vgchange -c

[HP-UX Enthusiast]

Hi all
Can I assign/unassign volume groups from the cluster if the cluster is down, or does the cluster have to be up in order to do this?

[Mark Grant · Accepted solution]

The cluster can be up or down, doesn't matter.

[Geoff Wild]

Yes you can - either up or down....

We do backups with the cluster up - but vgchange -c n vg's on the cluster boxes, and vgchange - a y on on the backup server and mount file systems locally on the backup server.

Rgds...Geoff

[A. Clay Stephenson]

And the other important point is that you only need to doi the vgchange -c on only one host in the cluster. Because the data is carried onm the VG disks themselves (as opposed to externally on the hosts), a change anywhere does it for all.

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi,

And don't forget the vgchange -c y before you attempt to have the pkg reactivate the VG. If you forget, the activation will fail.

Rgds,
Jeff

[HP-UX Enthusiast]

Thanks everyone.