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04-20-2006 10:56 PM
04-20-2006 10:56 PM
vgcreate failure
im having trouble trying to create a volume group off a disk, Im not sure whether it could be a disk, fibre card, or an array problem.
Im trying to create a volume group on a disk in a DS2405 disk array. I can initialise the disk using pvcreate but when i run a vgcreate i get the following error:
vgcreate: Physical Volume "/dev/dsk/c4t11d0" contains no LVM information
I have also checked the logged files and it appears to be showing the following entry
Apr 16 10:15:42 testbed EMS [1474]: ------ EMS Event Notification ------ Value: "CRITICAL (5)" for Resource: "/storage/even
ts/disks/default/0_1_3_0.8.0.255.2.10.0" (Threshold: >= " 3") Execute the following command to obtain event details:
/opt/resmon/bin/resdata -R 96600070 -r /storage/events/disks/default/0_1_3_0.8.0.255.2.10.0 -n 96600065 -a
Apr 16 10:19:04 testbed EMS [1474]: ------ EMS Event Notification ------ Value: "CRITICAL (5)" for Resource: "/storage/even
ts/disks/default/0_1_3_0.8.0.255.2.11.0" (Threshold: >= " 3") Execute the following command to obtain event details:
/opt/resmon/bin/resdata -R 96600075 -r /storage/events/disks/default/0_1_3_0.8.0.255.2.11.0 -n 96600066 -a
when i ran the optmon command it reported the following
Event Time: sat Apr 15
Severity: CRITICAL
Monitor: disk_em
Event#: 17
Summary: disk at hw path 0/1/3/0.8.0.255.2.14.0: IO request failed
The hardware responded to the initial query but then stopped responding to more requests from the driver. The IO request was not completed
Can anyone shed any light on the situation
Cheers
John
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04-20-2006 11:13 PM
04-20-2006 11:13 PM
Re: vgcreate failure
First check the output of the following command..
#diskinfo /dev/rdsk/c4t11d0
If the "size:" shows 0 bytes, then you will encounter the above problem.
Check "Josiah Henline" answer in the below thread for the reason..
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1006586
Regards,
Senthil Kumar .A
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04-20-2006 11:14 PM
04-20-2006 11:14 PM
Re: vgcreate failure
Try to read the rdsk device with "dd"
# dd if =/dev/rdsk/c4t11d0 of=/dev/null
If you get an I/O error, you have a bad disk.
Hope this helps!
Regards
Torsten.
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04-21-2006 12:19 AM
04-21-2006 12:19 AM
Re: vgcreate failure
Is there a way to change the disk sector size
cheers
John
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04-21-2006 12:33 AM
04-21-2006 12:33 AM
Re: vgcreate failure
Your disk is taken from a VA7xx0 array!
The array is using a different block size.
Yes, you can re-format the drive. You need to install CommandView SDM. There is an option to re-format the drive.
You have to tell the whole story ;-))
The software is here:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownload.jsp?〈=en&cc=us&pnameOID=443575&taskId=135&prodTypeId=12169&prodSeriesId=64112〈=en&cc=us
Hope this helps!
Regards
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