topic vxdiskadd problem in Operating System - HP-UX

vxdiskadd problem

Zenith Tang — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 05:56:04 GMT

I have created a LUN from the HP StorageWorks with VA7100 in HP-UX. Then I typed the command insf -H to create the device file. It is also successful.

However, when I want to add the disk to Veritas Volume Manager by typing "vxdiskadd c7t2d7", it gives the following errors:

# No matching disks were returned.

I have also tried to use "vxdisksetup -i c7t2d7" to initialize the disk to veritas volume manager, it prompts the error as below:

# vxvm:vxdisk: ERROR: Device c7t2d7: Not in the configuration

For more information, I was able to create a LVM disk by typing "pvcreate /dev/rdsk/c7t2d7".

Also, I have also tried to format it by typing "mkfs -F vxfs /dev/rdsk/c7t2d7" and mount it to another diretory.

Please advise how to solve it. Thanks!

Re: vxdiskadd problem

Robert-Jan Goossens_1 — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 06:01:39 GMT

Hi,

Try to use the vxdiskadm menu, option 1 to "Add or initialize one or more disks"

Regards,
Robert-Jan

Re: vxdiskadd problem

Darrel Louis — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 06:23:10 GMT

Hi,

Have you done the followinf:

# ioscan -fn
# insf -e
# vxdctl enable

And check with vxdisk list if the disk is available.

Regards

Darrel

Re: vxdiskadd problem

Ninad_1 — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 06:44:26 GMT

I agree with Robert.
Use vxdiskadm
Then use the list option
type all [ to list all devices seen by veritas VM ]
If you can see the disk then use option 1 [ Add or initialize one or more disks]
and proceed.

Regards,
Ninad

Re: vxdiskadd problem

Zenith Tang — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 20:09:26 GMT

Hi,

I was able to do vxdiskadd after I executed "vxdctl enable". Thanks for Louis and all recommendation.

Re: vxdiskadd problem

Darrel Louis — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 02:13:01 GMT

Zenith,

If the Solution provided is working it's better to asign points and close the thread

GoodLuck

Darrel

Re: vxdiskadd problem

Darrel Louis — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 02:14:00 GMT

Zenith,

If the Solution provided is working it's better to asign points and close the thread

So that other members can use the info provided to solve if they encounter the same problem you've been experiencing.

GoodLuck

Darrel

Re: vxdiskadd problem

Zenith Tang — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 03:01:03 GMT

I can run vxdiskadd after I executed "vxdctl enable". This command is used to inform veritas volume manager to scan and recognize if there are new disk installed.