VG00 missing from lvmtab 11.23

[Torsten.]

# vgcfgrestore -n vg00 /dev/rdsk/c3t2d0s2

this just writes the VG header from backup to the disk again.

I would start with one disk and try the vgscan -p -v again.

Take care

# vgcfgrestore -n vg00 /dev/rdsk/c3t2d0

(without s2) will create a mess.

[brownj1989]

Is this the error you were expecting?

 vgcfgrestore -n vg00 /dev/rdsk/c3t2d0s2
vgcfgrestore: Volume group "/dev/vg00" does not exist in the "/etc/lvmtab" file.
vgcfgrestore: Could not open Physical Volume "/dev/rdsk/c3t2d0s2".
You have mail in /var/mail/root

[Torsten.]

vgcfgrestore: Could not open Physical Volume "/dev/rdsk/c3t2d0s2

This is not expected.


What gives

# model

# idisk /dev/rdsk/c3t2d0

[brownj1989]

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Torsten. wrote:
vgcfgrestore: Could not open Physical Volume "/dev/rdsk/c3t2d0s2

This is not expected.


What gives

# model

# idisk /dev/rdsk/c3t2d0

My sentiments exactly!

model
ia64 hp server rx2620

 idisk /dev/rdsk/c3t2d0
idisk version: 1.32

EFI Primary Header:
        Signature                 = EFI PART
        Revision                  = 0x10000
        HeaderSize                = 0x5c
        HeaderCRC32               = 0xad222e54
        MyLbaLo                   = 0x1
        MyLbaHi                   = 0x0
        AlternateLbaLo            = 0x1117732f
        AlternateLbaHi            = 0x0
        FirstUsableLbaLo          = 0x22
        FirstUsableLbaHi          = 0x0
        LastUsableLbaLo           = 0x1117730c
        LastUsableLbaHi           = 0x0
        Disk GUID                 = 7486485e-18dc-11e0-8001-d6217b60e588
        PartitionEntryLbaLo       = 0x2
        PartitionEntryLbaHi       = 0x0
        NumberOfPartitionEntries  = 0xc
        SizeOfPartitionEntry      = 0x80
        PartitionEntryArrayCRC32  = 0x6fe9e89d

  Primary Partition Table (in 512 byte blocks):
    Partition 1 (EFI):
        Partition Type GUID       = c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b
        Unique Partition GUID     = 748649c6-18dc-11e0-8002-d6217b60e588
        Starting Lba Lo            = 0x22
        Starting Lba Hi            = 0x0
        Ending Lba Lo              = 0xfa021
        Ending Lba Hi              = 0x0
    Partition 2 (HP-UX):
        Partition Type GUID       = 75894c1e-3aeb-11d3-b7c1-7b03a0000000
        Unique Partition GUID     = 748649ee-18dc-11e0-8003-d6217b60e588
        Starting Lba Lo            = 0xfa022
        Starting Lba Hi            = 0x0
        Ending Lba Lo              = 0x110af30b
        Ending Lba Hi              = 0x0
    Partition 3 (HPSP):
        Partition Type GUID       = e2a1e728-32e3-11d6-a682-7b03a0000000
        Unique Partition GUID     = 74864a0c-18dc-11e0-8004-d6217b60e588
        Starting Lba Lo            = 0x110af30c
        Starting Lba Hi            = 0x0
        Ending Lba Lo              = 0x1117730b
        Ending Lba Hi              = 0x0

EFI Alternate Header:
        Signature                 = EFI PART
        Revision                  = 0x10000
        HeaderSize                = 0x5c
        HeaderCRC32               = 0xe4b86466
        MyLbaLo                   = 0x1117732f
        MyLbaHi                   = 0x0
        AlternateLbaLo            = 0x1
        AlternateLbaHi            = 0x0
        FirstUsableLbaLo          = 0x22
        FirstUsableLbaHi          = 0x0
        LastUsableLbaLo           = 0x1117730c
        LastUsableLbaHi           = 0x0
        Disk GUID                 = 7486485e-18dc-11e0-8001-d6217b60e588
        PartitionEntryLbaLo       = 0x1117730e
        PartitionEntryLbaHi       = 0x0
        NumberOfPartitionEntries  = 0xc
        SizeOfPartitionEntry      = 0x80
        PartitionEntryArrayCRC32  = 0x6fe9e89d

