vgcreate issue

[emily_3]

Hi,

there is no /dev/slvmvg, just did:

# vgscan -a -p
# vgcreate /dev/vg01 /dev/dsk/c2t1d0

But still the same failure.

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Check /etc/lvmpvg; you may have defined PVG's at some time and there may be bogus entries in this file. It's a textfile so you can use vi to view/edit it.

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Another thing to check is if there is another bogus device node out there some where.

find / -type c -exec ls -l {} \; | grep 64 | grep 0x01

Let's just see what that turns up.

[emily_3]

There is no /etc/lvmpvg

After did the find, there is only one result, which is /dev/vg01/group. Actually there is no other files.!

My system is ia64 (11.23), is there any special feature?

[Daniel Varabief]

Hi Emily,
Please try
#vgexport vg01
#pvcreate -f /dev/rdsk/c2t1d0
After that repeat known procedure of creating vg's:
#mkdir /dev/vg01
#mknod /dev/vg01/group c 64 0x010000
#vgcreate /dev/vg01 /dev/dsk/c2t1d0

Kind regards,
Dan

[F Verschuren · Accepted solution]

one easy workarount:
mkdir /dev/vg01
mknod /dev/vg01/group c 64 0x0a0000
ps you can alsow try to rename the vg01 to somting els but reading your tekst I do not hink it is the solution...


please post a ll /dev/* |grep 0x010000

[F Verschuren]

befor you change yous numbres please first chek if it is free:
ll /dev/* |grep [new numbre]
if it is not free just pick the next numbre

[Darrel Louis]

Hi Emily,

Can you check if the disk is oke?
- diskinfo -v /dev/rdsk/c2t1d0
Did the "find command" resulted in any Character devices found with the same minor number?

- pvcreate /dev/rdsk/c2t1d0
- mkdir /dev/
Try to use a differnt minor number
- mknod /dev//group c 64 0x020000

GoodLuck

Darrel

[emily_3]

Hello,

vgcreate is successfully created by change the minor number. But still don't know why 0x010000 is occupied, since didn't found any other by "find" command. Thanks.

[Darrel Louis]

Emily,

What's the result of:
find / -type c -exec ls -l {} \; | grep 64 | grep 0x01
To check which Char. device is using this minor number.


Darrel