mount LVM2 dalam vmdk

verified vmdk has lvm partition (8E)

# vmware-mount -p .vmdk
Nr      Start       Size Type Id Sytem
-- ---------- ---------- ---- -- ------------------------
 1         63     401562 BIOS 83 Linux
 2     401625   10072755 BIOS 8E Unknown

mount vmdk

# vmware-mount -f .vmdk 
# ls 
flat

Get offset of lv partition

# fdisk -lu /mnt/ROOT/flat

You can do this from the extra functions menu.

Disk /mnt/ROOT/flat: 0 MB, 0 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 0 cylinders, total 0 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0006a266

         Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/mnt/ROOT/flat1   *          63      401624      200781   83  Linux
/mnt/ROOT/flat2          401625    10474379     5036377+  8e  Linux LVM

Calculate the offset
offset = 401625 * 512      #   >> 205632000   [1 sectors is 512 bytes]

mount to loop device

# losetup -o 205632000 /dev/loop0 /flat

display info

# pvdisplay /dev/loop0
  --- Physical volume ---
  PV Name               /dev/loop0
  VG Name               VolGroup00
  PV Size               4,80 GB / not usable 22,34 MB
  Allocatable           yes
  PE Size (KByte)       32768
  Total PE              153
  Free PE               1
  Allocated PE          152
  PV UUID               MUKx5v-ukpq-fJis-GjpB-Z7dE-nIsI-Xr4bYd

# lvscan
  ACTIVE            '/dev/vg1/isos' [111,79 GB] inherit
  ACTIVE            '/dev/vg0/root' [10,00 GB] inherit
  ACTIVE            '/dev/vg0/swap' [8,00 GB] inherit
  ACTIVE            '/dev/vg0/home' [50,00 GB] inherit
  ACTIVE            '/dev/vg0/data' [164,41 GB] inherit
  inactive          '/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00' [4,00 GB] inherit
  inactive          '/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01' [768,00 MB] inherit

incase not active, need to activate the lv
# lvchange -ay /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00

then, can mount
# mount /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00


to deactivate lv

# lvchange -an /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00

to release loop device

# losetup -d /dev/loop0

unmount vmware disk

# vmware-mount -d 

ref: https://xliska.wordpress.com/2010/09/29/access-lvm2-partition-on-vmware-virtual-disk/