76g 431.76g
root@eden:~#
 
Hi,
looks like, that the device(s), which contained the vg wd1 are not available?!
How this devices are connected? At this time you only have two disks (sda with boot+pve and sdb with vms).

what is the output of following command?
Code: 
cat /etc/lvm/backup/wd1
Udo
 
udo said:
Hi,
looks like, that the device(s), which contained the vg wd1 are not available?!
How this devices are connected? At this time you only have two disks (sda with boot+pve and sdb with vms).

what is the output of following command?
Code: 
cat /etc/lvm/backup/wd1
Udo
Click to expand...

The hdd is connected through a SATA cable.

Thanks Udo, the output is like this:

Code: 
root@eden:~# cat /etc/lvm/backup/wd1
# Generated by LVM2 version 2.02.98(2) (2012-10-15): Thu Oct  3 22:28:22 2013

contents = "Text Format Volume Group"
version = 1

description = "Created *after* executing 'vgcfgbackup'"

creation_host = "eden"  # Linux eden 2.6.32-19-pve #1 SMP Tue Apr 2 12:22:11 CES                                                                                                                                                             T 2013 x86_64
creation_time = 1380814102      # Thu Oct  3 22:28:22 2013

wd1 {
        id = "g4xU65-nkW4-lPXp-Fey9-dxk3-TQr0-6Re4x9"
        seqno = 6
        format = "lvm2" # informational
        status = ["RESIZEABLE", "READ", "WRITE"]
        flags = []
        extent_size = 8192              # 4 Megabytes
        max_lv = 0
        max_pv = 0
        metadata_copies = 0

        physical_volumes {

                pv0 {
                        id = "kceT1t-cUh2-lbau-SKrV-BNpN-RdnF-Mmus0k"
                        device = "/dev/sdc1"    # Hint only

                        status = ["ALLOCATABLE"]
                        flags = []
                        dev_size = 976768002    # 465.759 Gigabytes
                        pe_start = 2048
                        pe_count = 119234       # 465.758 Gigabytes
                }
        }

        logical_volumes {

                vm-110-disk-1 {
                        id = "QqTNKO-nEHl-KKpX-Vqy6-d0C1-OwQ7-rk1aFU"
                        status = ["READ", "WRITE", "VISIBLE"]
                        flags = []
                        tags = ["pve-vm-110"]
                        creation_host = "eden"
                        creation_time = 1370669455      # 2013-06-08 12:30:55 +0                                                                                                                                                             700
                        segment_count = 1

                        segment1 {
                                start_extent = 0
                                extent_count = 8192     # 32 Gigabytes

                                type = "striped"
                                stripe_count = 1        # linear

                                stripes = [
                                        "pv0", 0
                                ]
                        }
                }

                vm-101-disk-1 {
                        id = "ZrdddI-0utL-n6Te-VNuQ-fUvA-Iwb3-QMlpBb"
                        status = ["READ", "WRITE", "VISIBLE"]
                        flags = []
                        tags = ["pve-vm-101"]
                        creation_host = "eden"
                        creation_time = 1373187191      # 2013-07-07 15:53:11 +0                                                                                                                                                             700
                        segment_count = 1

                        segment1 {
                                start_extent = 0
                                extent_count = 6144     # 24 Gigabytes

                                type = "striped"
                                stripe_count = 1        # linear

                                stripes = [
                                        "pv0", 8192
                                ]
                        }
                }

                vm-101-disk-2 {
                        id = "3vPTbo-35nn-9J5C-cwMu-CpPq-5Zo0-ShEE5t"
                        status = ["READ", "WRITE", "VISIBLE"]
                        flags = []
                        tags = ["pve-vm-101"]
                        creation_host = "eden"
                        creation_time = 1373187192      # 2013-07-07 15:53:12 +0                                                                                                                                                             700
                        segment_count = 1

                        segment1 {
                                start_extent = 0
                                extent_count = 51200    # 200 Gigabytes

                                type = "striped"
                                stripe_count = 1        # linear

                                stripes = [
                                        "pv0", 14336
                                ]
                        }
                }

                vm-101-disk-3 {
                        id = "YWYoGo-xJlp-WB9O-2Hb0-WyOH-zjfu-NCDEsk"
                        status = ["READ", "WRITE", "VISIBLE"]
                        flags = []
                        tags = ["pve-vm-101"]
                        creation_host = "eden"
                        creation_time = 1373187192      # 2013-07-07 15:53:12 +0                                                                                                                                                             700
                        segment_count = 1

