07-03-2009
Ok. I understand now.
If this is the case: You want to varyonvg from one Machine/Server at a time then there is no need for enhanced concurrent mode. You can use SHared Volume Groups / Logical Volumes.
Anyway, let us move to solve your issue.
1) yes you can use always the CHDEV command to give the PVID's to the HDISKs
on HAG
2) OR the other best way is to use smitty importvg on HAG but since you don't know the PVIDs then you don't know which disk is with which VG ?
if you know how to check the LUN ID in AIX and check in the storage then you can proceed with step 2
here is how
HOST: AKI
hdisk2 000b80bf27ceb498 vg00 active
hdisk3 000b80bf6c9b41f8 vg01 active
hdisk4 000b80bf6c9a3a8d vg02 active
hdisk5 000b80bffbb9f2af vg03 active
hdisk6 000b80bffbb6bf7b vg04 active
hdisk7 000b80bf27dc7320 vg05 active
HOST: HAG
hdisk2 none None
hdisk3 none None
hdisk4 none None
hdisk5 none None
hdisk6 none None
hdisk7 none None
Objective: We want to know {{ AKI :: hdisk2 000b80bf27ceb498 vg00 }} is what on HAG ?
Since you don't have the PVID on HAG, so it could be HDISK2, HDISK3, ........, HDISK7
a) Check the LUN ID on AKI for HDISK2
lscfg -vl hdisk2
check for location --> LXX <-- This is in HEX
or
lsattr -El hdisk2
search for LUN ID :: 0x2C000000 <-- this is in HEX
convert this HEX to decimal and on HAG search for this LUN ID (hdisk2,hdisk3...hdisk7)
OR easier method
just give it PVID on HAG
chdev -l hdiskXX -a pv=yes
chdev -l hdisk2 -a pv=yes
see if the PVID is same or NOT ?
3) So, if HAG HDISK2 has same PVID=000b80bf27ceb498 as AKI HDISK2
then you know HDISK2 on HAG has Volume Group : vg00
4) Find out the major Number (recommended practice)
on AKI go to
cd /dev
ls -ltr | grep vg00
ls -ltr | grep hdisk2
check for major number which will be like 42,0 hdisk2 or vgname (don't remember exactly)
5) on HAG run this command
smitty importvg
VG NAME: vg00
Physical DISK: hdisk2
Major Number: whatever we found on AKI for vg00 / hdisk2
hope this helps... if not post here.
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lvremove
LVREMOVE(8) System Manager's Manual LVREMOVE(8)
NAME
lvremove - remove a logical volume
SYNOPSIS
lvremove [-A|--autobackup {y|n}] [-d|--debug] [-h|--help] [-t|--test] [-v|--verbose] [--version] [-f|--force] [--noudevsync] LogicalVol-
ume{Name|Path} [LogicalVolume{Name|Path}...]
DESCRIPTION
lvremove removes one or more logical volumes. Confirmation will be requested before deactivating any active logical volume prior to
removal. Logical volumes cannot be deactivated or removed while they are open (e.g. if they contain a mounted filesystem). Removing an
origin logical volume will also remove all dependent snapshots.
If the logical volume is clustered then it must be deactivated on all nodes in the cluster before it can be removed. A single lvchange com-
mand issued from one node can do this.
OPTIONS
See lvm(8) for common options.
-f, --force
Remove active logical volumes without confirmation.
--noudevsync
Disable udev synchronisation. The process will not wait for notification from udev. It will continue irrespective of any possible
udev processing in the background. You should only use this if udev is not running or has rules that ignore the devices LVM2 cre-
ates.
Examples
Remove the active logical volume lvol1 in volume group vg00 without asking for confirmation:
lvremove -f vg00/lvol1
Remove all logical volumes in volume group vg00:
lvremove vg00
SEE ALSO
lvcreate(8), lvdisplay(8), lvchange(8), lvm(8), lvs(8), lvscan(8), vgremove(8)
Sistina Software UK LVM TOOLS 2.02.105(2)-RHEL7 (2014-03-26) LVREMOVE(8)