adding new disks

[Ravinder Singh Gill]

We have added new disks to a server. I have already performed insf -e on them. Is the pvcreate supposed to be performed after insf -e? (not before?)

[RAC_1 · Accepted solution]

Put in a disk
insf -ev
ioscan -fnCdisk
Is disk in claimed state??
then pvcreate
then vgextend/vgcreate

[Muthukumar_5]

refer this:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=617303

hth.

[Arunvijai_4]

Have you done #ioscan -fnC disk ?

pvcreate is after insf -e

-e Reinstall the special files for pseudo-drivers and existing devices. This is useful for restoring special files if one or more have been removed.


-Arun

[Joseph Loo]

hi,

yes, use insf to install the device file before using "pvcreate -f" to force create the physical volume (which delete content of any file system). u need the device file for pvcreate command.

regards.

[Adisuria Wangsadinata_1]

Hi,

Actually HP-UX will automatic create a device file for your new disks; but if this not happened, you can run :

# insf -e -H

And after that, you can run pvcreate to create physical volume foruse in LVM volume group.

Check this url below for your reference :

http://www.docs.hp.com/en/5991-1236/When_Good_Disks_Go_Bad.pdf

Hope this information can help you.

Cheers,
AW

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[Muthukumar_5]

Ravinder,

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[Ravinder Singh Gill]

~Thanks