Hi Team, I have to recover the data from volume group storage listed in the out put below I lost LVM configuration in hard disk crash and regenerated using following method. Can someone please suggest any recovery software or any method that can help? taz2:/ # pvscan PV /dev/sdj1 VG Storage2 lvm2 [372.53 GB / 0 free] PV /dev/sdk1 VG Storage2 lvm2 [372.53 GB / 0 free] PV /dev/sdl1 VG Storage2 lvm2 [372.53 GB / 0 free] PV /dev/sdm1 VG Storage2 lvm2 [372.53 GB / 56.51 GB free] PV /dev/sdb1 VG storage lvm1 [372.52 GB / 372.52 GB free] PV /dev/sdc1 VG storage lvm1 [372.52 GB / 372.52 GB free] PV /dev/sdd1 VG storage lvm1 [372.52 GB / 372.52 GB free] PV /dev/sde1 VG storage lvm1 [372.52 GB / 372.52 GB free] PV /dev/sdf1 VG storage lvm1 [372.52 GB / 372.52 GB free] PV /dev/sdg1 VG storage lvm1 [372.52 GB / 372.52 GB free] PV /dev/sdh1 VG storage lvm1 [372.52 GB / 372.52 GB free] PV /dev/sdi1 VG storage lvm1 [372.52 GB / 372.52 GB free] Total: 12 [4.37 TB] / in use: 12 [4.37 TB] / in no VG: 0 [0 ] taz2:/ # vgscan Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while... Found volume group "Storage2" using metadata type lvm2 Found volume group "storage" using metadata type lvm1 taz2:/ # vgchange -a y 1 logical volume(s) in volume group "Storage2" now active 0 logical volume(s) in volume group "storage" now active taz2:/ # lvdisplay --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/Storage2/Storage2 VG Name Storage2 LV UUID peh6QD-WDs1-HsgU-Fikw-xveC-7wT2-L2CEp3 LV Write Access read/write LV Status available # open 0 LV Size 1.40 TB Current LE 367002 Segments 4 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors 0 Block device 253:0 *storage* is having the data Thanks Nilesh