[NTLUG:Discuss] Borked LVM volume -- can anyone help?

[Chris Cox]

Damien Falgoust wrote:
> Hello all.
> 
> I'm pretty new at Linux and have been using it as a home file server
> (Suse) for about a year.  Today it stopped recognizing the LVM volume,
> and when I rebooted it wouldn't start up.  (Well, it does, but it
> drops to a command line and demands the root password).
> 
> FTR, the LVM volumes do NOT hold system files...that is on a separate
> HDD.  The LVM volume spans two 500GB SATA drives.
> 
> Now I've lost access to nearly 800GB of data.  I've Googled on how to
> recover an LVM volume but I just can't make heads or tails of it.  I
> really feel like I'm in over my head on this one.
> 
> Are there any NTLUG folks out there who could come take a look,
> perhaps for a small fee?  I'm really at my wit's end here.
> 

Boot into rescue mode, do an lvmdiskscan.  If a vgscan
show the volume group, it may simply need to be reactivated.
Use vgchange -a y your-vg-name

Where are you located?