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Posted by Darvil, 11-18-2008, 05:47 AM
restore a deleted LVM I've come into a bind here. I need to restore a deleted VPS. Problem is that another VPS was created right after the VPS was deleted. This is on a Xen hypervm slave. I tried running vgcfgrestore -f /etc/lvm/archive/VolGroup00_01381.vg VolGroup00 but its not bringing back the files. Any ideas at all at on how to recover? Is this even possible? I just need to salvage some files from /home from the old setup. Perhaps delete the new VPS and then do a restore?
Posted by Russ Foster, 11-18-2008, 05:56 AM
You have probably lost the data. Do you have offsite backups at all? __________________FSCK VPS - Instant setup US VPS - Linux Remote Desktop Out the Box www.cheapvps.co.uk - UK/US/OpenVZ/Xen VPS CrapCrap.com - Its my blog and stuffContact us for VPS solutions and fully managed support. Not happy with something? PM me
Posted by cascoing, 11-18-2008, 06:26 PM
I too hope so, that external backup is the only solution.
Posted by ragubhat, 11-19-2008, 03:01 AM
vgcfgrestore -f /etc/lvm/archive/VolGroup00_01381.vg VolGroup00 This just restores the LVM descriptor area, maybe a part of the metadata. What has happened to the disk area? Has read-write activity been high? Looks like you have lost all data, if this server is a busy production one. __________________ -- 73s Ragu/VU2RGU A LowLie SysAd
Posted by Dynash, 11-19-2008, 05:06 AM
You've most likely lost it since a VPS was installed right after it. __________________<<< Please see Forum Guidelines for signature setup. >>>
Posted by Darvil, 11-19-2008, 07:19 PM
Aye, I agree this is a lost cause. Now if there was nothing new created would that roll back command have worked?

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