                        segment1 {
                                start_extent = 0
                                extent_count = 6144     # 24 Gigabytes

                                type = "striped"
                                stripe_count = 1        # linear

                                stripes = [
                                        "pv0", 65536
                                ]
                        }
                }

                vm-104-disk-1 {
                        id = "PN5FZS-FcdS-MH76-cBdI-qo4L-tyCE-fGkM2C"
                        status = ["READ", "WRITE", "VISIBLE"]
                        flags = []
                        tags = ["pve-vm-104"]
                        creation_host = "eden"
                        creation_time = 1373684715      # 2013-07-13 10:05:15 +0                                                                                                                                                             700
                        segment_count = 1

                        segment1 {
                                start_extent = 0
                                extent_count = 6144     # 24 Gigabytes

                                type = "striped"
                                stripe_count = 1        # linear

                                stripes = [
                                        "pv0", 71680
                                ]
                        }
                }
        }
}
root@eden:~#
 
AndyCh said:
The hdd is connected through a SATA cable.

Thanks Udo, the output is like this:

Code: 
root@eden:~# cat /etc/lvm/backup/wd1
# Generated by LVM2 version 2.02.98(2) (2012-10-15): Thu Oct  3 22:28:22 2013

contents = "Text Format Volume Group"
version = 1

description = "Created *after* executing 'vgcfgbackup'"

creation_host = "eden"  # Linux eden 2.6.32-19-pve #1 SMP Tue Apr 2 12:22:11 CES                                                                                                                                                             T 2013 x86_64
creation_time = 1380814102      # Thu Oct  3 22:28:22 2013

wd1 {
        id = "g4xU65-nkW4-lPXp-Fey9-dxk3-TQr0-6Re4x9"
        seqno = 6
        format = "lvm2" # informational
        status = ["RESIZEABLE", "READ", "WRITE"]
        flags = []
        extent_size = 8192              # 4 Megabytes
        max_lv = 0
        max_pv = 0
        metadata_copies = 0

        physical_volumes {

                pv0 {
                        id = "kceT1t-cUh2-lbau-SKrV-BNpN-RdnF-Mmus0k"
                        device = "/dev/sdc1"    # Hint only

                        status = ["ALLOCATABLE"]
                        flags = []
                        dev_size = 976768002    # 465.759 Gigabytes
                        pe_start = 2048
                        pe_count = 119234       # 465.758 Gigabytes
                }
        }

        logical_volumes {

                vm-110-disk-1 {
                        id = "QqTNKO-nEHl-KKpX-Vqy6-d0C1-OwQ7-rk1aFU"
                        status = ["READ", "WRITE", "VISIBLE"]
                        flags = []
                        tags = ["pve-vm-110"]
                        creation_host = "eden"
                        creation_time = 1370669455      # 2013-06-08 12:30:55 +0                                                                                                                                                             700
                        segment_count = 1

                        segment1 {
                                start_extent = 0
                                extent_count = 8192     # 32 Gigabytes

                                type = "striped"
                                stripe_count = 1        # linear

                                stripes = [
                                        "pv0", 0
                                ]
                        }
                }

                vm-101-disk-1 {
                        id = "ZrdddI-0utL-n6Te-VNuQ-fUvA-Iwb3-QMlpBb"
                        status = ["READ", "WRITE", "VISIBLE"]
                        flags = []
                        tags = ["pve-vm-101"]
                        creation_host = "eden"
                        creation_time = 1373187191      # 2013-07-07 15:53:11 +0                                                                                                                                                             700
                        segment_count = 1

                        segment1 {
                                start_extent = 0
                                extent_count = 6144     # 24 Gigabytes

                                type = "striped"
                                stripe_count = 1        # linear

                                stripes = [
                                        "pv0", 8192
                                ]
                        }
                }

                vm-101-disk-2 {
                        id = "3vPTbo-35nn-9J5C-cwMu-CpPq-5Zo0-ShEE5t"
                        status = ["READ", "WRITE", "VISIBLE"]
                        flags = []
                        tags = ["pve-vm-101"]
                        creation_host = "eden"
                        creation_time = 1373187192      # 2013-07-07 15:53:12 +0                                                                                                                                                             700
                        segment_count = 1

                        segment1 {
                                start_extent = 0
                                extent_count = 51200    # 200 Gigabytes

                                type = "striped"
                                stripe_count = 1        # linear

