remove a PV

[David Willams]

# strings /etc/lvmtab
/dev/vg00
/dev/disk/disk6_p2

I would like to remove disk6_p2 from VG00

# pvremove /dev/rdsk/c3t6d0
pvremove: Physical Volume "/dev/rdsk/c3t6d0" contains no LVM information

# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rdsk/c3t6d0 bs=256k count=100
100+0 records in
100+0 records out


it dosen't work

[Torsten. · Accepted solution]

If this disk contains your VG00 you cannot remove it, why do you want to do this???

[David Willams]

Also I see some strange errorrs:-

# vgscan
Physical Volume "/dev/dsk/c4t8d0" is not part of a Volume Group


Following Physical Volumes belong to one Volume Group.
Unable to match these Physical Volumes to a Volume Group.
Use the vgimport command to complete the process.
/dev/dsk/c4t10d0

# ioscan -fnkC disk
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
========================================================================
disk 0 1/0/0/3/0.6.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP 146 GMAW3147NC
/dev/dsk/c0t6d0 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s2 /dev/rdsk/c0t6d0 /dev/rdsk/c0t6d0s2
/dev/dsk/c0t6d0s1 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s3 /dev/rdsk/c0t6d0s1 /dev/rdsk/c0t6d0s3
disk 1 1/0/0/3/1.2.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE _NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A
/dev/dsk/c1t2d0 /dev/rdsk/c1t2d0
disk 2 1/0/1/1/0/4/1.6.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP 146 GMAW3147NC
/dev/dsk/c3t6d0 /dev/dsk/c3t6d0s2 /dev/rdsk/c3t6d0 /dev/rdsk/c3t6d0s2
/dev/dsk/c3t6d0s1 /dev/dsk/c3t6d0s3 /dev/rdsk/c3t6d0s1 /dev/rdsk/c3t6d0s3
disk 3 1/0/2/1/0.8.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP 146 GMAW3147NC
/dev/dsk/c4t8d0 /dev/rdsk/c4t8d0
disk 4 1/0/2/1/0.10.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP 146 GMAW3147NC
/dev/dsk/c4t10d0 /dev/rdsk/c4t10d0
disk 5 1/0/4/1/0.1.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE _NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A
/dev/dsk/c6t1d0 /dev/rdsk/c6t1d0

[Torsten.]

What is strange?



Note:

The "disk" in your vg00 is disk6_p2 - not disk6 !!!

[David Willams]

I would like to mirrior my internal drives

how do I do that

[Torsten.]

Please post some more information:

# model
# vgdisplay -v
# strings /etc/lvmtab
# ioscan -m dsf

[David Willams]

# setboot
Primary bootpath : 1/0/0/3/0.0x6.0x0 (/dev/rdisk/disk6)
HA Alternate bootpath :
Alternate bootpath : 1/0/0/3/0.0x6.0x0 (/dev/rdisk/disk6)

