VG activation problem

[Fenny_1]

Hi guys,
Am facing the below mentioned error
tppovw01:/home/bcadmin/SIEBEL/BC1#vgchange -a y /dev/BC1_xpvgsieapp
vgchange: Activation mode requested for the volume group "/dev/BC1_xpvgsieapp" conflicts with configured mode.

this VG is not active on any other node is cluster. Please help me to resolve that asap.

[Torsten.]

HI,

the VG is part of a cluster.
In this case you need to run

vgchange -a e /dev/BC1_xpvgsieapp

(use "e" instead of "y")

[Redhat]

You can use the following:-
vgchange -c n /dev/BC1_xpvgsieapp
vgchnage -a y /dev/BC1_xpvgsieapp

This will first make the vg non-cluster aware then activate it.

[Fenny_1]

Hi ALl,
Thanks for quick response. Yes this VG is part of cluster and it's working fine till last night. I dont know what happend to it i just resynched my BC volumes with production volumes

tppovw01:/home/bcadmin/SIEBEL/BC1#vgchange -c n /dev/BC1_xpvgsieapp
vgchange: Failed to set the specified attributes for volume group "/dev/BC1_xpvgsieapp".

tppovw01:/home/bcadmin/SIEBEL/BC1#vgchange -a e /dev/BC1_xpvgsieapp
vgchange: Activation of volume group "/dev/BC1_xpvgsieapp" denied by another node in the cluster.
Request on this system conflicts with Activation Mode on remote system.

[Torsten.]

tppovw01:/home/bcadmin/SIEBEL/BC1#vgchange -a e /dev/BC1_xpvgsieapp
vgchange: Activation of volume group "/dev/BC1_xpvgsieapp" denied by another node in the cluster.
Request on this system conflicts with Activation Mode on remote system.




It is active on another server.
check
cmviewcl -v

[Fenny_1]

Hi Toresten,
Thats the problem that this VG is active on the production node in the cluster.

when i resynched my BC volumes to the production volumes i think he might get this activation parameter from Production volumes. But previosuly its working like that. I used to resync my BC volumes with Production volumes on daily basis. and it never gave me any error.

No please suggest me wat to do resolve this issue but please keep in mind i cant deactivate my prodcution VG's. Is any vgchange parameter help here without affecting/deactivating the production VG
waiting for a quick feedback

[Ninad_1]

Fenny,

Pls refer to this thread
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1144581

I have explained for CA copies, but same thing applies for BC.

Main point is to use vgchgid for the disks, before doing vgimport.

Regards,
Ninad

[Fenny_1]

Thanks for all your support problem.