                                stripes = [
                                        "pv0", 14336
                                ]
                        }
                }

                vm-101-disk-3 {
                        id = "YWYoGo-xJlp-WB9O-2Hb0-WyOH-zjfu-NCDEsk"
                        status = ["READ", "WRITE", "VISIBLE"]
                        flags = []
                        tags = ["pve-vm-101"]
                        creation_host = "eden"
                        creation_time = 1373187192      # 2013-07-07 15:53:12 +0                                                                                                                                                             700
                        segment_count = 1

                        segment1 {
                                start_extent = 0
                                extent_count = 6144     # 24 Gigabytes

                                type = "striped"
                                stripe_count = 1        # linear

                                stripes = [
                                        "pv0", 65536
                                ]
                        }
                }

                vm-104-disk-1 {
                        id = "PN5FZS-FcdS-MH76-cBdI-qo4L-tyCE-fGkM2C"
                        status = ["READ", "WRITE", "VISIBLE"]
                        flags = []
                        tags = ["pve-vm-104"]
                        creation_host = "eden"
                        creation_time = 1373684715      # 2013-07-13 10:05:15 +0                                                                                                                                                             700
                        segment_count = 1

                        segment1 {
                                start_extent = 0
                                extent_count = 6144     # 24 Gigabytes

                                type = "striped"
                                stripe_count = 1        # linear

                                stripes = [
                                        "pv0", 71680
                                ]
                        }
                }
        }
}
root@eden:~#
Click to expand...
Hi,
like wrote before - your third disk isn't available.
You can look with following commands for info/error-messages
Code: 
dmesg | egrep "scsi|sd"
fdisk -l
Is the disk running? If you don't see the third disk you can try an power-cycle (better switch off and after 10 sec. on again).

Udo
 
udo said:
Hi,
like wrote before - your third disk isn't available.
You can look with following commands for info/error-messages
Code: 
dmesg | egrep "scsi|sd"
fdisk -l
Is the disk running? If you don't see the third disk you can try an power-cycle (better switch off and after 10 sec. on again).

Udo
Click to expand...

Below is the output of dmesg & fdisk command:

Code: 
root@eden:~# dmesg |egrep "scsi|sd"
scsi0 : ahci
scsi1 : ahci
scsi2 : ahci
scsi3 : ahci
scsi4 : ahci
scsi5 : ahci
scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      WDC WD5002AALX-0 15.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 976773168 512-byte logical blocks: (500 GB/465 GiB)
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO                                                                                                                                                              or FUA
 sda:
scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      WDC WD5002AALX-0 15.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 976773168 512-byte logical blocks: (500 GB/465 GiB)
sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO                                                                                                                                                              or FUA
 sdb: sda1 sda2
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
 sdb1
sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
EXT3-fs (sda1): using internal journal
EXT3-fs (sda1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode
Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 okir@monad.swb.de).
iscsi: registered transport (tcp)
iscsi: registered transport (iser)
root@eden:~# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000caa94

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048     1048575      523264   83  Linux
/dev/sda2         1048576   976773119   487862272   8e  Linux LVM

Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xb0639cca

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1              63   976768064   488384001   8e  Linux LVM

Disk /dev/mapper/pve-root: 103.1 GB, 103079215104 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 12532 cylinders, total 201326592 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/mapper/pve-root doesn't contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/mapper/vms-vm--201--disk--1: 10.7 GB, 10737418240 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1305 cylinders, total 20971520 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000aa6af

                            Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id                                                                                                                                                               System
/dev/mapper/vms-vm--201--disk--1p1   *        2048      194559       96256   83                                                                                                                                                               Linux
/dev/mapper/vms-vm--201--disk--1p2          194560    20506623    10156032   83                                                                                                                                                               Linux
/dev/mapper/vms-vm--201--disk--1p3        20506624    20969471      231424   82                                                                                                                                                               Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/mapper/pve-swap: 33.3 GB, 33285996544 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4046 cylinders, total 65011712 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/mapper/pve-swap doesn't contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/mapper/pve-data: 346.0 GB, 346030080000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 42069 cylinders, total 675840000 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/mapper/pve-data doesn't contain a valid partition table
root@eden:~#
 
AndyCh said:
Below is the output of dmesg & fdisk command:

Code: 
root@eden:~# dmesg |egrep "scsi|sd"
...
scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      WDC WD5002AALX-0 15.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 976773168 512-byte logical blocks: (500 GB/465 GiB)
...
scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      WDC WD5002AALX-0 15.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 976773168 512-byte logical blocks: (500 GB/465 GiB)
...
Click to expand...
Two hdds only.
Check HDD, cable, sata-port (change, or take another).

Udo
 
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