vgchange: Couldn't re-synchronize stale partitions of the logical volume.

[Rajesh SB]

Hi,

When I try to bring up/shutdown the package, we are getting the following error.

vgchange: Warning: Couldn't attach to the volume group physical volume
"/dev/dsk
/c3t3d0":
The path of the physical volume refers to a device that does not
exist, or is not configured into the kernel.
vgchange: Couldn't re-synchronize stale partitions of the logical volume:
I/O error
Activated volume group in Exclusive Mode.

Package doesn't come up.
Any pointers?
H/W used: K-570, 12H Autoraider.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Rajesh SB

[Patrick Wallek]

It sounds to me as if you have a bad disk.

If you do a 'vgdisplay -v /dev/vg??' do some LV's show as available/stale?

What happens if you do a 'pvdisplay -f /dev/dsk/c3t3d0'?

Does the disk size show up as 0MB? If so, the disk is almost certainly bad.

I'd call HP and log a hardware call to get the bad disk replaced.

[Michael Tully]

To confirm that it is indeed a dead disk (I think Patrick is correct) have a look in the following places for further information.

/var/adm/syslog/syslog.log
root's email
dmesg

Use 'stm' to exercise the disk.

[Devbinder Singh Marway]

Also run ioscan -fnCdisk to see if all disks are available and the one in question is not NO_HW , in which case needs replacing

[George Petrides_1]

Rajesh, you might want to start assigning points to the answers given to you if you want people spending time answering them. Your record is:
"This member has assigned points to 0 of 25 responses to his/her questions."

[Jon Finley]

If you cat syslog, and grep on scsi:

cat /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log | grep -i scsi | more

you'll probably see errors relating to dev (or dev_t) 0x1f330000.

You may also notice that the system load (top) increases.

All signs of a disk problem.


Jon

[Rajesh SB]

Hi Experts,

Thanks a lot, for your valuable inputs. I found out one bad disk and replaced. Now , it is working fine.

Cheers,
Rajesh

[Michael Tully]

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