mount reports No such device or address

[Holger Knoppik]

Hello all,
I have two L2000 sharing an AutoRAID 12H, HP-UX11.0. Both boxes have been rebooted recently, the FS /var/opt/ignite did not come up on the 1st box. Mount reports: /dev/vg02/lvol1: No such device or address. I checked out /dev/vg02, all files are present. The second box is OK. Any ideas what i could have been missed ? (/etc/fstab & lvmtab seem to be OK, too)
Thanx in advance,
Holger

[Laurent Paumier]

What does the command vgdisplay -v /dev/vg02 give ?

[Holger Knoppik]

Hi Laurent, it shows "vloume group not activated", but when i try a "vgchange -a y vg02" the system reports "Activation mode requested for the vg /dev/vg02 conflicts with configured mode". We are running a MC/SG Cluster, but the vg02 was created after installing the cluster. Additionally, I checked the entries in the cluster config files, but vg02 is not present there.

[Laurent Paumier]

Is the volume group activated on the second node ? Are you trying to activate this VG on both nodes at the same time ? Please explain what you're trying to do and how the VG was configured (vgchange -c y|n, -S y|n, ...).

[Holger Knoppik]

After vg02 was created, it has been activated on the first node. It contains a FS for Ignite. It was configured as an independent vg an has nothing to do with the cluster. Here the entry of the fs in /etc/fstab:
/dev/vg02/lvol1 /var/opt/ignite vxfs delaylog,largefiles 0 2

[Laurent Paumier · Accepted solution]

The message "Activation mode requested for the vg /dev/vg02 conflicts with configured mode" makes me think the VG has been configured for use in a cluster. Try this :
# vgchange -c n /dev/vg02
# vgchange -a y /dev/vg02

[Holger Knoppik]

WOW!
It worked. Short summary:
I think that somehow vg02 has been integrated into the cluster at startup. Now I can use my Ignite-Server again! I will have a detailed look at the cluster log and config files.
Thanx for the quick help
RGDS, Holger