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Read my story below.

I'm using LVM2 with following information:

Scan for VG:

# vgs
  VG   #PV #LV #SN Attr   VSize   VFree 
  unix   1   1   0 wz--n- 115.00g 45.00g

Scan for LV 

# lvs
  LV   VG   Attr   LSize  Origin Snap%  Move Log Copy%  Convert
  work unix -wi-s- 70.00g

Attempt to activate VG, LV 

# vgchange -ay
  device-mapper: resume ioctl failed: Invalid argument
  Unable to resume unix-work (254:1)
  1 logical volume(s) in volume group "unix" now active

Check LV activated or not 

# lvdisplay 
  /dev/mapper/unix-work: open failed: No such file or directory
  --- Logical volume ---
  LV Name                /dev/unix/work
  VG Name                unix
  LV UUID                HzzTTr-rX2d-w1dP-NEQL-QksJ-rmHW-jMTxO7
  LV Write Access        read/write
  LV Status              NOT available
  LV Size                70.00 GiB
  Current LE             17920
  Segments               2
  Allocation             inherit
  Read ahead sectors     auto

Because of last command end with error: "/dev/mapper/unix-work: open failed: No such file or directory" Then I have to run vgmknodes to manual create /dev/ nodes as below

# vgmknodes 
  The link /dev/unix/work should had been created by udev but it was not found. Falling back to direct link creation.

Now it look like better with status "suspended" 

# lvdisplay 
  --- Logical volume ---
  LV Name                /dev/unix/work
  VG Name                unix
  LV UUID                HzzTTr-rX2d-w1dP-NEQL-QksJ-rmHW-jMTxO7
  LV Write Access        read/write
  LV Status              suspended
  # open                 0
  LV Size                70.00 GiB
  Current LE             17920
  Segments               2
  Allocation             inherit
  Read ahead sectors     auto
  - currently set to     256
  Block device           254:1

Attempt to mount LV: 

# mount /dev/unix/work /mnt/
mount: /dev/mapper/unix-work already mounted or /mnt/ busy

Message from dmesg:

[ 1527.566964] device-mapper: table: 254:1: sda3 too small for target: start=94372224, len=136306688, dev_size=224606491

So, my question is: how can I wake up LV to mount it or use dd command to get data from LVM partition?

Thanks in advanced!

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  • 1. try update the follwing packges kernel , device-mapper, lvm2 . 2. deactivate with vgchange -an , then activate with vgchange -ay.
    – Hanan
    Nov 28, 2011 at 6:00
  • Already read on LVM FAQ but not tried yet, I'm using live cd of Arch Bang so can not make a kernel update. I think it is not related to kernel since I use live cd before & after this problem happen. FYI: uname -a Linux archbang 3.0-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Oct 19 10:27:51 CEST 2011 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2410M CPU @ 2.30GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
    – uocnb
    Nov 28, 2011 at 8:44
  • The output from pvdisplay and fdisk -lu /dev/sda would be helpful. This part makes it sound like your partition holding the PV has shrunk, which is a big problem: sda3 too small for target: start=94372224, len=136306688, dev_size=224606491
    – psusi
    Nov 28, 2011 at 15:45
  • @Hannan: I have installed Arch Linux to another partition and using latest linux kernel: Linux hydrogen 3.1.2-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Nov 22 09:17:56 CET 2011 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2410M CPU @ 2.30GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux but still get the same result as last time I did. @psusi: My hdd is in GPT, so fdisk will not work. I use gdisk (AKA gpt fdisk).
    – uocnb
    Nov 29, 2011 at 2:02
  • @UocNguyen, then whatever the equivalent for gfdisk is. The point is to verify that the partition is as large as LVM expects it to be.
    – psusi
    Nov 29, 2011 at 2:17

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I think it is related to this post https://superuser.com/questions/1061454/how-to-resize-back-a-logical-volumen-lvm/1061548

As suggested by the psusi comment, the PV on /dev/sda3 seems to be smaller than the VG size (perhaps a pvresize --setphysicalvolumesize somesizeG was done at a time)

2 solutions : - extend the /dev/sda3 - reduce the unix-work LV

But need the pvdisplay and /dev/sda3 infos

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