MY server is down can you help please?

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My server crashed. My server provider was able to mount a temporary system to be able to access my old data I only need the drive mounted on my old system I think I have an LVM drive. Can you help with mounting all my drives?

This is my provider’s massage:

We have mounted a live environment Linux Mint OS. This OS lives entirely in the RAM of your server, so please DO NOT restart the server. You can reach the Mint OS via SSH at 192.·..*

Username: mint
Password: the password found in your client area

From there you can mount your data and attempt to extract it. This process may take a while to complete. Please let us know once you have finished moving any important data off the server or inspecting your data.

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Mint is debian based, not sure why you ask on this forum for help. Did it use to be an almalinux install but the provider spun up a mint just to give you access to your data after the crash?

You have to clarify your question. What is it you want help with exactly?

If it’s to backup data, scp/rsync over ssh would work.

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The default install of AlmaLinux creates:

  • Partition for /boot
  • Partition with LVM PV

If UEFI boot mode is used, then also:

  • Partition for /boot/efi

Neither /boot nor /boot/efi contains “user data”.

The PV would have LVM LVs for:

  • The /
  • The /home
  • The swap

You can probably see the existing partitions with commands:

lsblk
lsblk -f

For listing and accessing LVs, do something like How to mount LVM partitions from rescue mode (Fedora/CentOS/RedHat) – IP-Life.net