Need Help (vgscan: Warning: couldn't query physical volume "/dev/disk/disk9_p2")

Gaby1110 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:38:38 GMT

Hi,

Our rx6600 server is giving the below error message. Please help to fix it.

< root@: /root > [vi: (root) pts/1]
# lvlnboot -v vg00
lvlnboot: Couldn't query physical volume "/dev/disk/disk9_p2":
The specified path does not correspond to physical volume attached to
this volume group

< root@2: /root > [vi: (root) pts/1]
# strings /etc/lvmtab
/dev/vg00
/dev/disk/disk9_p2
/dev/disk/disk14_p2
/dev/vgvmroot
/dev/dsk/c0t1d0
/dev/dsk/c0t6d0
/dev/vgvmrootdev
/dev/disk/disk12

< root@: /root > [vi: (root) pts/1]

< root@: /root > [vi: (root) pts/1]
# vgscan -v
vgscan: Warning: couldn't query physical volume "/dev/disk/disk9_p2":
The specified path does not correspond to physical volume attached to
this volume group
vgscan: Warning: couldn't query the list of physical volumes.
vgscan: The physical volume "/dev/dsk/c0t1d0" is already recorded in the "/etc/l vmtab" file.
vgscan: The physical volume "/dev/dsk/c0t6d0" is already recorded in the "/etc/l vmtab" file.

/dev/vgvmroot
/dev/dsk/c0t1d0
/dev/dsk/c0t6d0

Following Physical Volumes belong to one Volume Group.
Unable to match these Physical Volumes to a Volume Group.
Use the vgimport command to complete the process.
/dev/dsk/c0t7d0s2

/dev/vgvmrootdev
/dev/disk/disk12

vgscan: has no corresponding valid raw device file under /dev/rdsk.
Verification of unique LVM disk id on each disk in the volume group
/dev/vg00 failed.

Following Physical Volumes belong to one Volume Group.
Unable to match these Physical Volumes to a Volume Group.
Use the vgimport command to complete the process.
/dev/dsk/c6t0d0
/dev/dsk/c7t0d0
/dev/dsk/c8t0d0
/dev/dsk/c9t0d0
/dev/dsk/c7t0d1
/dev/dsk/c6t0d1
/dev/dsk/c8t0d1
/dev/dsk/c9t0d1

Following Physical Volumes belong to one Volume Group.
Unable to match these Physical Volumes to a Volume Group.
Use the vgimport command to complete the process.
/dev/dsk/c6t0d2
/dev/dsk/c7t0d2
/dev/dsk/c8t0d2
/dev/dsk/c9t0d2
/dev/dsk/c7t0d3
/dev/dsk/c6t0d3
/dev/dsk/c8t0d3
/dev/dsk/c9t0d3

Scan of Physical Volumes Complete.
Couldn't stat physical volume "/dev/dsk/c0t4d0":
Invalid argument
Couldn't stat physical volume "/dev/dsk/c0t0d0":
Invalid argument
Couldn't stat physical volume "/dev/dsk/c0t5d0":
Invalid argument
Couldn't stat physical volume "/dev/dsk/c1t0d0":
Invalid argument
Couldn't stat physical volume "/dev/dsk/c10t0d0":
Invalid argument

Scan of Physical Volumes Complete.

< root@: /root > [vi: (root) pts/1]
#

# lvmadm -l -V 1.0
--- Version 1.0 volume groups ---
VG Name /dev/vg00
PV Name /dev/disk/disk9_p2
/dev/disk/disk14_p2

VG Name /dev/vgvmroot
PV Name /dev/dsk/c0t1d0
/dev/dsk/c0t6d0

VG Name /dev/vgvmrootdev
PV Name /dev/disk/disk12

## bdf
Filesystem kbytes used avail %used Mounted on
/dev/vg00/root 1048576 192344 849584 18% /
/dev/vg00/stand 1835008 326824 1496488 18% /stand
/dev/vg00/var 30736384 7182400 23370056 24% /var
/dev/vg00/usr 5373952 2862848 2491544 53% /usr
/dev/vg00/tmp 2097152 407736 1676280 20% /tmp
/dev/vg00/opt 15368192 6008328 9286784 39% /opt
/dev/vg00/home 2097152 21208 2059736 1% /home

< root@: /opt/ignite/bin > [vi: (root) pts/1]
#
# vgdisplay -v vg00
vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query physical volume "/dev/disk/disk9_p2":
The specified path does not correspond to physical volume attached to
this volume group
vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query the list of physical volumes.
--- Volume groups ---
VG Name /dev/vg00
VG Write Access read/write
VG Status available
Max LV 255
Cur LV 8
Open LV 8
Max PV 16
Cur PV 2
Act PV 1
Max PE per PV 4356
VGDA 2
PE Size (Mbytes) 32
Total PE 4347
Alloc PE 2043
Free PE 2304
Total PVG 0
Total Spare PVs 0
Total Spare PVs in use 0
VG Version 1.0
VG Max Size 2178g
VG Max Extents 69696

vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query physical volume "/dev/disk/disk9_p2":
The specified path does not correspond to physical volume attached to
this volume group
vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query the list of physical volumes.
--- Logical volumes ---
LV Name /dev/vg00/stand
LV Status available/stale
LV Size (Mbytes) 1792
Current LE 56
Allocated PE 112
Used PV 1

vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query physical volume "/dev/disk/disk9_p2":
The specified path does not correspond to physical volume attached to
this volume group
vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query the list of physical volumes.
LV Name /dev/vg00/swap
LV Status available/stale
LV Size (Mbytes) 8192
Current LE 256
Allocated PE 512
Used PV 1

vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query physical volume "/dev/disk/disk9_p2":
The specified path does not correspond to physical volume attached to
this volume group
vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query the list of physical volumes.
LV Name /dev/vg00/root
LV Status available/stale
LV Size (Mbytes) 1024
Current LE 32
Allocated PE 64
Used PV 1

vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query physical volume "/dev/disk/disk9_p2":
The specified path does not correspond to physical volume attached to
this volume group
vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query the list of physical volumes.
LV Name /dev/vg00/home
LV Status available/stale
LV Size (Mbytes) 2048
Current LE 64
Allocated PE 128
Used PV 1

vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query physical volume "/dev/disk/disk9_p2":
The specified path does not correspond to physical volume attached to
this volume group
vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query the list of physical volumes.
LV Name /dev/vg00/opt
LV Status available/stale
LV Size (Mbytes) 15008
Current LE 469
Allocated PE 938
Used PV 1

vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query physical volume "/dev/disk/disk9_p2":
The specified path does not correspond to physical volume attached to
this volume group
vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query the list of physical volumes.
LV Name /dev/vg00/tmp
LV Status available/stale
LV Size (Mbytes) 2048
Current LE 64
Allocated PE 128
Used PV 1

vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query physical volume "/dev/disk/disk9_p2":
The specified path does not correspond to physical volume attached to
this volume group
vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query the list of physical volumes.
LV Name /dev/vg00/usr
LV Status available/stale
LV Size (Mbytes) 5248
Current LE 164
Allocated PE 328
Used PV 1

vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query physical volume "/dev/disk/disk9_p2":
The specified path does not correspond to physical volume attached to
this volume group
vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query the list of physical volumes.
LV Name /dev/vg00/var
LV Status available/stale
LV Size (Mbytes) 30016
Current LE 938
Allocated PE 1876
Used PV 1

--- Physical volumes ---
PV Name /dev/disk/disk14_p2
vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query physical volume "/dev/disk/disk9_p2":
The specified path does not correspond to physical volume attached to
this volume group
vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query the list of physical volumes.
PV Status available
Total PE 4347
Free PE 2304
Autoswitch On
Proactive Polling On

< root@ /opt/ignite/bin > [vi: (root) pts/1]
#

Please help

Thanks in advance

Gaby

Re: Need Help (vgscan: Warning: couldn't query physical volume "/dev/disk/disk9_p2")

Sunil Sheoran — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:58:11 GMT

This shows there are two disks in your root vg & one of them is not responding i.e. (dev/disk/disk9_p2)There could a disk failure. in rx6600 SAS disks are installed.
Just check for ioscan -fnC disk confirm that all the disks are showing claimed. you can map the path (/dev/dsk/cxtxdx) using ioscan -m dsf command. Incase of disk failure please call up HP for replacing the disk.

Regards.

Sunil

Re: Need Help (vgscan: Warning: couldn't query physical volume "/dev/disk/disk9_p2")

Bill Costigan — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:09:31 GMT

Fortunately it looks like all your lvols in vg00 are mirrored. one half of the mirror is up and running [/dev/disk/disk14_p2] while the other half of the mirror is broken
[/dev/disk/disk9_p2.]

As Sunil suggests, you need to do and ioscan to see it HPUX can see the bad disk. If so you can do a diskinfo /dev/rdisk/disk9_p2 and look at its size to see if you can read it. (a size of 0 is not good)

How to fix it will depend on what is wrong. Best case (e.g. disk is powered down or disconnected) you can just do a vgsync to re-sync the mirrors after you fix the problem. If you actually need to replace the disk, the steps are a little more involved. But again, because the lvols are mirrored, you can fix this without losing any data.

Re: Need Help (vgscan: Warning: couldn't query physical volume "/dev/disk/disk9_p2")

Gaby1110 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:29:55 GMT

Hi Bill and Sunil,

Thanks for the response. Please find below the output and let me know if it is possible to remove /dev/disk/disk9_p2 entry from /etc/lvmtab.

# diskinfo /dev/rdisk/disk9_p2
diskinfo: can't open /dev/rdisk/disk9_p2: I/O error

< root@ > [vi: (root) pts/0]
#
# ioscan -fnC disk |grep -i no_hw

< root@ > [vi: (root) pts/0]
#

Thanks
Gaby

Re: Need Help (vgscan: Warning: couldn't query physical volume "/dev/disk/disk9_p2")

Torsten. — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:28:54 GMT

You asked this in another thread already, right?

Why opening a new one?

Looks like a bad disk.

Please post

# sasmgr get_info -D /dev/sasd0 -q raid

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