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Re: Extending a LUN on EVA3000 and LVM considerations

 
EU-Admins-UNIX
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‎10-11-2011 04:45 AM

‎10-11-2011 04:45 AM

Extending a LUN on EVA3000 and LVM considerations

Hi

 

I m running 11.31 on RP server

 

I have a 400GB LUN which I want to extend to 500GB on an EVA3000.

 

It is mounted, but no data requires migrating.

 

Is it as simple as doing the following?

 

unmount the volume

increase the requested capacity from 400 to 500 on command view

wait for it to level out

lvextend the volume to -L 512000

extend the FS

mount the volume

 

Is it as simple as that?

 

 

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Jeff_Traigle
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‎10-11-2011 07:57 AM

‎10-11-2011 07:57 AM

Re: Extending a LUN on EVA3000 and LVM considerations

It depends on which release of HP-UX 11.31 you have. According to the following document, you can use vgmodify to expand  LUNs in Version 1.0 volume groups with the September 2008 release. The March 2009 release added support for LUN expansion of Version 2.X volume groups.

 

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01920387/c01920387.pdf

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EU-Admins-UNIX
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‎10-12-2011 03:50 AM

‎10-12-2011 03:50 AM

Re: Extending a LUN on EVA3000 and LVM considerations

Jeff

 

We're patched to March 2010.  I ran lvmadm -l and it shows the VGs are version 1.0.

 

So I take it I need to use vgmodify then?

 

Regards

 

Tariq

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Jeff_Traigle
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‎10-12-2011 07:28 AM

‎10-12-2011 07:28 AM

Re: Extending a LUN on EVA3000 and LVM considerations

That would seem to be the case. According to the vgmodify man page, the syntax would be:

 

vgmodify -a -E /dev/vg00 /dev/rdisk/disk1

 

Of course, your VG name and disk device file may vary.

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Torsten.
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‎10-12-2011 07:54 AM

‎10-12-2011 07:54 AM

Re: Extending a LUN on EVA3000 and LVM considerations

Caution, "We're patched to March 2010" does not mean your version is march 2010 - use "swlist" to confirm the core version.

Hope this helps!
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EU-Admins-UNIX
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‎10-13-2011 12:51 AM

‎10-13-2011 12:51 AM

Re: Extending a LUN on EVA3000 and LVM considerations

I trust no mounting/unmounting is required.

Also, will I need to extend the Logical Volume?

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EU-Admins-UNIX
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‎10-13-2011 12:55 AM

‎10-13-2011 12:55 AM

Re: Extending a LUN on EVA3000 and LVM considerations

Sorry, one more thing.

 

We are using scripts to snapclone certain volumes, this being one of them.  Will LUN numbers and WWNs be maintained after DLE?

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EU-Admins-UNIX
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‎10-13-2011 02:01 AM

‎10-13-2011 02:01 AM

Re: Extending a LUN on EVA3000 and LVM considerations

Torsten

 

Pleaase see extract from swlist

 

I am assuming the core version you refer to is March 2009?

 

