vgcfgrestore and vgimport

[P Arumugavel]

Hi,

Can I import a whole VG to a newserver using vg conf file with command vgcfgrestore?

Thanks in advance for replies...

[likid0]

Nope, you should use the map file, here you have examples, similar to your case:

http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447627+1287998746563+28353475&threadId=1438933

[Viktor Balogh]

> you should use the map file

..or, if you don't care about the name of the lvols and you know the device names which belong to the same luns, you can import the volume group by feeding vgimport with those device names. Anyway, an import trough the cfg file doesn't work.

[P Arumugavel]

Hi,

When I use vgcfgrestore to repace the failed disk in a VG with a disk which contains data and used in a VG previously, what will happen? My data will remain or will be cleaned on new disk?

[vishnu.khandare]

Hi Vel,

Yes u can import the whole VG to new server,
for that u must take the map file. import the vg in case of SAN storage luns.
Copy that map file to new server and vgexport that vg.
no need to go for vgcfgrestore.

Hope this solves ur query.
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Regards
Vishnu Khandare

[P Arumugavel]

Thanks...