LVM boot disk to be added into another system to take data backup from that disk

[Piyush Trambadiya]

Hi All,
I am having root disk with LVM configured which is not booting in one system, but customer wants to take backup from that disk by adding the disk into another running system.
Please suggest me how can I go through ??
The OS is HP-UX 11.23
Thanks in advance !!!

[Deepak Kulkarni]

Hi Piyush,

Can you give more details on this.

Is this disk mirrored? How many disks present in this VG? Please provide the output of lvdisplay and vgdisplay of all.

Regards
DK

[Fabio Ettore]

Hi,

I think the first approach might be to understand the reason why the system cannot boot.
Anyway you could get that disk working on another system by vgimport:

- create a new structure for a new VG;
- vgimport /dev/dsk/cXtXdX (where cXtXdX is how the target system does see the disk).

Hope this helps you.

Best regards,
Fabio

[Piyush Trambadiya]

Hi Fabio!!!

It worked fine !!
Thanks a bunch !!!!!