10-01-2015
Other then stuff mentioned here i would like to make a general recommendation regarding disk devices in Linux.
If you present a disk for instance /dev/xxx, create a primary partition /dev/sda1 which you will use in your volume groups / filesystems / ASM and label it like that (LVM label or other) during fdisk operation.
Why partition ?
Initial sectors are for OS information.
Easier to see and correct possible errors which are out of LVM/ASM/filesystem scope.
Disks partitioned are quite obviously used for some service (LVM, ASM etc.), while non-partitioned are not, reducing possible risk of error during administrative work.
Using full devices will work as well on Linux systems, but due to reasons above i would suggest making one primary partition if you intend to use entire disk space.
As for multipath, use /dev/mapper when creating volume groups and such.
Also using sane names for storage luns in /etc/multipath.conf helps e.g /dev/mapper/databaselun looks much more human then /dev/mapper/mpathXY
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vxdestroy_lvmroot
vxdestroy_lvmroot(1M) vxdestroy_lvmroot(1M)
NAME
vxdestroy_lvmroot - remove LVM root disk and associated LVM volume group
SYNOPSIS
vxdestroy_lvmroot [-v] [-b] lvm_root_disk
DESCRIPTION
The vxdestroy_lvmroot command tears down and removes the LVM volume group associated with the specified physical disk. This is done by
removing the volumes in the volume group and then removing the volume group.
OPTIONS
-b Invokes the setboot command to change the primary boot disk to the VxVM root disk from which the system was booted (if the pri-
mary boot disk is not already set to this disk). The alternate boot device remains unchanged. If the -v option is also speci-
fied, the settings of the primary and alternate boot devices are displayed.
-v Outputs verbose messages including a timestamp that indicates major operations being performed.
ARGUMENTS
lvm_root_disk
Specifies the device name of the LVM root disk that is to be destroyed, along with its entire volume group.
EXAMPLES
This example shows the vxdestroy_lvmroot command invoked in its simpliest form:
/etc/vx/bin/vxdestroy_lvmroot c5t1d0
# /etc/vx/bin/vxdestroy_lvmroot -v -b c3t0d0
Are you sure about destroying c3t0d0 (imported on VG /dev/vg02) ? YES
vxdestroy_lvmroot 06:02: Tearing down /dev/vg02 on device c3t0d0
vxdestroy_lvmroot 06:02:
Unmounting and removing any volumes associated with /dev/vg02
vxdestroy_lvmroot 06:02: removing logical volume /dev/vg02/lvol1
vxdestroy_lvmroot 06:02: removing logical volume /dev/vg02/lvol2
vxdestroy_lvmroot 06:02: removing logical volume /dev/vg02/lvol3
vxdestroy_lvmroot 06:02: removing logical volume /dev/vg02/lvol4
vxdestroy_lvmroot 06:02: removing logical volume /dev/vg02/lvol5
vxdestroy_lvmroot 06:02: removing logical volume /dev/vg02/lvol6
vxdestroy_lvmroot 06:02: removing logical volume /dev/vg02/lvol7
vxdestroy_lvmroot 06:02: removing logical volume /dev/vg02/lvol8
vxdestroy_lvmroot 06:02: Removing Volume Group /dev/vg02
vxdestroy_lvmroot 06:02: Removing device files in /dev/vg02
vxdestroy_lvmroot 06:02: Removing LVM Physical Volume c3t0d0
vxdestroy_lvmroot 06:02: Removing LVM Physical Volume c1t1d3
vxdestroy_lvmroot 06:02: Removing LVM Physical Volume c1t1d4
vxdestroy_lvmroot 06:02: Removing LVM Physical Volume c1t1d5
vxdestroy_lvmroot 06:03: Current setboot values:
vxdestroy_lvmroot 06:03: Primary: 0/0/6/0/0.0.0
vxdestroy_lvmroot 06:03: Alternate: 0/0/1/0/0.1.0
vxdestroy_lvmroot 06:03:
Making disk c0t1d0 (0/0/1/0/0.1.0) the primary boot disk
vxdestroy_lvmroot 06:03:
Removal of device c3t0d0, volume group /dev/vg02 was successful
SEE ALSO
cpio(1), dd(1), fsck(1M), setboot(1M) vxbootsetup(1M) vxcp_lvmroot(1M) vxres_lvmroot(1M)
VxVM 5.0.31.1 24 Mar 2008 vxdestroy_lvmroot(1M)