B2491BA B.11.31 MirrorDisk/UX (Server)
B3701AA C.05.00.000 HP GlancePlus/UX Pak for 11.31
B3835DA C.03.05 HP Process Resource Manager
B3929FB B.05.00.01 OnlineJFS for Veritas File System 5.0 Bundle
B6848BA 1.4.gm.46.16 Ximian GNOME 1.4 GTK+ Libraries for HP-UX
BUNDLE B.2010.11.02 Patch Bundle
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CDE-English B.11.31 English CDE Environment
CIFS-CLIENT A.02.02.02 HP CIFS Client
CIFS-SERVER A.02.03.04 HP CIFS Server
CommonIO B.11.31.0903 Common IO Drivers
DSAUtilities C.01.00.18 HP-UX Distributed Systems Administration Utilities
DynRootDisk B.1131.A.3.8.454 Dynamic Root Disk
DynamicNPars B.11.31.0709 Dynamic nPartitions enablement
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FibrChanl-00 B.11.31.0903 FibreChannel;HW=A6795A,A5158A
FibrChanl-01 B.11.31.0903 FibrChnl;HW=A6826A,A9782A,A9784A,AB378A/B,AB379A/B,AB465A,AD193A,AD194A,AD300A
GTK 2.6.8.00.01 GTK+ 2.6 The Gnome GUI Runtime Toolkit
GTKsrc 2.6.8.00.01 Gtk Source distribution
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GigEther-01 B.11.31.0903 PCI GigEther;Supptd HW=A6825A/A6794A/A6847A/A8685A/A9782A/A9784A/A7109A/AB465A
HP-ACC-Link C.11.31.03 HP aCC_link Bundle
HP-WDB-DEBUGGER C.11.31.04 HP DEBUGGER OE Bundle
HPSIM-HP-UX C.05.03.00.00.08 HP Systems Insight Manager Server Bundle
HPUX-DHCPv4 B.11.31 HPUX DHCPv4 Server
HPUX-DHCPv6 B.11.31 HPUX DHCPv6 Server
HPUX-FTPServer C.2.6.1.4.0 HPUX FTP Server
HPUX-MailServer C.8.13.3.3 HPUX Mail Server
HPUX-NTP B.11.31 HPUX NTP Server
HPUX-NameServer C.9.3.2.5.0 HPUX Name Server
HPUX-RAMD B.11.31 HPUX IPv6 routing Server
HPUX-TCPWRAP B.11.31 HPUX TCPWrapper daemon
HPUX11i-BOE B.11.31.0903 HP-UX Base Operating Environment
HPUXBastille B.3.3 Bastille Security Hardening Tool
HPUXEssential B.11.31 Essential HP-UX Utilities
HPUXExtns-Jpn B.11.31 Japanese font, input methods and printer extensions
HPUXExtns-Kor B.11.31 Korean font, input methods and printer extensions
HPUXExtns-SCh B.11.31 Simplified Chinese font, input methods and printer extensions
HPUXExtns-TCh B.11.31 Traditional Chinese font, input methods and printer extensions
HPUXGatedMrouted B.11.31 HPUX Gated and Mrouted Server
HPUXLocales B.11.31 Internationalization Support
HPUXMan-Eng B.11.31 Minimum and Essential English man pages
HPUXMan-Jpn B.11.31 Minimum and Essential Japanese man pages
HPUXMinRuntime B.11.31 Minimum Runtime Environment
HPUXMsgs-Fre B.11.31 Minimum and Essential HP-UX French Language Message Catalogs
HPUXMsgs-Ger B.11.31 Minimum and Essential HP-UX German Language Message Catalogs
HPUXMsgs-Ita B.11.31 Minimum and Essential HP-UX Italian Language Message Catalogs
HPUXMsgs-Jpn B.11.31 Minimum and Essential HP-UX Japanese Language Message Catalogs
HPUXMsgs-Kor B.11.31 Minimum and Essential HP-UX Korean Language Message Catalogs
HPUXMsgs-SCh B.11.31 Minimum and Essential HP-UX Simplified Chinese Language Message Catalogs
HPUXMsgs-Spa B.11.31 Minimum and Essential HP-UX Spanish Language Message Catalogs
HPUXMsgs-Swe B.11.31 Minimum and Essential HP-UX Swedish Language Message Catalogs
HPUXMsgs-TCh B.11.31 Minimum and Essential HP-UX Traditional Chinese Language Message Catalogs
HPjmeterAgent 3.1.00 HPjmeter Agent
HPjmeterConsole 3.1.00 HPjmeter Console
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IEther-00 B.11.31.0810 PCI/PCI-X/PCIe IEther
IGNITE C.7.8.201 HP-UX Installation Utilities (Ignite-UX)
