Ignite backup on HPUX 10.20

[Sunil Garg]

Hi There,

I cannot take an ignite backup of the server (HPUX 10.20), because of hosts of issues in there, as I had rebuilt the server from an ignite backup of another server.

The details are as follows:

unknown:/> make_recovery -r -d /dev/rmt/c1t0d0BESTn
make_recovery(306): In Resume mode. Do you wish to continue?y
vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query physical volume "/dev/dsk/c0t4d0":
The specified path does not correspond to physical volume attached to
this volume group
vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query all of the physical volumes.
vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query physical volume "/dev/dsk/c0t4d0":
The specified path does not correspond to physical volume attached to
this volume group
vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query all of the physical volumes.
vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query physical volume "/dev/dsk/c0t4d0":
The specified path does not correspond to physical volume attached to
this volume group
vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query all of the physical volumes.



      ***************************************
       HP-UX System Recovery
make_recovery(390): Call to /opt/ignite/bin/save_config failed.
       Check the /var/opt/ignite/logs/makrec.log1 file.
        Cleanup

unknown:/> tail -18 /var/opt/ignite/logs/makrec.log1
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Started - Thu Feb 15 16:13:57 2018
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make_recovery -r -d /dev/rmt/c1t0d0BESTn
/usr/sbin/vgdisplay -v "vg00"
/usr/sbin/vgdisplay -v "vg00"
"/opt/ignite/bin/save_config" -f "/var/opt/ignite/recovery/config.recover"  >> "/var/opt/ignite/logs/makrec.log1" 2>&1
lvlnboot: Couldn't query physical volume "/dev/dsk/c0t4d0":
The specified path does not correspond to physical volume attached to
this volume group
lssf: Must specify a special_file
usage: lssf special_file ...
save_config: error - unknown disk type for , not SCSI or HPFL
save_config: error - cannot determine root disk

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Ended Unsuccessfully - Thu Feb 15 16:14:16 2018
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unknown:/>

unknown:/> lvlnboot -v
lvlnboot: Couldn't query physical volume "/dev/dsk/c0t4d0":
The specified path does not correspond to physical volume attached to
this volume group
unknown:/> vgdisplay -v vg00
vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query physical volume "/dev/dsk/c0t4d0":
The specified path does not correspond to physical volume attached to
this volume group
vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query all of the physical volumes.
--- Volume groups ---
VG Name                     /dev/vg00
VG Write Access             read/write
VG Status                   available
Max LV                      16
Cur LV                      8
Open LV                     8
Max PV                      2
Cur PV                      1
Act PV                      0
Max PE per PV               8808
VGDA                        0
PE Size (Mbytes)            4
Total PE                    0
Alloc PE                    0
Free PE                     2504
Total PVG                   0

vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query physical volume "/dev/dsk/c0t4d0":
The specified path does not correspond to physical volume attached to
this volume group
vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query all of the physical volumes.
   --- Logical volumes ---
   LV Name                     /dev/vg00/lvol1
   LV Status                   available/syncd
   LV Size (Mbytes)            128
   Current LE                  32
   Allocated PE                32
   Used PV                     0

vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query physical volume "/dev/dsk/c0t4d0":
The specified path does not correspond to physical volume attached to
this volume group
vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query all of the physical volumes.
   LV Name                     /dev/vg00/lvol2
   LV Status                   available/syncd
   LV Size (Mbytes)            512
   Current LE                  128
   Allocated PE                128
   Used PV                     0

vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query physical volume "/dev/dsk/c0t4d0":
The specified path does not correspond to physical volume attached to
this volume group
vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query all of the physical volumes.
   LV Name                     /dev/vg00/lvol3
   LV Status                   available/syncd
   LV Size (Mbytes)            1024
   Current LE                  256
   Allocated PE                256
   Used PV                     0

vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query physical volume "/dev/dsk/c0t4d0":
The specified path does not correspond to physical volume attached to
this volume group
vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query all of the physical volumes.
   LV Name                     /dev/vg00/lvol4
   LV Status                   available/syncd
   LV Size (Mbytes)            10240
   Current LE                  2560
   Allocated PE                2560
   Used PV                     0

vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query physical volume "/dev/dsk/c0t4d0":
The specified path does not correspond to physical volume attached to
this volume group
vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query all of the physical volumes.
   LV Name                     /dev/vg00/lvol5
   LV Status                   available/syncd
   LV Size (Mbytes)            1024
   Current LE                  256
   Allocated PE                256
   Used PV                     0

vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query physical volume "/dev/dsk/c0t4d0":
The specified path does not correspond to physical volume attached to
this volume group
vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query all of the physical volumes.
   LV Name                     /dev/vg00/lvol6
   LV Status                   available/syncd
   LV Size (Mbytes)            1024
   Current LE                  256
   Allocated PE                256
   Used PV                     0

vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query physical volume "/dev/dsk/c0t4d0":
The specified path does not correspond to physical volume attached to
this volume group
vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query all of the physical volumes.
   LV Name                     /dev/vg00/lvol7
   LV Status                   available/syncd
   LV Size (Mbytes)            1024
   Current LE                  256
   Allocated PE                256
   Used PV                     0

vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query physical volume "/dev/dsk/c0t4d0":
The specified path does not correspond to physical volume attached to
this volume group
vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query all of the physical volumes.
   LV Name                     /dev/vg00/lvol8
   LV Status                   available/syncd
   LV Size (Mbytes)            10240
   Current LE                  2560
   Allocated PE                2560
   Used PV                     0

unknown:/> ioscan -fnC disk
Class     I  H/W Path    Driver      S/W State H/W Type  Description
=====================================================================
disk      2  8/16/5.2.0  sdisk       CLAIMED   DEVICE    TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-5701TA
                        /dev/dsk/c1t2d0   /dev/rdsk/c1t2d0
disk     10  8/16/5.4.0  sdisk       CLAIMED   DEVICE    SEAGATE ST336918N
                        /dev/dsk/c1t4d0   /dev/rdsk/c1t4d0
disk     11  8/16/5.6.0  sdisk       CLAIMED   DEVICE    SEAGATE ST336918N
                        /dev/dsk/c1t6d0   /dev/rdsk/c1t6d0
unknown:/>

Could anyone help me resolve the issue and take an ignite backup successfully?

Regards

Sunil Garg

[Bill Hassell · Accepted solution]

Apparently the other server had another disk in vg00. You need to remove that disk from vg00. You can try using vgscan to rebuild lvmtab.

# strings /etc/lvmtab
# mv /etc/lvmtab /etc/lvmtab.old
# vgscan -av
# strings /etc/lvmtab
# vgdisplay -v vg00
# lvlnboot -v

This should remove the error messages for /dev/dsk/c0t4d0 which causes Ignite to fail.

[Sunil Garg]

That worked flawlessly!

Thanks for replying!