I am brand new to HP-UX but am quite familiar with Linux systems (Red Hat, Ubuntu etc..)
I've just taken over a new HP-UX box and trying to work out how to create a logical volume.
As well as creating the volume, which I am sure is very easy I need to create a special character file for an Oracle database datafile.
Some details:
Code:
# vgdisplay -v vg02
--- Volume groups ---
VG Name /dev/vg02
VG Write Access read/write
VG Status available
Max LV 255
Cur LV 15
Open LV 15
Max PV 16
Cur PV 1
Act PV 1
Max PE per PV 17493
VGDA 2
PE Size (Mbytes) 8
Total PE 17493
Alloc PE 11510
Free PE 5983
Total PVG 0
Total Spare PVs 0
Total Spare PVs in use 0
VG Version 1.0
VG Max Size 2239104m
VG Max Extents 279888
--- Logical volumes ---
LV Name /dev/vg02/_efinl_sysaux1
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 512
Current LE 64
Allocated PE 64
Used PV 1
LV Name /dev/vg02/_efinl_system1
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 640
Current LE 80
Allocated PE 80
Used PV 1
LV Name /dev/vg02/_efinl_tools1
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 104
Current LE 13
Allocated PE 13
Used PV 1
LV Name /dev/vg02/_efinl_users1
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 104
Current LE 13
Allocated PE 13
Used PV 1
LV Name /dev/vg02/_efinl_efinliver_dts1
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 304
Current LE 38
Allocated PE 38
Used PV 1
LV Name /dev/vg02/_efint_efintestr_dts1
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 304
Current LE 38
Allocated PE 38
Used PV 1
LV Name /dev/vg02/_css_pagf1
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 24576
Current LE 3072
Allocated PE 3072
Used PV 1
LV Name /dev/vg02/_css_pagf2
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 8192
Current LE 1024
Allocated PE 1024
Used PV 1
LV Name /dev/vg02/_css_pagf3
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 8192
Current LE 1024
Allocated PE 1024
Used PV 1
LV Name /dev/vg02/_css_pagf4
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 8192
Current LE 1024
Allocated PE 1024
Used PV 1
LV Name /dev/vg02/_css_pagf5
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 8192
Current LE 1024
Allocated PE 1024
Used PV 1
LV Name /dev/vg02/_css_pagf6
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 8192
Current LE 1024
Allocated PE 1024
Used PV 1
LV Name /dev/vg02/_css_pagf7
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 8192
Current LE 1024
Allocated PE 1024
Used PV 1
LV Name /dev/vg02/_css_pagf8
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 8192
Current LE 1024
Allocated PE 1024
Used PV 1
LV Name /dev/vg02/_css_pagf9
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 8192
Current LE 1024
Allocated PE 1024
Used PV 1
--- Physical volumes ---
PV Name /dev/dsk/c0t0d0
PV Status available
Total PE 17493
Free PE 5983
Autoswitch On
Proactive Polling On
# bdf /disk1
Filesystem kbytes used avail %used Mounted on
/dev/dsk/c0t1d1 71652960 31511906 37653489 46% /disk1
# pwd
/dev/vg02
# ls -la
total 32
drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 8192 Jan 12 15:29 .
dr-xr-xr-x 26 bin bin 8192 Feb 23 11:49 ..
brw-r----- 1 root sys 64 0x020007 Apr 10 2010 _css_pagf1
brw-r----- 1 root sys 64 0x020008 Jun 22 2010 _css_pagf2
brw-r----- 1 root sys 64 0x020009 Sep 13 2010 _css_pagf3
brw-r----- 1 root sys 64 0x02000a Jan 1 2011 _css_pagf4
brw-r----- 1 root sys 64 0x02000b Mar 17 2011 _css_pagf5
brw-r----- 1 root sys 64 0x02000c May 11 2011 _css_pagf6
brw-r----- 1 root sys 64 0x02000d Aug 30 09:22 _css_pagf7
brw-r----- 1 root sys 64 0x02000e Oct 13 17:56 _css_pagf8
brw-r----- 1 root sys 64 0x02000f Jan 12 15:29 _css_pagf9
brw-r----- 1 root sys 64 0x020005 Jun 11 2008 _efinl_efinliver_dts1
brw-r----- 1 root sys 64 0x020001 Jun 11 2008 _efinl_sysaux1
brw-r----- 1 root sys 64 0x020002 Jun 11 2008 _efinl_system1
brw-r----- 1 root sys 64 0x020003 Jun 11 2008 _efinl_tools1
brw-r----- 1 root sys 64 0x020004 Jun 11 2008 _efinl_users1
brw-r----- 1 root sys 64 0x020006 Aug 9 2008 _efint_efintestr_dts1
crw-r----- 1 root sys 64 0x020000 Jun 11 2008 group
crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 64 0x020007 Apr 10 2010 r_css_pagf1
crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 64 0x020008 Jun 22 2010 r_css_pagf2
crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 64 0x020009 Sep 13 2010 r_css_pagf3
crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 64 0x02000a Jan 1 2011 r_css_pagf4
crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 64 0x02000b Mar 17 2011 r_css_pagf5
crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 64 0x02000c May 11 2011 r_css_pagf6
crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 64 0x02000d Aug 30 09:22 r_css_pagf7
crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 64 0x02000e Oct 13 17:56 r_css_pagf8
crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 64 0x02000f Jan 12 15:29 r_css_pagf9
crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 64 0x020005 Jun 11 2008 r_efinl_efinliver_dts1
crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 64 0x020001 Jun 11 2008 r_efinl_sysaux1
crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 64 0x020002 Jun 11 2008 r_efinl_system1
crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 64 0x020003 Jun 11 2008 r_efinl_tools1
crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 64 0x020004 Jun 11 2008 r_efinl_users1
crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 64 0x020006 Aug 9 2008 r_efint_efintestr_dts1
What I am trying to do is create a special file like the "r_css_pagf9"
Unfortunately the person that usually deals with this is no longer available and I am having to do his job for him and hence the assistance.
