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Operating Systems AIX DISK ARRAY PROTECTION SUSPENDED message following disk replacement Post 303016334 by hicksd8 on Tuesday 24th of April 2018 03:43:48 PM
Old 04-24-2018
Does the new disk have the same or more LBA's as the others in the array? Sometimes like models of disk have a slightly different (less) number of LBA's (sectors). The LBA capacity is often on the disk label.

The fact that the error displayed on rebuild completion indicates to me that the RAID controller is not happy with that drive for some reason.

You could initiate another rebuild but the same will probably happen again; but worth a try. Otherwise, replace the disk again.
 

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dgcfgrestore(1M)														  dgcfgrestore(1M)

NAME
dgcfgrestore - display or restore VxVM disk group configuration from backup file SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/dgcfgrestore -n dg_name -l /usr/sbin/dgcfgrestore -n dg_name [ -o old_dm_name ] dm_name /usr/sbin/dgcfgrestore -f dg_conf_path -l /usr/sbin/dgcfgrestore -f dg_conf_path [ -o old_dm_name ] dm_name DESCRIPTION
The dgcfgrestore command may be used to restore configuration data to the only disk in a single-disk disk group, or to a disk in a multi- disk disk group in which all other disks do not have a configuration data copy. dgcfgrestore is designed not to work if the disk being restored belongs to a multi-disk disk group and at least one of the other disks in the group is online and contains configuration data. In such cases, adding the new disk to the disk group causes the configuration data to be copied to the new disk. dgcfgrestore fails if the disk group to which the disk is being restored does not exist. The dgcfgrestore command restores the VxVM configuration data from a default (-n option) or alternate (-f option) configuration backup file to the physical disk named by dm_name. If the -l option is specified, dgcfgrestore displays the configuration data on the standard output. The -o option allows the configuration stored for one disk device, old_dm_name, to be copied to another disk device, dm_name. Options and Arguments dm_name Specified the basename of a disk device (such as c0t4d0). If the -o option is not specified, dm_name must specify the basename of a disk device whose configuration is stored in the con- figuration backup file. -f dg_conf_path Obtains configuration information from the alternate configuration backup file specied by dg_conf_path. -l Lists configuration information saved in the specified configuration backup file. -n dg_name Obtains configuration information from the default configuration backup file, /etc/vxvmconf/dg_name.conf, where dg_name is the name of the disk group. -o old_dm_name Restores the configuration information saved for disk device, old_dm_name to disk device, dm_name. old_dm_name must be the basename of a disk device whose VxVM configuration is stored in the configuration backup file. dm_name must be the basename of a disk device that has already been initialized to the disk group to which the disk being restored belonged. Note: Its configuration need not be stored in the configuration backup file. EXIT CODES
dgcfgrestore exits with a zero status on successful completion. An non-zero exit status indicates that errors occurred during the restore operation. EXAMPLES
