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Volume Group extension on Serviceguard clustered systems

Manoj1 — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 01:15:47 GMT

Hi all,

Can someone tell me the steps for extending a volume group on serviceguard running clustered systems ?

Thanks,
Manoj

Re: Volume Group extension on Serviceguard clustered systems

Manix — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 14:15:43 GMT

On primary node:

1.create phisical volume using pvcreate
#pvcreate /dev/rdsk/c8t2d5
2.extend the volume group using vgextend
#vgextend /dev/vgdp /dev/dsk/c8t2d5 /dev/dsk/c11t2d5
3.extend the logical volume using lvextend
#lvextend -L /dev/vgdp/lvtest
5.extend the file system using fsadm
#fsadm -b M /test
#export the vg in preview mode
#vgexport -p -s -m /tmp/vgdp.map vgdp
6.copy the map file to alternative node using scp/rcp

On alternative node

1.check and note the minor number in group file for vgdp
#ls -l /dev/vgdp/group
2 export the vg
#vgexport vgdp
3.create the directory for vgdp
#mkdir /dev/vgdp
4.create the group file vgdp
#mknod /dev/vgdp/group c 64
5.import the vg
#vgimport -s -m /tmp/vgdp.map vgdp

#vgchange -c y vgname

Hope this helps

Thanks

Manix

Re: Volume Group extension on Serviceguard clustered systems

Anoop Sivan — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 11:36:56 GMT

Hi Manoj,

If free PE's are available your can extend the pkg file system as normal procedure.
lvextend,fsadm
There is no need for vgexport and import

You don't have any free PE's and new lun's need to add, then you have to follo the above procedure.

Re: Volume Group extension on Serviceguard clustered systems

nijokj — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 07:34:35 GMT

Hi manoj,

1. Extend the logical volume:

lvextend -L 256 /dev/vg07/lvolx

256 MB is now the Total size of the LV

2. Extend the filesystem:

# fsadm -b 262144 /FS

The size is in blocks, so multiply the logical volume size by 1024
(256 x 1024 = 262144)

>> If the VG is only activated in only One node (Active - Passive Cluster) the above two steps are enough.
NOTE: If you are adding extending the VG (adding disk to a VG) then you have to perform the vgexport and vgimport operations.

Re: Volume Group extension on Serviceguard clustered systems

vinay_singh — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 08:03:09 GMT

Deactivate the VG:

# vgchange -a n vgNEW

Cluster the VG:

# vgchange -c y vgNEW

If the package that will operate the VG is already running, activate the VG. Also activate the VG if a logical volume will be created.

# vgchange -a e vgNEW

Re: Volume Group extension on Serviceguard clustered systems

Kennedy G. Doss — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 17:33:02 GMT

It is not a bad idea to use the "-N" option while running the vgimport on the inactive node. This keeps the format of the disk number in a consistent format - agile Vs legacy.

Re: Volume Group extension on Serviceguard clustered systems

nagnampalli — Thu, 02 May 2019 07:40:56 GMT

Can we use the same steps for lvcreation instead of extension for a VG in service guard which is active on both nodes.