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Line 79: − − The original disk will not mount due to volume group name conflicts with the existing drive(s). − Follow this procedure to rename the volume group on the original disk: − − Boot from SME Server 7.1 (or newer) install CD − − press F5 − − type "sme rescue" at the command prompt and hit enter − − Note: don't start the network and skip mounting the filesystem. − − mdadm -AR /dev/md5 /dev/hdx2 − lvm vgscan − lvm vgs -v − lvm vgchange -a n − lvm vgrename orig_vg_name new_vg_name − exit − − Now remove the CD and reboot − − mdadm -AR /dev/md5 /dev/hdx2 − vgscan − vgchange -a y new_vg_name − mkdir /mnt/tmp − mount /dev/new_vg_name/root /mnt/tmp − {{Note box|In some rare cases your VolumeGroup name listed in the last line might be different, more information can be found in [[[[bugzilla: 3883]]]].}} − − You should now be able to view all your old data under /mnt/tmp − − Follow the steps listed above to use CopyFromDisk to restore the data. − −
→Reference information: Removing redundant information in the reference section which was there for historical reasons.
Additional tips from http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=39892.0
Additional tips from http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=39892.0
which refers to http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=37686.0
which refers to http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=37686.0
To understand more of the background of LVM and RAID data recovery, read this:
To understand more of the background of LVM and RAID data recovery, read this:
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8874
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8874
=== Moving from SME 7.x to SME 8 ===
=== Moving from SME 7.x to SME 8 ===