Fixing vinum after removing a HDD

[orville weyrich]

> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 21:56:29 -0800 (PST)
> From: orville weyrich <weyrich_comp at yahoo.com>
> Subject: re: Fixing vinum after removing a HDD
> To: greebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> 
> On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 17:02, Greg 'groggy' Lehey
> wrote:
> >      resetconfig
> >              The resetconfig command completely
> obliterates the vinum configu-
> >              ration on a system.  Use this command
> only when you want to com-
> >              pletely delete the configuration. 
> > 
> > I'm completely baffled that people want to use
> this
> command so much.
> > The correct sequence is to remove the drive,
> replace
> it with something
> > else with a Vinum partition, and then start the
> defective objects.
> > 
> > It depends on the volume structures as to whether
> the data can still
> > be recovered.
> 
> PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE elaborate on what volume
> structuers CAN be recovered after resetconfig and
> what
> strucuters cannot.
> 
> I am trying to deal with *invalid* drives in
> dumpconfig and not getting any answers.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> 
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