Any questions? Please ask.
Thanks to all that reply.
Moderator's Comments:
Please use next time code tags for your code and data
Could you say more about your system (model, OS version...) for I am a bit surprised by what I see...
I would like to see vg00 display and more the output of bdf command to understand a bit...
By the look at things, you never had disk issues... (your display is a bit scary for someone used to solve sever issues...) or did the guy in charge realized and ran away before?( with such implemetation you need really good backups AND documentation on all config stuff...)
vgdisplay -v vg00
--- Volume groups ---
VG Name /dev/vg00
VG Write Access read/write
VG Status available
Max LV 255
Cur LV 10
Open LV 10
Max PV 16
Cur PV 1
Act PV 1
Max PE per PV 4320
VGDA 2
PE Size (Mbytes) 16
Total PE 4310
Alloc PE 3683
Free PE 627
Total PVG 0
Total Spare PVs 0
Total Spare PVs in use 0
VG Version 1.0
VG Max Size 1080g
VG Max Extents 69120
--- Logical volumes ---
LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol1
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 1792
Current LE 112
Allocated PE 112
Used PV 1
LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol2
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 8192
Current LE 512
Allocated PE 512
Used PV 1
LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol3
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 1024
Current LE 64
Allocated PE 64
Used PV 1
LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol4
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 2048
Current LE 128
Allocated PE 128
Used PV 1
LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol5
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 112
Current LE 7
Allocated PE 7
Used PV 1
LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol6
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 8144
Current LE 509
Allocated PE 509
Used PV 1
LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol7
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 4336
Current LE 271
Allocated PE 271
Used PV 1
LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol8
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 8704
Current LE 544
Allocated PE 544
Used PV 1
LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol9
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 16384
Current LE 1024
Allocated PE 1024
Used PV 1
LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol10
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 8192
Current LE 512
Allocated PE 512
Used PV 1
--- Physical volumes ---
PV Name /dev/disk/disk3_p2
PV Status available
Total PE 4310
Free PE 627
Autoswitch On
Proactive Polling On
bdf
Filesystem kbytes used avail %used Mounted on
/dev/vg00/lvol3 1048576 698432 347448 67% /
/dev/vg00/lvol1 1835008 323992 1499288 18% /stand
/dev/vg00/lvol8 8912896 4952688 3932176 56% /var
/dev/vg00/lvol7 4440064 3481640 951016 79% /usr
/dev/vg00/lvol4 524288 25304 495528 5% /tmp
/dev/vg00/lvol6 8339456 6826528 1510296 82% /opt
/dev/vg00/lvol5 114688 10456 103432 9% /home
/dev/vg00/lvol9 16777216 1366678 14454162 9% /dump
/dev/dsk/c0t1d1 71652960 42522864 27330696 61% /disk1
DevFS 11 11 0 100% /dev/deviceFileSystem
xray:/opt/css/bddata
16777216 14910056 1862024 89% /opt/css/bddata
xray:/opt/css/caspardata
16777216 14910056 1862024 89% /opt/css/caspardata
xray:/opt/css/conservatories
16777216 14910056 1862024 89% /opt/css/conservatories
xray:/opt/css/datadir
16777216 14910056 1862024 89% /opt/css/datadir
xray:/opt/css/pcf 16777216 14910056 1862024 89% /opt/css/pcf
xray:/opt/css/faxdir
16777216 14910056 1862024 89% /opt/css/faxdir
xray:/opt/css/kcslive
16777216 14910056 1862024 89% /opt/css/kcslive
xray:/opt/css/pdfdir
16777216 14910056 1862024 89% /opt/css/pdfdir
xray:/opt/css/statsdir
16777216 14910056 1862024 89% /opt/css/statsdir
xray:/opt/css/reprint
16777216 14910056 1862024 89% /opt/css/reprint
xray:/opt/css/home 16777216 14910056 1862024 89% /opt/css/home
xray:/opt/css/xtst 16777216 14910056 1862024 89% /opt/css/xtst
xray:/opt/css/tempdir
16777216 14910056 1862024 89% /opt/css/tempdir
xray:/sms 204800 105240 99056 52% /sms
sdchub01:/sdcserver
104855548 39758392 65097156 38% /sdcserver
cuf2k01:/server 71103484 61591992 9511492 87% /casparserver
Last edited by methyl; 02-23-2012 at 09:58 PM..
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Sorry about that. I am not actually putting the code tags in. All I am doing is copying and pasting to and from and it seems to add it as a code tag.
I've actually been able to work out how to create the logical volume now. I am now just having a problem with creating a raw datafile for an Oracle database but this is another problem.
Why is it we see no vg02 lvols mounted? where is vg00/lvol10?
Have you noticed the difference between vg00 and vg02 (lvol names...)?
I suggest you use SAM (System Administration Manager, sam command) to go through the creation of such devices, for sam will check before execution (e.g. size...). Later, use command line, its faster...
I have no IA64 so menu may differ...
choose "Disk and File Systems", "Logical Volums" (Little delay: the system scans its HW...)
On the menu bar, choose "Create" then choose the VG, validate, then go to next option:
"Define new Logical Volume", a new widow will open:
choose lvol name
Give size...
It will create automatically the JFS Filesystem in it...
In the same Last window there is a menu box: choose ( I think - I have no oracle raw FS...) "raw" instead of Filesystem, I you choose swap it will create a syste swap device (no good...)
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