SMS.1352: Unknown Physical Volumes Detected on the Source Server

Symptom

On a Linux source server, the Agent failed to be started, and the message "SMS.1352: Unknown physical volumes detected on the source server" was displayed.

Possible Causes

A volume group on the source server is created from two physical volumes, but one of the physical volumes is detached.

As shown in the following figure, the # pvs command tells that an unknown physical volume is detected. Volume group testvg is created from two physical volumes, but one of the physical volumes is detached.

Solution

Attach the detached physical volume back to the source server, run the # pvs command to ensure that there are no unknown physical volumes, and then perform the migration again.