[RHEL4.7 RHEL5.3] "vgreduce --removemissing --force" does not work with metadata corrupted from missing PVs

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Unable to remove a volume group with missing PVs
  • "vgreduce --removemissing --force" does not restore volume group to consistent state
  • "vgremove" fails with errors similar to:
      Couldn't find device with uuid 'hHoQcS-0PQe-00We-PoXm-qztu-H4RT-VaUhkn'.
  LV scratch3: segment 1 has inconsistent PV area 0
  Couldn't read all logical volumes for volume group VolGroup01.
  Volume group "VolGroup01" not found

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.7 or below
    • lvm2 release prior to lvm2-2.02.42-11.el4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 or below
    • lvm2 release prior to 2.02.46
  • A volume group containing LVs with PVs missing

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