Restore the VxVM configuration information for the VxVM disk disk01 on the replacement disk device c0t7d0 that was part of the single-disk disk group onediskdg using the default configuration file /etc/vxvmconf/dg00.conf: ##Initialize replaced disk device c0t7d0 for use by VxVM # /etc/vx/bin/vxdisketup -i c0t7d0 ##Create disk group using this disk # vxdg init onediskdg disk01=c0t7d0 ## Restore configuration data # dgcfgrestore -n onediskdg c0t7d0 # vxprint -g onediskdg -ht DG NAME NCONFIG NLOG MINORS GROUP-ID DM NAME DEVICE TYPE PRIVLEN PUBLEN STATE V NAME USETYPE KSTATE STATE LENGTH READPOL PREFPLEX PL NAME VOLUME KSTATE STATE LENGTH LAYOUT NCOL/WID MODE SD NAME PLEX DISK DISKOFFS LENGTH [COL/]OFF DEVICE MODE SV NAME PLEX VOLNAME NVOLLAYR LENGTH [COL/]OFF AM/NM MODE dg onedisk default default 7928000 944849696.3237.veritas9 dm disk01 c8t0d0 simple 1024 8885610 - v volume1 fsgen DISABLED EMPTY 10240 SELECT - pl volume1-01 volume1 DISABLED EMPTY 10240 CONCAT - RW sd disk01-01 volume1-01 disk01 0 10240 0 c8t0d0 ENA It is now necessary to start the volumes. For a simple volume (neither RAID-5 nor mirrored), simply start the volume: vxvol -g onediskdg start vol01 Although not recommended, it is possible to initialize disks that do not contain configuration data. Having redundant copies of configura- tion data on disks in a disk group avoids the need for the following procedure. The next example shows how restore the VxVM configuration information for the VxVM disk, disk01 on the replacement disk device, c0t4d0. This was the only disk with configuration data in the two-disk disk group, dgnocfg. The other disk in the disk group, disk02 on c0t5d0, does not contain configuration data. The example uses the alternate configuration file /tmp/dgnocfg.backup. ## Initialize replaced disk device c0t4d0 for use by VxVM # /etc/vxvm/bin/vxdisksetup -i c0t4d0 ## Create disk group using this disk # vxdg init dgnocfg disk01=c0t4d0 ## Reinitialize c0t5d0 to match new instance of dgnocfg # /etc/vxvm/bin/vxdiskunsetup -C c0t5d0 # /etc/vxvm/bin/vxdisksetup -i c0t5d0 noconfig # vxdg -g dgnocfg adddisk disk02=c0t5d0 ## Restore configuration data #d gcfgrestore -f /tmp/dgnocfg.backup c0t4d0 # vxprint -g dgnocfg -ht DG NAME NCONFIG NLOG MINORS GROUP-ID DM NAME DEVICE TYPE PRIVLEN PUBLEN STATE V NAME USETYPE KSTATE STATE LENGTH READPOL PREFPLEX PL NAME VOLUME KSTATE STATE LENGTH LAYOUT NCOL/WID MODE SD NAME PLEX DISK DISKOFFS LENGTH [COL/]OFF DEVICE MODE SV NAME PLEX VOLNAME NVOLLAYR LENGTH [COL/]OFF AM/NM MODE dg dgnocfg default default 5035000 945182942.3700.veritas9 dm disk01 c0t4d0 simple 1024 8885610 - dm disk02 c0t5d0 simple 1024 8885610 - v mirvol01 fsgen DISABLED EMPTY 10240 SELECT - pl mirvol01-01 mirvol01 DISABLED EMPTY 10240 CONCAT - RW sd disk01-01 mirvol01-01 disk01 0 10240 0 c0t4d0 ENA pl mirvol01-02 mirvol01 DISABLED EMPTY 10240 CONCAT - RW sd disk02-01 mirvol01-02 disk02 0 10240 0 c0t5d0 ENA For a mirrored volume, we want to use the good plex on the disk that was not replaced (disk02) to resynchronize the other one. To do so, we take the replaced plex offline, start the volume and place the remaining plex online. vxmend -g dgnocfg off mirvol01-01 vxvol -g dgnocfg start mirvol01 vxmend -g dgnocfg on mirvol01-01 The next example lists backup information saved in default configuration file /etc/vxvmconf/dgnocfg.conf: dgcfgrestore -n twodiskdg -l This command displays output such as the following: Disk Group Configuration information in "/etc/vxvmconf/twodiskdg.conf" DG Name twodiskdg ---- Physical disks : 2 ---- /dev/rdsk/c0t4d0 /dev/rdsk/c0t5d0 The final example restores the VxVM configuration information for the VxVM disk, disk01 for failed disk device c0t2d0, which was part of a single-disk disk group, foodg, to disk, c0t3d0. The default configuration file, /etc/vxvmconf/foodg.conf is used. # Initialize c0t3d0 for use by VxVM /etc/vx/bin/vxdisketup -i c0t3d0 # Create disk group using this disk vxdg init onediskdg disk01=c0t3d0 # Restore configuration data dgcfgrestore -n foodg -o c0t3d0 c0t2d0 AUTHOR
dgcfgrestore was developed by the Hewlett-Packard Company. SEE ALSO
dgcfgbackup(1M), vxdg(1M) VxVM 5.0.31.1 24 Mar 2008 dgcfgrestore(1M)
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