Using vgcfgbackup to backup all Volume Groups

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

> How can I find out if a VG is activated or not?

Given that you know the name of the VG, its *absence* in the output of 'vgdisplay' would indicate that is is *not* activated.

Regards!

...JRF...

[dictum9]

I got a list of active VGs and a list of all VG's, I can find out the delta.

ll -d /dev/vg*

gives me the list of all VGs, active and not actived.

[Peter Nikitka]

Hi,

>>
got a list of active VGs and a list of all VG's, I can find out the delta.

ll -d /dev/vg*

gives me the list of all VGs, active and not actived.
<<

... but if a name of a VG is not of the form vg*, this will fail as well.
You could however look for the major number of all device files in /dev ...

mfG Peter

[dictum9]

My main issue right now is figuring out if a node is an active node in a SG cluster so I can active the non-activated VG for taking the vgcfgbackup.

cmviewcl gives too much output.

[Deoncia Grayson_1]

vgdisplay will give you the information you need in regards to if a volume group is active or not.
just issue vgdisplay | more and this will list all active volume groups and will state if a volume group is not activated on that server. it lists all volume groups, even the ones controlled by Serviceguard.