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тАО06-26-2007 09:43 AM
тАО06-26-2007 09:43 AM
I have a 4 node VMS cluster, VMS 7.3-2. My disks are attached via a pair of HSG80s thru a pair of SAN switches.
I've been reading about Dynamic Volume Expansion but am unclear about something.
Some of my web-surfing indicates that to enable DVE on a pre-VMS7.3-2 disk, I just need to dismount it, mount it privately and do the $set vol/limit command. Then dismount and remount normally. Other threads indicate that, in order to migrate in a larger physical volumne, the initial shadowset devices MUST have been initialized with the /SIZE qualifier.
Can someone verify that DVE can be enabled without initializing; and, if so, does each member of the shadowset need to be dismounted, mounted privately, $set vol/limit, etc.? And does each member of the shadowset need the "$set vol/lim" done at the same time? or can they be done over time, say as a member is dismounted for a backup operation.
I'm just weighing my options and trying to minimize application unavailablity or avoid it altogether if possible.
TIA - Carleen
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тАО06-26-2007 09:57 AM
тАО06-26-2007 09:57 AM
Solutiondism dsa device (not the members)
mou/ov=id dsaxxx
set vol/limit dsaxxx
dism dsaxxx
mou/clus dsaxxx label
I would suggest you try using lda devices just so you can verify for yourself how things work with your version of VMS, etc.
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тАО06-26-2007 10:01 AM
тАО06-26-2007 10:01 AM
Re: Expanding the size of a shadowset
Before starting you must dism/CLUSTER the dsa device (my example didn't have /cluster)
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тАО06-26-2007 10:10 AM
тАО06-26-2007 10:10 AM
Re: Expanding the size of a shadowset
As suggested, he uses small LD as examples.
See:
http://www.rlgsc.com/hptechnologyforum/2007/1512.html
hth,
Hein.
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тАО06-26-2007 10:11 AM
тАО06-26-2007 10:11 AM
Re: Expanding the size of a shadowset
You do this to the DSA device, which will write the changes to all 3 members of the shadowset set.
Anything you do to a member when it is not part of the shadowset is lost once it is returned to the shadowset, as the member is resynchronized to the state of the shadowset. Therefore, you can't do this a member at a time.
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тАО06-26-2007 10:26 AM
тАО06-26-2007 10:26 AM
Re: Expanding the size of a shadowset
Definitely have a look at Robert's presentation that Hein referenced.
Unfortunately, it does not cover what you asked about. It starts with "Set the Stage" init/limit...
Still, well worth reading and trying out the examples with LD devices. Also, the LDDRIVER kit (search forums for LDDRIVER) has some examples using shadowing.
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тАО06-26-2007 10:41 AM
тАО06-26-2007 10:41 AM
Re: Expanding the size of a shadowset
Thanks for your replies. I did see an earlier version of Bob's presentation, but as Jon said, it sets the stage. I'm already into the third act.
Jon's confirmation that a $init isn't necessary and that the $set vol/limit is done to the DSA device is helpful (not necessarily good news, thou, since it will make the volume unavailable).
I'll have to figure out how to test all this - I have no test system and my system is a high-availability, production cluster.
A very recent and unexpected change in our operations has me scrambling.
I won't have a downtime window to make any changes for several weeks - so will keep the thread open in case anyone else has any comments.
Thanks again for taking the time to reply.
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тАО06-26-2007 01:45 PM
тАО06-26-2007 01:45 PM
Re: Expanding the size of a shadowset
If you've ever experienced the pain of a multi-hour merge, you'd be quite amazed at a merge that takes just a few seconds!
-- Rob (a member of the HBMM engineering team)
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тАО06-26-2007 09:10 PM
тАО06-26-2007 09:10 PM
Re: Expanding the size of a shadowset
First, I would like to thank Hein and Jon for the reference to the session, it is appreciated.
This shortcoming was mentioned to me during the Technical Forum last week, but after the slides were already in could not easily be changed.
My first recommendation is to do testing and experimentation on LD devices. It is straightforward to install LD, and it is an excellent tool for testing procedures of this type.
I have been busy on several client matters since getting back from Las Vegas, but my information is that you can mount the volume privately and do a SET VOLUME/LIMIT.
Of course, the volume limit does not address the question of whether the Index file is of sufficient size.
This type of manipulation MUST be done to the entire shadowset as a whole entity. It cannot be done one member at a time (by definition).
If I can be of assistance, please let me know.
- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com
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тАО06-27-2007 12:53 AM
тАО06-27-2007 12:53 AM
Re: Expanding the size of a shadowset
Rob,
Perhaps you could add a note to the "Disk to disk to tape" thread
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1136467
where I think it would be on be on topic.