  Alternate Partition Table (in 512 byte blocks):
    Partition 1 (EFI):
        Partition Type GUID       = c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b
        Unique Partition GUID     = 748649c6-18dc-11e0-8002-d6217b60e588
        Starting Lba Lo            = 0x22
        Starting Lba Hi            = 0x0
        Ending Lba Lo              = 0xfa021
        Ending Lba Hi              = 0x0
    Partition 2 (HP-UX):
        Partition Type GUID       = 75894c1e-3aeb-11d3-b7c1-7b03a0000000
        Unique Partition GUID     = 748649ee-18dc-11e0-8003-d6217b60e588
        Starting Lba Lo            = 0xfa022
        Starting Lba Hi            = 0x0
        Ending Lba Lo              = 0x110af30b
        Ending Lba Hi              = 0x0
    Partition 3 (HPSP):
        Partition Type GUID       = e2a1e728-32e3-11d6-a682-7b03a0000000
        Unique Partition GUID     = 74864a0c-18dc-11e0-8004-d6217b60e588
        Starting Lba Lo            = 0x110af30c
        Starting Lba Hi            = 0x0
        Ending Lba Lo              = 0x1117730b
        Ending Lba Hi              = 0x0

Legacy MBR (MBR Signatures in little endian):
   MBR Signature = 0xfa478674

Protective MBR

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[Torsten.]

So the partitions are there.

I would test the disk now.

# diskinfo -v /dev/rdsk/c3t2d0

# dd if=/dev/rdsk/c3t2d0 of=/dev/null bs=1024k

Watch out for read errors.

[brownj1989]

diskinfo -v /dev/rdsk/c3t2d0
SCSI describe of /dev/rdsk/c3t2d0:
             vendor: HP 146 G
         product id: ST3146854LC
               type: direct access
               size: 143374744 Kbytes
   bytes per sector: 512
          rev level: HPC3
    blocks per disk: 286749488
        ISO version: 0
       ECMA version: 0
       ANSI version: 3
    removable media: no
    response format: 2
   (Additional inquiry bytes: (32)4b (33)4e (34)32 (35)50 (36)4e (37)46 (38)5a (39)20 (40)20 (41)20 (42)20 (43)20 (44)20 (45)20 (46)20 (47)20 (48)20 (49)20 (50)20 (51)f (52)0 (53)0 (54)60 (55)a (56)dc (57)b (58)59 (59)3 (60)1 (61)3 (62)22 (63)0 (64)0 (65)0 (66)0 (67)0 (68)0 (69)0 (70)0 (71)0 (72)0 (73)0 (74)0 (75)0 (76)0 (77)0 (78)0 (79)0 (80)0 (81)0 (82)0 (83)0 (84)0 (85)0 (86)0 (87)0 (88)0 (89)0 (90)0 (91)0 (92)43 (93)6f (94)70 (95)79 (96)72 (97)69 (98)67 (99)68 (100)74 (101)20 (102)28 (103)63 (104)29 (105)20 (106)32 (107)30 (108)30 (109)36 (110)20 (111)53 (112)65 (113)61 (114)67 (115)61 (116)74 (117)65 (118)20 (119)41 (120)6c (121)6c (122)20 (123)0 (124)0 (125)0 (126)0 (127)0 (128)0 (129)0 (130)0 (131)0 (132)0 (133)0 (134)0 (135)0 (136)0 (137)0 (138)0 )

Didn't get a return from the dd cmd.

[Torsten.]

The"dd" will take some minutes, be patient...

[brownj1989]

dd if=/dev/rdsk/c3t2d0 of=/dev/null bs=1024k
140014+1 records in
140014+1 records out

[Torsten.]

Still strange.

The disks looks like healthy (dd), partitions are there.

I wonder about:

Could not open Physical Volume "/dev/rdsk/c3t2d0s2

Maybe it helps to re-create the special device files first?

# insf -e

BTW, what gives

# vxdisk list

[brownj1989]

 vxdisk list
VxVM vxdisk ERROR V-5-1-684 IPC failure: Configuration daemon is not accessible

I ran the insf -e cmd and vg00 is still not found.