topic Re: HELPHELP /dev/dsk and /dev/rdsk in Operating System - HP-UX

HELPHELP /dev/dsk and /dev/rdsk

Andrew medhurst1 — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:55:30 GMT

guys big help needed.
i was running some maintenence and one of the scripts rm -r the /dev/dsk and /dev/rdsk directory will insf -e put them back or is there something something else i need to do i.e restore file.
all responses very very welcome.
haveing blonde day should have seen this as going to happen.
regards
andrew

Re: HELPHELP /dev/dsk and /dev/rdsk

Pete Randall — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:11:27 GMT

Hi Andrew,

Just running insf should take care of it. Do you have a listing of what was there before so you can compare results?

Pete

Re: HELPHELP /dev/dsk and /dev/rdsk

Andrew medhurst1 — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:17:56 GMT

thanks
i ran the insf -e and it worked but i don't have a listing of the file before removal apart from on backup but i will possible get it restored somewhere else to compare.
regards
andrew

Re: HELPHELP /dev/dsk and /dev/rdsk

Prashanth Waugh — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:37:39 GMT

Hi Andrew,

Pls check you have taken any backup of /etc/lvmtab. I think it will help to sort out the problem to some extent...

Regards
Atul

Re: HELPHELP /dev/dsk and /dev/rdsk

Pete Randall — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:00:34 GMT

Andrew,

A quick check might be to run "vgdisplay -v" and compare all the physical volumes it shows with the device files you now have. As long as they are the same, you should not have any problems.

Pete

Re: HELPHELP /dev/dsk and /dev/rdsk

Deepak Kr — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:58:39 GMT

insf -e should work here. Do you have any previous system backup with you.

If yes, then you can restore these two directories from backup taken.

Also, if you have similar box in your setup then you can see that to compare.

Re: HELPHELP /dev/dsk and /dev/rdsk

Mustafa Gulercan — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:33:01 GMT

hi;
and after insf -e;
don't forget to check /etc/lvmconf and vgdisplay -v for all physical volumes like cxtxdx.

regards,
mustafa

Re: HELPHELP /dev/dsk and /dev/rdsk

Mustafa Gulercan — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:35:15 GMT

sorry for mistake,i try to say lvmtab, not lvmconf;

#strings /etc/lvmtab

Re: HELPHELP /dev/dsk and /dev/rdsk

Andrew medhurst1 — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:21:01 GMT

files seem to be ok