pvcreate problem on hpux 11i

[Srinivas Thokala_1]

Use # strings /etc/lvmtab
and make sure the particular disk is not already part of any VG before using pvcreate.

If not use #pvcreate -f /dev/rdsk/cxdxtx

SRao

[Sridhar Bhaskarla · Accepted solution]

Sharif,

If you didn't need those volume groups, then what you did was correct - vgexporting the volume groups.

Is your lvmtab looking clean now?. For ex., are you getting any more errors when you do a 'vgdisplay -v' or 'lvlnboot -v' ?.

You can do an 'ioscan -fnC disk' and look at the output. Those are all the disks you have on the system. You would probably see NO_HW status for the path corresponding to the device file c9t0d3. c9- indicates that it was most probably a SAN disk. You might have lost it during your SAN maintenance.

-Sri

[sharif naser_1]

sri,

The disk is not in any volume group, that why it is inaccessible, it is there under /dev/dsk.

how come it is there. it should not.

i think i will remove it.

anyway thanks alot Sridhar for help.

regards,