LVM: the volume group will not activate after a power failure

First pvs/vgs/lvs -a: is a PV missing or did the thin pool fail? vgchange -ay –activationmode degraded for LVM RAID; partial only to copy data read-only; lvconvert –repair for thin pools; vgcfgrestore if the metadata is broken.

September 25, 2026 · 4 min

Import a ZFS pool after a power outage

Pool will not import. -f force, -F rewind txgs, then scrub.

August 19, 2026 · 2 min