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# 1  
Old 03-15-2013
Script Checking LVM Mirror not Working

Hi,

I need to know who can I create an script in order to check server mirror in AIX. I got this script

Code:
!/usr/bin/ksh
#
# Check if a VG is mirrored.
#
# lsattr -El <lvname> -a strictness -a copies
# If copies=2 and scrictness=y, then VG is mirrored
#
# LVs are retrieved via 'lsvg -l <vg>|grep -v <vg>:|grep -v LPs|awk {'print $1'}
#
# Return codes:
#
# 0 VG is mirrored
# 1 Some LVs are not mirrored
# 2 All LVs in VG are not mirrored
# 3 No VG name(s) supplied
# 4 One or more invalid VG specified
# 5-? Other error found
#
if [ "$#" -eq "0" ] ; then
   echo "Please specify one or more volume group names"
   exit 3
fi
#
VGs=$@
for VG in $VGs ; do
   RCforVG=0
   if [ ! -e /dev/${VG} ] ; then
      RCforVG=4
      continue
   fi
   LVCount=0
   MLVCount=0
   for LV in getlvodm -L $VG | awk '{print $1}' ; do
      LVCount=expr $LVCount + 1
      Strict=lsattr -El $LV -a strictness|awk '{print $2}'
      Copies=lsattr -El $LV -a copies|awk '{print $2}'
      if [ "$Strict" = "y" -a "$Copies" -eq "2" ] ; then
         MLVCount=expr $MLVCount + 1
      else
         :
      fi
      if [ "$MLVCount" -eq "0" ] ; then
         RCforVG=2
      fi
      if [ "$MLVCount" -gt "0" -a "$MLVCount" -ne "$LVCount" ] ; then
         RCforVG=1
      fi
   done
   echo "Result code for $VG: $RCforVG"
done

This do not work ¿can someone give me a hand on this?

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Last edited by bakunin; 03-15-2013 at 12:37 PM..
# 2  
Old 03-15-2013
In which way it "doesn't work"? Could you be bit more specific, please? Are there error codes, error messages, wrong results (if yes, which ones?), etc.?

Two errors i can tell you from a glance:

Code:
Strict=lsattr -El $LV -a strictness|awk '{print $2}'
Copies=lsattr -El $LV -a copies|awk '{print $2}'

This can't work. You need a subshell for this.

Code:
Strict="$(lsattr -El $LV -a strictness|awk '{print $2}')"
Copies=$(lsattr -El $LV -a copies|awk '{print $2}')


And this is not wrong, but problematic:

Code:
if [ "$Strict" = "y" -a "$Copies" -eq "2" ] ; then

It is possible to mirror LVs not only once (two copies) but also twice (three copies). Further, you do not want to use double quotes when you do integer comparisons. You might want to change this line to

Code:
if [ "$Strict" = "y" -a $Copies -ge 2 ] ; then

I hope this helps.

bakunin

Last edited by bakunin; 03-15-2013 at 12:51 PM..
# 3  
Old 03-15-2013
thanks for your healp when I try to execute the script the following error acccur


Code:
./discos.sh rootvg
./disk.sh[25]: 0403-057 Syntax error at line 33 : `|' is not expected.

# 4  
Old 03-15-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by fede_mont
./disk.sh[25]: 0403-057 Syntax error at line 33 : `|' is not expected.
Here is line 33:
Code:
for LV in getlvodm -L $VG | awk '{print $1}' ; do

Yes, this won't work and for the same reason the other two lines won't work: you need a subshell for this:

Code:
for LV in $(getlvodm -L $VG | awk '{print $1}') ; do

But even if you'd write it syntactically correct you should not do it this way anyways and there are a lot of obvious misconceptions about the workings of LVM in the script. I don't have the time right now to expand on this, but will do so once i get back in a few hours, so stay tuned.

I hope this helps.

bakunin
# 5  
Old 03-18-2013
I will provide the "start command", someone else can provide the parsing bit.

Note: I am not mirrored.

What to look for!

There are two columns labeled LP and PP. Here is can determine how many copies there are. If PP == LP, one copy; if PP is double LP - 2 copies, if PP is three times LP - then three copies of the data (not copies of the first copy, copies is the number of copies of data - 1, 2 or 3).

The magic command to start this is:
Code:
lsvg -o | lsvg -il


Last edited by MichaelFelt; 03-21-2013 at 01:42 PM.. Reason: updated to add -o flag - thanks to bakunin for the reminder!
# 6  
Old 03-21-2013
Sorry, it took me a while longer than i thought to come back to here:

Code:
if [ ! -e /dev/${VG} ] ; then

you look for an existing device file as a test if the VG is online. You should use the AIX methods instead, because they always work, while this may or may not work. Use

Code:
lsvg -o

to get a list of online VGs. Change your test accordingly. Then

Code:
for LV in getlvodm -L $VG | awk '{print $1}'

Even if this would be syntactically correct (which it isn't, see posts above) it would be better to use normal AIX methods to get a list of LVs in a VG. Use

Code:
lsvg -l <vgname>

to create such a list.

I hope this helps.

bakunin
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