topic Re: replacing a mirror root disk in Operating System - HP-UX

replacing a mirror root disk

ajin — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:25:38 GMT

Please tell me what is the procedure of replacing a mirror root disk in HPUX 11.0

Re: replacing a mirror root disk

Patrick Wallek — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:58:08 GMT

See if you can get to this document:

When Good Disks Go Bad: Dealing with Disk Failures under LVM (HP-UX 11 v1, 11 v2)
http://www.docs.hp.com/en/5991-1236/When_Good_Disks_Go_Bad.pdf

I have been having trouble seeing it tonight, but I'm not sure if it is my problem or HP's problem.

Re: replacing a mirror root disk

YAQUB_1 — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:42:06 GMT

Hi,

Can U see the below URL links:-

http://forums12.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447627+1214638617693+28353475&threadId=1005490

http://forums12.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447627+1214638814900+28353475&threadId=1139015

Hope it will help 4 U.

BR/
Yaqub

Re: replacing a mirror root disk

yulianto piyut — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:49:31 GMT

Hi,

I have same case with u and there are some command I used to replace may primary root disk:

1. try to break mirror, but failed
2. unplug the bad disk
3. plug the new disk:

# vgcfgrestore -n /dev/vg00 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0
vgcfgrestore: Cannot restore Physical Volume "/dev/dsk/c0t0d0",
Detach the PV or detactivate the VG, before restoring the PV.
# pvchange -a n /dev/dsk/c0t0d0
# vgcfgrestore -n /dev/vg00 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0
# pvchange -a y /dev/dsk/c0t0d0
# vgchange -a y /dev/vg00
# mkboot -l /dev/dsk/c0t0d0
# mkboot -a "hpux -lq" /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0
# lvlnboot -R --> vg automaticaly sync data
# lvsync /dev/vg00/lvol1
# lvsync /dev/vg00/lvol2
# lvsync /dev/vg00/lvol3
# lvsync /dev/vg00/lvol4
# lvsync /dev/vg00/lvol5
# lvsync /dev/vg00/lvol6
# lvsync /dev/vg00/lvol7
# lvsync /dev/vg00/lvol8
# lvsync /dev/vg00/lvol9
# lvsync /dev/vg00/lvol10