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Corrupt LVM metadata header after kernel update

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I'm running Debian Wheezy (Linux wheezy3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.63-2+deb7u1 x86_64 GNU/Linux) as an encrypted LVM with hardware raid 1 (Adaptec 6405E) on a supermicro server. I was encounting the following errors during the the kernel update: Running depmod. Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 3.2.0-4-amd64 /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-amd64 update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-4-amd64 run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 3.2.0-4-amd64 /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-amd64 error: unknown LVM metadata header. error: unknown LVM metadata header. Generating grub.cfg ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-amd64 Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-4-amd64 error: unknown LVM metadata header. error: unknown LVM metadata header. error: unknown LVM metadata header. error: unknown LVM metadata header. Incorrect metadata area header checksum on /dev/sda1 at offset 4096 done Here is the output for pvdisplay, vgdisplay, lvdisplay, df, pvs, lvs, vgs: root@wheezy:~# pvdisplay -v Scanning for physical volume names Incorrect metadata area header checksum on /dev/sda1 at offset 4096 --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/dm-0 VG Name wheezy PV Size 111.37 GiB / not usable 2.00 MiB Allocatable yes (but full) PE Size 4.00 MiB Total PE 28510 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 28510 PV UUID 8DEe3m-NaQC-mRia-cMfv-OO2O-Foog-XXTLeU "/dev/sda1" is a new physical volume of "243.00 MiB" --- NEW Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/sda1 VG Name PV Size 243.00 MiB Allocatable NO PE Size 0 Total PE 0 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 0 PV UUID fnKsgr-KC2h-inYi-jhli-YFil-edTh-RsRTzK root@wheezy:~# vgdisplay -v Finding all volume groups Incorrect metadata area header checksum on /dev/sda1 at offset 4096 Finding volume group "wheezy" --- Volume group --- VG Name wheezy System ID Format lvm2 Metadata Areas 1 Metadata Sequence No 10 VG Access read/write VG Status resizable MAX LV 0 Cur LV 3 Open LV 3 Max PV 0 Cur PV 1 Act PV 1 VG Size 111.37 GiB PE Size 4.00 MiB Total PE 28510 Alloc PE / Size 28510 / 111.37 GiB Free PE / Size 0 / 0 VG UUID nq8fye-SpVe-cHrd-AM99-YWdA-7SPp-L3S2Hm --- Logical volume --- LV Path /dev/wheezy/SWAP LV Name SWAP VG Name wheezy LV UUID VbC1TX-2Ppz-1003-VFqU-0o0X-otwu-qy5Xam LV Write Access read/write LV Creation host, time wheezy, 2014-11-24 16:36:55 +0000 LV Status available # open 2 LV Size 7.45 GiB Current LE 1907 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto - currently set to 256 Block device 254:1 --- Logical volume --- LV Path /dev/wheezy/TMP LV Name TMP VG Name wheezy LV UUID btQknc-WeBv-q2xA-dhz0-GsqR-G2hn-gKwCh0 LV Write Access read/write LV Creation host, time wheezy, 2014-11-24 16:37:05 +0000 LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 10.79 GiB Current LE 2761 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto - currently set to 256 Block device 254:2 --- Logical volume --- LV Path /dev/wheezy/base LV Name base VG Name wheezy LV UUID dWD7ro-ACQ6-04O2-rKd2-iMCe-HddW-kX1mt6 LV Write Access read/write LV Creation host, time wheezy, 2014-11-24 16:37:13 +0000 LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 93.13 GiB Current LE 23842 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto - currently set to 256 Block device 254:3 --- Physical volumes --- PV Name /dev/dm-0 PV UUID 8DEe3m-NaQC-mRia-cMfv-OO2O-Foog-XXTLeU PV Status allocatable Total PE / Free PE 28510 / 0 root@wheezy:~# lvdisplay -v Finding all logical volumes Incorrect metadata area header checksum on /dev/sda1 at offset 4096 --- Logical volume --- LV Path /dev/wheezy/SWAP LV Name SWAP VG Name wheezy LV UUID VbC1TX-2Ppz-1003-VFqU-0o0X-otwu-qy5Xam LV Write Access read/write LV Creation host, time wheezy, 2014-11-24 16:36:55 +0000 LV Status available # open 2 LV Size 7.45 GiB Current LE 1907 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto - currently set to 256 Block device 254:1 --- Logical volume --- LV Path /dev/wheezy/TMP LV Name TMP VG Name wheezy LV UUID btQknc-WeBv-q2xA-dhz0-GsqR-G2hn-gKwCh0 LV Write Access read/write LV Creation host, time wheezy, 2014-11-24 16:37:05 +0000 LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 10.79 GiB Current LE 2761 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto - currently set to 256 Block device 254:2 --- Logical volume --- LV Path /dev/wheezy/base LV Name base VG Name wheezy LV UUID dWD7ro-ACQ6-04O2-rKd2-iMCe-HddW-kX1mt6 LV Write Access read/write LV Creation host, time wheezy, 2014-11-24 16:37:13 +0000 LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 93.13 GiB Current LE 23842 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto - currently set to 256 Block device 254:3 root@wheezy:~# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on rootfs 92G 25G 63G 28% / udev 10M 0 10M 0% /dev tmpfs 3.2G 1.3M 3.2G 1% /run /dev/mapper/wheezy-base 92G 25G 63G 28% / tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock tmpfs 6.3G 0 6.3G 0% /run/shm /dev/sda1 228M 30M 187M 14% /boot /dev/mapper/wheezy-TMP 11G 172M 10G 2% /tmp root@wheezy:~# pvs Incorrect metadata area header checksum on /dev/sda1 at offset 4096 PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree /dev/dm-0 wheezy lvm2 a-- 111.37g 0 /dev/sda1 lvm2 a-- 243.00m 243.00m root@wheezy:~# vgs Incorrect metadata area header checksum on /dev/sda1 at offset 4096 VG #PV #LV #SN Attr VSize VFree wheezy 1 3 0 wz--n- 111.37g 0 root@wheezy:~# lvs Incorrect metadata area header checksum on /dev/sda1 at offset 4096 LV VG Attr LSize Pool Origin Data% Move Log Copy% Convert SWAP wheezy -wi-ao-- 7.45g TMP wheezy -wi-ao-- 10.79g base wheezy -wi-ao-- 93.13g What would be the best workaround to fix the corrupted metadata header? I have an identical machine (same hardware, same partitions, same wheezy installation, same apt sources) running without any problems. The second machine doesn't have this output in the pvdislay-command: "/dev/sda1" is a new physical volume of "243.00 MiB" --- NEW Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/sda1 VG Name PV Size 243.00 MiB Allocatable NO PE Size 0 Total PE 0 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 0 PV UUID fnKsgr-KC2h-inYi-jhli-YFil-edTh-RsRTzK
Asked by heuri (113 rep)
Feb 24, 2015, 09:17 AM
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