AIX 4.1.5 Hard Drive Trouble

eli · #1 (**permalink**) 04-23-2004

Hello,

I has a problem with my machine not viewing all of my hard drives. I do a df -k command and it shows hd 0 - 7 however I am missing 2 of my hd.

I then do a ls command in the root directory and it shows all of them but I am not able to access them. They are mounted and act like they are ready to go but can not be accessed and ideals?

Optimus_P · #2 (**permalink**) 04-23-2004

i dont have aix 4.1.x so all the below info is for aix 4.3.x mabey it can help.

how many drives do you have in the machine? i assume 10.

i am also assumeing:
1) you installed all the disks and ran cfgmgr
2), and you allocated the disks to a volume group
3), and create logical volumes
4), and then mounted them?

you can use commands like lspv to find out all the physical volumes installed.

Code:

2) Create volume groups
#mkvg -y "vgname" hdiskn; varyonvg vgname
#EXAMPLE: mkvg -t 8 -y "vg1" hdisk1 hdisk2 ...; varyonvg vg1


3) create all nessary Logical Volumes
#mklv -y'LOGICAL_VOLUME_NAME' -c'2' <LV_NAME> <SIZE_IN_PHYSICAL_PARTITIONS> <DISK_TO_USE> <MIRROR_DISK>
# Create a FS for the Logical volume
#crfs -v jfs -l lvname -m /mountdir -A yes
#EXAMPLE: mklv -y'lv03' -c'2' appvg 32 hdisk1 hdisk2

sspirito · #3 (**permalink**) 04-29-2004

Just a simple additional question:
are you logged in as root when giving the df -k command or trying to access these drives?

Optimus_P · #4 (**permalink**) 04-29-2004

df -k is not going to report anything differant if you are logged in as root or any other user.

More UNIX and Linux Forum Topics You Might Find Helpful
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Add hard drive to SCO 6.0.0	uxlunatick	SCO	13	04-18-2008 09:17 AM
The best partitioning schem for a 250GB Sata hard drive & a 75GB SCSI hard drive	sirbijan	Filesystems, Disks and Memory	0	04-05-2006 02:19 PM
Trying to copy old hard drive to new hard drive.	shorty	UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers	4	01-30-2006 05:47 PM
Removing hard drive	pujathakral	UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers	2	05-13-2005 10:58 AM
Trouble mounting tape drive with Lynx OS	nic_stersic	UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers	1	05-05-2005 04:55 PM

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Search this Thread: Advanced Search
Display Modes	Rate This Thread
Switch to Linear Mode Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode	Rate This Thread:


	Powered by