HELPHELP /dev/dsk and /dev/rdsk

[Andrew medhurst1]

guys big help needed.
i was running some maintenence and one of the scripts rm -r the /dev/dsk and /dev/rdsk directory will insf -e put them back or is there something something else i need to do i.e restore file.
all responses very very welcome.
haveing blonde day should have seen this as going to happen.
regards
andrew

[Pete Randall]

Hi Andrew,

Just running insf should take care of it. Do you have a listing of what was there before so you can compare results?


Pete

[Andrew medhurst1]

thanks
i ran the insf -e and it worked but i don't have a listing of the file before removal apart from on backup but i will possible get it restored somewhere else to compare.
regards
andrew

[Prashanth Waugh]

Hi Andrew,

Pls check you have taken any backup of /etc/lvmtab. I think it will help to sort out the problem to some extent...

Regards
Atul

[Pete Randall · Accepted solution]

Andrew,

A quick check might be to run "vgdisplay -v" and compare all the physical volumes it shows with the device files you now have. As long as they are the same, you should not have any problems.


Pete

[Deepak Kr]

insf -e should work here. Do you have any previous system backup with you.

If yes, then you can restore these two directories from backup taken.

Also, if you have similar box in your setup then you can see that to compare.

[Mustafa Gulercan]

hi;
and after insf -e;
don't forget to check /etc/lvmconf and vgdisplay -v for all physical volumes like cxtxdx.

regards,
mustafa

[Mustafa Gulercan]

sorry for mistake,i try to say lvmtab, not lvmconf;

#strings /etc/lvmtab

[Andrew medhurst1]

files seem to be ok