topic Re: vgexport in Operating System - HP-UX

vgexport

Nobody's Hero — Fri, 20 Dec 2002 18:56:25 GMT

Im trying to export my volume groups in case I need the map for an emergency import. I get the following error from the following command. I have the file systems unmounted.

vgexport -p -s -m /home/rmenefee/vg01.map /dev/vg01
vgexport: Volume group "/dev/vg01" is still active.

Re: vgexport

John Poff — Fri, 20 Dec 2002 18:59:26 GMT

Hi Robert,

That message is normal. You should now have a map file named vg01.map that has your VGID and entries for your lvols. The message is just part of the vgexport machinery warning you that you are running the command against a volume group that is still active.

JP

Re: vgexport

Marco Santerre — Fri, 20 Dec 2002 19:03:51 GMT

As John mentionned, this is a normal message. You get this message by using the -p option which previews the vgexport actions without doing anything, hence the message that the vg is still active after the vgexport command. Your mapfile should be created after the end of your vgexport command.

Re: vgexport

Pete Randall — Fri, 20 Dec 2002 19:07:56 GMT

Sorry, Robert, I guess I could have warned you when I gave you the command. Oh well, not to worry. And you don't have to have the filesystems unmounted with the -p option, either.

Pete

Re: vgexport

John Poff — Fri, 20 Dec 2002 19:16:05 GMT

Robert,

You had better be careful taking advice from that Pete Randall guy. You have to take his advice with a grain of sand, uh, I mean salt.

;)

JP