[Bug 1662661] Re: /usr/sbin/grub-probe: warning: Couldn't find physical volume `pv1'.

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  /usr/sbin/grub-probe: warning: Couldn't find physical volume `pv1'.

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  This warning started appearing after adding a new disk to the VM and using the GUI logical volume manager to add it to the existing volume group.
  It does not cause issues, other than erroneously displaying incorrect information.

  Linux ubu16svr 4.4.0-62-generic #83-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 18 14:10:15 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
  Running in VM under ESXi5
  Completely up-to-date as of 2/7/2017.

  root at ubu16svr:/usr/bin# lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
  Release:	16.04

  root at ubu16svr:/boot/grub# apt-cache policy grub-common
  grub-common:
    Installed: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.6
    Candidate: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.7
    Version table:
       2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.7 500
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages
   *** 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.6 100
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3 500
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages

  root at ubu16svr:/usr/bin# df -h
  Filesystem                     Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
  udev                           7.9G     0  7.9G   0% /dev
  tmpfs                          1.6G  9.4M  1.6G   1% /run
  /dev/mapper/ubu16svr--vg-root   33G  4.6G   27G  15% /
  tmpfs                          7.9G  176K  7.9G   1% /dev/shm
  tmpfs                          5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
  tmpfs                          7.9G     0  7.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
  tmpfs                          7.9G     0  7.9G   0% /run/shm
  /dev/sda1                      472M  113M  335M  26% /boot
  /dev/mapper/ubu16svr--vg-u      50G  6.2G   41G  14% /u
  tmpfs                          1.6G   28K  1.6G   1% /run/user/112
  tmpfs                          1.6G     0  1.6G   0% /run/user/0

  root at ubu16svr:/usr/bin# pvdisplay
    --- Physical volume ---
    PV Name               /dev/sda5
    VG Name               ubu16svr-vg
    PV Size               49.52 GiB / not usable 2.00 MiB
    Allocatable           yes (but full)
    PE Size               4.00 MiB
    Total PE              12677
    Free PE               0
    Allocated PE          12677
    PV UUID               0oMBEX-ic7t-FTdn-cLu7-KPiL-7oDp-mbKZGu
     
    --- Physical volume ---
    PV Name               /dev/sdb
    VG Name               ubu16svr-vg
    PV Size               50.00 GiB / not usable 4.00 MiB
    Allocatable           yes (but full)
    PE Size               4.00 MiB
    Total PE              12799
    Free PE               0
    Allocated PE          12799
    PV UUID               QkmmnW-Pdgm-L22d-ry2O-4RD6-eJc1-tcFtZc

  root at ubu16svr:/usr/bin# vgdisplay
    --- Volume group ---
    VG Name               ubu16svr-vg
    System ID             
    Format                lvm2
    Metadata Areas        2
    Metadata Sequence No  5
    VG Access             read/write
    VG Status             resizable
    MAX LV                0
    Cur LV                3
    Open LV               3
    Max PV                0
    Cur PV                2
    Act PV                2
    VG Size               99.52 GiB
    PE Size               4.00 MiB
    Total PE              25476
    Alloc PE / Size       25476 / 99.52 GiB
    Free  PE / Size       0 / 0   
    VG UUID               8U9kUQ-3OKE-MkU7-feOI-99jh-R5Rm-f7LVfp

  root at ubu16svr:/usr/bin# lvdisplay
    --- Logical volume ---
    LV Path                /dev/ubu16svr-vg/root
    LV Name                root
    VG Name                ubu16svr-vg
    LV UUID                mJ1QGk-GRIq-UevN-1Pz3-3cJV-67eC-joF4hX
    LV Write Access        read/write
    LV Creation host, time ubu16svr, 2016-09-01 11:00:07 -0400
    LV Status              available
    # open                 1
    LV Size                33.52 GiB
    Current LE             8581
    Segments               1
    Allocation             inherit
    Read ahead sectors     auto
    - currently set to     256
    Block device           252:0
     
    --- Logical volume ---
    LV Path                /dev/ubu16svr-vg/swap_1
    LV Name                swap_1
    VG Name                ubu16svr-vg
    LV UUID                hfxDTL-4c3c-tX8Y-vfQ2-0qjq-7fCK-a5NCE8
    LV Write Access        read/write
    LV Creation host, time ubu16svr, 2016-09-01 11:00:08 -0400
    LV Status              available
    # open                 2
    LV Size                16.00 GiB
    Current LE             4096
    Segments               1
    Allocation             inherit
    Read ahead sectors     auto
    - currently set to     256
    Block device           252:1
     
    --- Logical volume ---
    LV Path                /dev/ubu16svr-vg/u
    LV Name                u
    VG Name                ubu16svr-vg
    LV UUID                uyyGK8-ju2p-MFWV-cjR3-8zPi-UItn-dfA4kh
    LV Write Access        read/write
    LV Creation host, time ubu16svr, 2017-01-23 17:10:17 -0500
    LV Status              available
    # open                 1
    LV Size                50.00 GiB
    Current LE             12799
    Segments               1
    Allocation             inherit
    Read ahead sectors     auto
    - currently set to     256
    Block device           252:2

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