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# 8  
Old 03-17-2011
On your VIO Server type
Code:
oem_setup_env

You should get a # prompt.

This will put into more of a AIX compatible mode where you can run most of the normal AIX commands that zxmaus mentioned.

---------- Post updated at 11:00 PM ---------- Previous update was at 10:55 PM ----------

It looked to me like lg_dumplv is on hdisk0 and is not mirrored. You could move that lv from hdisk0 to hdisk1 with the command below after running the oem command mentioned above.

Code:
migratepv -l lvname hdisk0 hdisk1

That would fee up about 1Gig on hdisk0.

I don't mean to butt in on this to much just throwing some other thoughts out there.

Last edited by juredd1; 03-17-2011 at 06:47 PM.. Reason: corrections
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# 9  
Old 03-17-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by zxmaus
Apologies, I forgot that you have a VIO server - my commands do work on 'normal aix'.

Ok so the missing pps are used by /var/vio/VMLibrary which doesn't seem to be mirrored.
I am not sure if commands like df -g or chfs commands are working on vio servers (as these are managed by another team in my company) but I would try to find out if I can make one of the existing filesystems either smaller or can live without a mirror for it - I would say /home would be such a candidate as it seems relatively huge and it doesnt necessarily have to be mirrored - depending on how full it is you could try to reduce the size by 1 GB and give the space to /usr instead with chfs -a size=-1G /home and chfs -a size=+1G /usr ?

Regards
zxmaus
That's exactly what I'll do, I'll reduce the size of /home as it's huge.

Two things I don't understand though:
1. I deleted a huge 20G SAVSYS from /var/vio/VMLibrary but it didn't free up any PPs on either physical disk. Would I have to delete files then reduce the filesystem using chfs before I see any free PPs?
2. If /var/vio/VMLibrary isn't mirrored how does it appear on both physical disks?

Cheers

Craig

Last edited by broonster; 03-17-2011 at 05:10 PM..
# 10  
Old 03-17-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by broonster
That's exactly what I'll do, I'll reduce the size of /home as it's huge.

Two things I don't understand though:
1. I deleted a huge 20G SAVSYS from /var/vio/VMLibrary but it didn't free up any PPs on either physical disk. Would I have to delete files then reduce the filesystem using chfs before I see any free PPs?
2. If /var/vio/VMLibrary isn't mirrored how does it appear on both physical disks?

Cheers

Craig
When you delete any files on the FS level, the LV/VG below does not know about it. Reduce the FS with chfs -a size=-1G or from "smit fs".

/var/vio/VMLibrary -> When that FS is mirrored, it should show "n" PPs in lsvg -l and n x 2 LPs. This doesn't meant that it is properly mirrored, but it is mirrored. Since you have just 2 disks the chance that it is correctly mirrored is pretty high Smilie
# 11  
Old 03-17-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by juredd1
On your VIO Server type
Code:
oem_setup_env

You should get a # prompt.

This will put into more of a AIX compatible mode where you can run most of the normal AIX commands that zxmaus mentioned.

---------- Post updated at 11:00 PM ---------- Previous update was at 10:55 PM ----------

It looked to me like lg_dumplv is on hdisk0 and is not mirrored. You could move that lv from hdisk0 to hdisk1 with the command below after running the oem command mentioned above.

Code:
migratepv -l lvname hdisk0 hdisk1

That would fee up about 1Gig on hdisk0.

I don't mean to butt in on this to much just throughing some other thoughts out there.

Did that also. Thanks for you help.
# 12  
Old 03-17-2011
How much were you trying to expand "/usr" by? From your original post, you have almost 77 GB free!
Code:
FREE PPs:       301 (77056 megabytes)

My /usr filesystem is only about 6 GB and I'm on the lastest version of VIO.
Code:
vio1:/home/padmin:# ioslevel
2.2.0.11-FP-24 SP-01
vio1:/home/padmin:# df -Im /usr
Filesystem    MB blocks      Used      Free %Used Mounted on
/dev/hd2        6144.00   4510.93   1633.07   74% /usr
vioe1:/home/padmin:#

# 13  
Old 03-17-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by kah00na
How much were you trying to expand "/usr" by? From your original post, you have almost 77 GB free!
Code:
FREE PPs:       301 (77056 megabytes)

My /usr filesystem is only about 6 GB and I'm on the lastest version of VIO.
Code:
vio1:/home/padmin:# ioslevel
2.2.0.11-FP-24 SP-01
vio1:/home/padmin:# df -Im /usr
Filesystem    MB blocks      Used      Free %Used Mounted on
/dev/hd2        6144.00   4510.93   1633.07   74% /usr
vioe1:/home/padmin:#


From memory, I think I need about another 2.5 GB.
# 14  
Old 03-17-2011
After logging in as "padmin" and then running "oem_setup_env", did you run this and it failed?:
Code:
chfs -a size=+2560MB /usr

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