lvm question

[navin]

how do i remove a physical disk path from lvmtab file

[kemo]

hi

check this thread, it can help ..

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447626+1243031985423+28353475&threadId=1254676


Thanks
Kamal

[Patrick Wallek]

Remove it from the volume group.

[Nido]

Hi,

Remove the physical volume from the Volume group, move old /etc/lvmtab file to other location and run vgscan again to have new lvmtab in place.

Thanks,

[Kranti Mahmud]

Hi Navin,

Check the attached doc.

Rgds-Kranti

[R.K. #]

Hi Navin,

In order to remove only one disk from lvmtab, you can simply do:
# vgreduce vgXX /dev/dsk/cxtydz

If the disk is not responding or giving trouble, you use:
# vgreduce -f vgXX <== this will reduce missing PV from a VG

If you want to remove all the disks in a VG, that is you no longer need a VG, use following command to get rid of that VG permanently:
# vgexport vgXX


See man page of above commands for more options.

Hope this helps.

Regds,
R.K.

[Taifur]

Hi Navin,

Follow the below steps,

If lvm is created , then
#umount /mountpont
#lvremove -f /dev/vgxx/lvyy
#vgchange -a n /dev/vgxx

Remove physical volume /dev/dsk/cxtxdx from volume group /dev/vgxx:

#vgreduce /dev/vgxx /dev/dsk/cxtxdx
Force reduction of missing PVs from volume group: vg01

#vgreduce -f /dev/vgxx

After that check
#strings /etc/lvmtab

or,
Export the volume group /dev/vg01 into mapfile vg01.mymap. The volume group will be removed from the exporting system.

#vgexport -m vgxx.mymap /dev/vgxx

http://docs.hp.com/en/B3921-60631/vgreduce.1M.html

http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-60103/vgexport.1M.html

Rgds//
Taifur

[Sajjad Sahir]

Dear Navin


Please see the link


http://docs.hp.com/en/5992-4616/ch03s01.html

thanks and regards

Sajjad Sahir

[Suraj K Sankari]

Hi,

You can use "vgexport" "vgreduce" or "sam" to remove physical disk.

Suraj

[Johnson Punniyalingam]

>>>how do i remove a physical disk path from lvmtab file<<<

# vgreduce /dev/ /dev/dsk/cxtxdx

# vgexport /dev/



# cp -pi /etc/lvmtab /etc/lvmtab.old

# mv /etc/lvmtab /etc/lvmtab.16april2006

# /usr/sbin/vgscan -v

Thanks,
Johnson

[Patrick Wallek]

Unless you have other issues, you should not need to do a vgscan after removing a disk from a VG to remove it from the /etc/lvmtab file.

That is part of the work that the LVM commands do.

The question was: "how do i remove a physical disk path from lvmtab file."

The answer is "remove the disk from the VG." To do this you use the vgreduce command. If everything else is working correctly, that is ALL you need to do.

If you have other problems, then other actions may be required, but that is not what was asked.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

I second Patrick's last response. You should familarize yourself with the side-effects of running 'vgscan' to reconstruct an 'lvmtab'. Read the WARNINGS section of the manpages!

http://www.docs.hp.com/en/B2355-60130/vgscan.1M.html

As noted, if there isn't a specific need to reconstruct the 'lvmtab' then doing so only leads to more work on your part!

Regards!

...JRF...