How to import BCVs on Veritas Volume Manager

[Coz]

I have a set of BCVs which are kept in a Device Group through ECC Console. From my Test server, I need to import the BCVs after it is Split from the STD device.

I want to know what are the steps to follow in order to import the BCVs on my Test server.

Can anybody give me a step-by-step procedure?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Coz

[N. Balasubrahmanian]

Dear Coz,

My assumption is as below:
You are not having the BCV volume on the same server like the original volume. You have the LUN presentation of the BCV on the other server. DG name on original is assumed as "testdg".

split the BCV from the ECC console
On the other server, issue the following:
vxdctl enable
vxdg -Cft import "testdg" -n "newdg" (If you want it in another name"
vxvol -g "testdg" start all
fsck -F vxfs /dev/vx/testdg/"rvolX"
mount -F vxfs /dev/vx/testdg/volX /mnt

Hope this helps.

If you have the BCV on the same system, then unmount the original filesystems.
split the BCV from ECC console
vxdisk offline (for all original LUNs)
vxdg -Cft import "testdg"
vxvol -g "testdg" startall
mount -F vxfs /dev/vx/testdg/volX /mnt