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тАО05-27-2011 02:00 AM
тАО05-27-2011 02:00 AM
I've removed everything in the volume group /dev/vgnetapp_omxlab8 (mountponit,logical,filesystem and so on..)
and
rm -r /dev/vgnetapp_omxlab8/group
but when I run command 'vgchange -a -y' ,it still displays "not a character device" . How to remove this warning in the system ?
$vgchange -a y
Volume group "/dev/vgnetapp_tnptplan" has been successfully changed.
vgchange: "/dev/vgnetapp_omxlab8/group": not a character device.
Best regard
Tien
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тАО05-27-2011 02:18 AM
тАО05-27-2011 02:18 AM
Re: vgchange: not a character device.
# vgexport -m /tmp/vgnetapp_omxlab8.amp vgnetapp_omxlab8
Export the volume group /dev/vgnetapp_omxlab8 into mapfile. The volume group will be removed from the exporting system
# vgchange -a y
rgs,
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тАО05-27-2011 02:27 AM
тАО05-27-2011 02:27 AM
Re: vgchange: not a character device.
vgexport -m /tmp/vgnetapp_omxlab8.amp vgnetapp_omxlab8
Error I've got:
vgexport: "/dev/vgnetapp_omxlab8/group": not a character device.
vgexport: Couldn't export volume group "vgnetapp_omxlab8".
regard
Tien
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тАО05-27-2011 02:45 AM
тАО05-27-2011 02:45 AM
Solution# mknod /dev/vgnetapp_omxlab8/group c 64 0xNN0000
The minor number for the group file should be unique among all the volume groups on the system. It has the format 0xNN0000, where NN runs from 00 to ff. The maximum value of NN is controlled by the kernel tunable parameter maxvgs.
# vgexport -m ....
rgs,
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тАО05-27-2011 03:19 AM
тАО05-27-2011 03:19 AM
Re: vgchange: not a character device.
Now it works perfectly as you showed me .
Thank you very much .
Best regard.
Tien
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тАО05-27-2011 03:41 AM
тАО05-27-2011 03:41 AM