Autoboot is ON (enabled)
# ioscan -m dsf
Persistent DSF Legacy DSF(s)
========================================
/dev/rdisk/disk6 /dev/rdsk/c0t6d0
/dev/rdisk/disk6_p1 /dev/rdsk/c0t6d0s1
/dev/rdisk/disk6_p2 /dev/rdsk/c0t6d0s2
/dev/rdisk/disk6_p3 /dev/rdsk/c0t6d0s3
/dev/rdisk/disk7 /dev/rdsk/c1t2d0
/dev/rdisk/disk8 /dev/rdsk/c3t6d0
/dev/rdisk/disk8_p1 /dev/rdsk/c3t6d0s1
/dev/rdisk/disk8_p2 /dev/rdsk/c3t6d0s2
/dev/rdisk/disk8_p3 /dev/rdsk/c3t6d0s3
/dev/rdisk/disk9 /dev/rdsk/c4t8d0
/dev/rdisk/disk10 /dev/rdsk/c4t10d0
/dev/rdisk/disk11 /dev/rdsk/c6t1d0
# ioscan -fnkC disk
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
========================================================================
disk 0 1/0/0/3/0.6.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP 146 GMAW3147NC
/dev/dsk/c0t6d0 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s2 /dev/rdsk/c0t6d0 /dev/rdsk/c0t6d0s2
/dev/dsk/c0t6d0s1 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s3 /dev/rdsk/c0t6d0s1 /dev/rdsk/c0t6d0s3
disk 1 1/0/0/3/1.2.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE _NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A
/dev/dsk/c1t2d0 /dev/rdsk/c1t2d0
disk 2 1/0/1/1/0/4/1.6.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP 146 GMAW3147NC
/dev/dsk/c3t6d0 /dev/dsk/c3t6d0s2 /dev/rdsk/c3t6d0 /dev/rdsk/c3t6d0s2
/dev/dsk/c3t6d0s1 /dev/dsk/c3t6d0s3 /dev/rdsk/c3t6d0s1 /dev/rdsk/c3t6d0s3
disk 3 1/0/2/1/0.8.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP 146 GMAW3147NC
/dev/dsk/c4t8d0 /dev/rdsk/c4t8d0
disk 4 1/0/2/1/0.10.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP 146 GMAW3147NC
/dev/dsk/c4t10d0 /dev/rdsk/c4t10d0
disk 5 1/0/4/1/0.1.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE _NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A
/dev/dsk/c6t1d0 /dev/rdsk/c6t1d0
# model
ia64 hp server rx7640
# vgdisplay -v
--- Volume groups ---
VG Name /dev/vg00
VG Write Access read/write
VG Status available
Max LV 255
Cur LV 8
Open LV 8
Max PV 16
Cur PV 1
Act PV 1
Max PE per PV 4356
VGDA 2
PE Size (Mbytes) 32
Total PE 4347
Alloc PE 3712
Free PE 635
Total PVG 0
Total Spare PVs 0
Total Spare PVs in use 0
VG Version 1.0
VG Max Size 2178g
VG Max Extents 69696

--- Logical volumes ---
LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol1
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 1792
Current LE 56
Allocated PE 56
Used PV 1

LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol2
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 65536
Current LE 2048
Allocated PE 2048
Used PV 1

LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol3
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 1024
Current LE 32
Allocated PE 32
Used PV 1

LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol4
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 9216
Current LE 288
Allocated PE 288
Used PV 1

LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol5
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 3072
Current LE 96
Allocated PE 96
Used PV 1

LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol6
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 128
Current LE 4
Allocated PE 4
Used PV 1

LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol7
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 5248
Current LE 164
Allocated PE 164
Used PV 1

LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol8
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 32768
Current LE 1024
Allocated PE 1024
Used PV 1


--- Physical volumes ---
PV Name /dev/disk/disk6_p2
PV Status available
Total PE 4347
Free PE 635
Autoswitch On
Proactive Polling On


# strings /etc/lvmtab
/dev/vg00
/dev/disk/disk6_p2
#


I have to mirrior c0t6d0 & c3t6d0

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

I suspect that this is a continuation or an outgrowth of your earlier thread:

https://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1372824

Regards!

...JRF...

[David Willams]

This is on a different server actually...

[David Willams]

# vgextend /dev/vg00 /dev/dsk/c3t6d0
vgextend: Physical Volume "/dev/dsk/c3t6d0" contains no LVM information

[Torsten.]

Don't remove disk6, but follow the procedure in appendix here:

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

[Torsten.]

Maybe better:

http://docs.hp.com/en/5992-6576/ch03s04.html#cbddaicd

Use the "new style" device files (/dev/disk/disk1 instead of /dev/dsk/c1t2d3)!

[David Willams]

that worked thank you

[David Willams]

# lvextend -m 1 /dev/vg00/lvol2 /dev/disk/disk8_p2
The newly allocated mirrors are now being synchronized. This operation will
take some time. Please wait ...

This is running since 20 minutes.I have not seen this before..

[Torsten.]

This is much larger than lvol1:

LV Size (Mbytes) 65536

[David Willams]

..