Volume group VG04 failure

[R. van Dijk]

Hi all,

I have several K-class servers running HP-UX 10.22. When I make OS backup using make_recovery -Av and restore this backup I get the following error...
When I want to create a volume group (VG04)
I get an error that this volume group allready excists. When I want to delete this VG04,
I get the message that such a VG not excists.

I know one solution. Delete this volume group VG04 before running a backup and recreate this volume group after a restore.

This time, I forgot to delete this volume group before starting the backup.
Does someone knows how to solve this problem ?
How can I delete this "non-excisting" volume group 004 ?

Thanks a lot.

Regards,
Robin.

[Andreas Voss]

Hi,

it could be the case that the vg device file has been left for some reasons, try to remove the vg device information:

rm -r /dev/vg04

Regards

[Ovidiu D. Raita]

What command are you using to delete vg04? Try first to export it with
#vgexport vg04 and if this doesn't help
# rm -r /dev/vg04

then

# strings /etc/lvmtab | grep vg04
should not display a thing.

Ovidiu

[MARTINACHE]

Hi,

When you boot on your Ignite tape, you should be able to stop boot and enter Interactive mode.

Then you can manipulate vg configuration.

Regards,

Patrice