need LVM disks on what appear to be VxVM disks

[Eric Parson]

Have a N-class running HPUX 11 (not 11i) with LVM, which does NOT have VxVM installed. I've just been presented with a set of 8 disks from our SAN, and for some reason those disks are seen as VxVM disks. How do I convert the VxVM disks to LVM disks to get them included in the VG's I need to create?


"just pvcreating" the disks gives :
usgleuxfn01# pvcreate /dev/rdsk/c7t4d0
pvcreate: Could not perform LVM operation on VxVM disk "/dev/rdsk/c7t4d0".
usgleuxfn01# pvcreate -f /dev/rdsk/c7t4d0
pvcreate: Could not perform LVM operation on VxVM disk "/dev/rdsk/c7t4d0".

Another user suggested:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rdsk/cXtYdZ bs=1024 count=10

I created /dev/zero with : mknod /dev/zero c 3 4

but this still left “VxVM” fingerprints:

usgleuxfn01# pvcreate /dev/rdsk/c7t4d0
pvcreate: Could not perform LVM operation on VxVM disk "/dev/rdsk/c7t4d0".
usgleuxfn01# pvcreate -f /dev/rdsk/c7t4d0
pvcreate: Could not perform LVM operation on VxVM disk "/dev/rdsk/c7t4d0".



any thought

[Enrico P.]

You can try with
format /dev/rdsk/c7t4d0
and then
pvcreate -f /dev/rdsk/c7t4d0

Enrico

[Marvin Strong]

just a thought having never tried it myself.
from the vxdisksetup manpage.


Force deconfiguration of a VxVM-initialized disk, c0f4d0:

/etc/vx/bin/vxdiskunsetup -C c0t4d0

also the format command might work.

but I would try the above vx command first.

[Eric Parson]

usgleuxfn01# find /usr -name format -print
/usr/sbin/hpC2400/format
usgleuxfn01# /usr/sbin/hpC2400/format /dev/rdsk/c7t4d0
format: initdev - internal error: Can't locate device mapping file. Run "arrayscan".

which format do you have?

for vxdisksetup, I don't have vxvm installed. no vxvm, no /etc/vx/....

any other thoughts folks?

[Patrick Wallek]

You need to use mediainit on the disk.

# mediainit /dev/rdsk/c7t4d0

I got this information from the HP Knowledge Base. Document ID KBRC00010725

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/search.do?category=c0&mode=id&searchString=KBRC00010725&search.x=0&search.y=0&searchCrit=allwords&docType=Security&docType=Patch&docType=EngineerNotes&docType=BugReports&docType=Hardware&docType=ReferenceMaterials&docType=ThirdParty

[Alzhy]

Your /dev/zero device obviously either does not work or your LUNs are "mysterious".. from what array subsystem are your luns?

You can try:

prealloc /somewhere_u_have_1G/file 102400000

dd if=/somewhere_u_have_1G/file of=/dev/rdsk/cXtYdZ

And try again...

[melvyn burnard]

I would suggest you try
dd if=/stand/vmunix of=/dev/rdsk/c7t4d0 bs=1024k
Then use the pvcreate -f command
pvcreate -f /dev/rdsk/c7t4d0

[Senthil Kumar .A_1]

Please perform the following...

assuming that the device file is "/dev/rdsk/c3t15d0".

If the machine you are operating doesnot have vxvm installed, first check
"swlist -l product | grep -i vxvm"..
if its indeed not installed, I'm sure all the
latest versions of HPUX OS is shiped with
basic vxvm product, you could install vxvm
and perform the below steps...


# pvcreate /dev/rdsk/c3t15d0
pvcreate: Could not perform LVM operation on VxVM disk
"c3t15d0".
# /etc/vx/bin/vxdiskunsetup c3t15d0
# pvcreate -f /dev/rdsk/c3t15d0
Physical volume "c3t15d0" has been successfully created.

regards.

[Suraj Singh_1]

Hi,

# pvcreate -f /dev/rdsk/c?t?d? should work in your case (I've tried it without any problems).
In case that doesn't work, perform the following steps:

1. # swlist|grep -i vxvm ; check if VxVM is installed or not, if not installed, then install it using the core hp os CD/DVD.
2. After installing VxVM,
# vxconfigd -m disable
# vxdctl init `uname -n`
# vxconfigd -k -m enable
# vxdisk -o alldgs list ; see the STATUS of the disk in question: LVM => lvm disk, online => VxVM disk
If the status is online, then:
# vxdisk rm diskaccess_name

For eg:
# vxdisk -o alldgs list
DEVICE TYPE DISK GROUP STATUS
c2t0d0 auto:LVM - - LVM
c5t1d0 auto:cdsdisk gp1disk02 group1 online

Here status of c5t1d0 is online. to remove this disk from VM control, use:
# vxdisk rm gp1disk02

Hope this helps,
Regards