IPFilter A.11.31.16 HP IPFilter 3.5alpha5
Ignite-UX-11-31 C.7.8.201 HP-UX Installation Utilities for Installing 11.31 Systems
J4240AA B.11.31.30 Auto-Port Aggregation Software
JAVAOOB 2.05.00 Java2 Out-of-box for HP-UX
Java15JDK 1.5.0.14.00 Java 1.5 JDK for HP-UX
Java15JDKadd 1.5.0.14.00 Java 1.5 JDK -AA addon for HP-UX
Java15JRE 1.5.0.14.00 Java 1.5 JRE for HP-UX
Java15JREadd 1.5.0.14.00 Java 1.5 JRE -AA addon for HP-UX
Java60JDK 1.6.0.02.00 Java 6.0 JDK for HP-UX
Java60JDKadd 1.6.0.02.00 Java 6.0 JDK -AA addon for HP-UX
Java60JRE 1.6.0.02.00 Java 6.0 JRE for HP-UX
Java60JREadd 1.6.0.02.00 Java 6.0 JRE -AA addon for HP-UX
Judy B.11.31.04.18 Judy Libraries
LDAPUX B.04.20 LDAP-UX Integration
MOZILLA 1.7.13.01.01 Mozilla for HP-UX
MOZILLAsrc 1.7.13.01.01 Mozilla Source distribution
NParCmds B.11.31.0903 NPartition Commands
ONCplus B.11.31.06.01 ONC+ 2.3
OVsnmpAgent B.11.31 OpenView SNMP Agent
OnlineDiag B.11.31.05.06 HPUX 11.31 Support Tools Bundle, March 2009
PAMKerberos D.01.24 PAM-Kerberos Version 1.24
PCIMUX-00 B.11.31.0909 PCI MUX1; Supptd HW=AD278A/AD279A
PRMKernelSW C.03.05 HP PRM Kernel Software
PRMLibraries C.03.05 HP PRM Software Libraries
ParMgr B.31.02.04.02 Partition Manager - HP-UX
ProviderDefault B.11.31.0903 Select WBEM Providers
QPKAPPS B.11.31.1003.347a Applications Patches for HP-UX 11i v3, March 2010
QPKBASE B.11.31.1003.347a Base Quality Pack Bundle for HP-UX 11i v3, March 2010
RAID-01 B.11.31.0903.01 RAID SA; Supptd HW=A7143A/A9890A/A9891A
SD B.11.31.1103.360 HP Software Distributor
Sec00Tools B.01.04.10 Install-Time security infrastructure.
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SysFaultMgmt C.05.00.06.01 HPUX System Fault Management
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T1456AA 1.4.2.21.00 Java2 1.4 SDK for HP-UX
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T1457AAaddon 1.4.2.21.00 Java2 1.4 RTE -AA addon for HP-UX
T1458AA 1.4.2.21.00 Java2 1.4 Netscape Plugin for HP-UX
TBIRD A.2.0.0.16ar.01 Thunderbird for HP-UX
TBIRDsrc A.2.0.0.16ar.01 Thunderbird Source distribution
TermIO-00 B.11.31.01 PCI MUX; Supptd HW=A6748A/A6749A/J3592A/J3593A
Tune-N-Tools B.11.31.02 Optimized Kernel Tunables and Tools for Database and Application Servers
USB-00 D.11.31.0903.01 Transition USB-00 Product
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perl E.5.8.8.C Perl Programming Language
scsiU320-00 B.11.31.0903 PCI-X SCSI U320;Supptd HW=A7173A/AB290A

 

 

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Torsten.
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‎10-13-2011 02:09 AM

‎10-13-2011 02:09 AM

Re: Extending a LUN on EVA3000 and LVM considerations

Yur core version is march 2009!!!  ==> HPUX11i-BOE B.11.31.0903 HP-UX Base Operating Environment

 

You need to use "update_ux" to update this version!


Hope this helps!
Regards
Torsten.

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EU-Admins-UNIX
Regular Advisor

‎10-13-2011 02:18 AM

‎10-13-2011 02:18 AM

Re: Extending a LUN on EVA3000 and LVM considerations

According to this doc:

 

Using the vgmodify command to perform LVM Volume Group Dynamic LUN Expansion (DLE) and Contraction (DLC)

 

The Core OS, the patch level, and the version of VGs (1.0) support our requirement for Online DLE using vgmodify.

 

Regards

 

Tariq

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