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# 1  
Old 02-20-2012
Remove faulty disk LV from VG

Hi,

Have mirrored the primary disk to 3 .

Server and OS:
# uname -a
HP-UX pdwp1s B.11.11 U 9000/800 118434630 unlimited-user license

# model
9000/800/L3000-7x


Code:
# strings /etc/lvmtab
/dev/vg00
+F@<
/dev/dsk/c1t2d0
/dev/dsk/c2t2d0
/dev/dsk/c2t0d0

But now I have only 1 disk active (Other 2 removed ).. But am failed to remove the red marked disk from VG00 .. .

Here's the present status
Code:
# vgdisplay -v vg00
vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query physical volume "/dev/dsk/c2t0d0":
The specified path does not correspond to physical volume attached to
this volume group
vgdisplay: Warning: couldn't query all of the physical volumes.
--- Volume groups ---
VG Name                     /dev/vg00
VG Write Access             read/write
VG Status                   available
Max LV                      255
Cur LV                      10
Open LV                     10
Max PV                      16
Cur PV                      3
Act PV                      2
Max PE per PV               4350
VGDA                        4
PE Size (Mbytes)            8
Total PE                    8680
Alloc PE                    7713
Free PE                     967
Total PVG                   0
Total Spare PVs             0
Total Spare PVs in use      0

# lvlnboot -v
lvlnboot: Couldn't query physical volume "/dev/dsk/c2t0d0":
The specified path does not correspond to physical volume attached to
this volume group

Now I want to remove the above VG error as something expecting like this .

Code:
# strings /etc/lvmtab
/dev/vg00
+F@<
/dev/dsk/c1t2d0

## Have tried below
# vgreduce vg00 /dev/dsk/c2t0d0
vgreduce: Couldn't query physical volume "/dev/dsk/c2t0d0":
The specified path does not correspond to physical volume attached to
this volume group

# mv /etc/lvmtab /etc/lvmtab_
# vgscan -av
# vgchange -a y /dev/vg00
vgchange: Volume group "/dev/vg00" does not exist in the "/etc/lvmtab" file.

Please suggest the Solution steps ...

--Shirish Shukla
# 2  
Old 03-22-2012
Did your try the following?
Code:
 
 vgreduce -f vg00

Extract from man vgreduce:
Quote:
-f vg_name force reduction of missing physical volume(s) in a
given volume group. vgreduce obtains the name of
each physical volume (PV) belonging to the volume
group. It then reads the kernel PV structures to
work out which PVs are missing. PVs which are
missing will be candidates for removal. If all
the physical extents on the missing PV are free
then it will be removed from the volume group.
Otherwise vgreduce will report the physical to
logical extent mapping. For missing PVs which
have extents in use, you must free up all the
extents by using lvreduce or lvremove and re-run
vgreduce with the -f option. This option is most
commonly used when the vgdisplay(1M) command shows
"Cur PV" higher than "Act PV" and all of the PVs
belonging to the volume group are attached. This
option only works on PVs and not on links. See
the -l option for details on handling missing
links.
# 3  
Old 03-22-2012
Please post the output from:
Code:
ioscan -fn

And explain in detail how you got into this situation. If this is another attempt at cloning without using a HP-UX Ignite backup or a cold build, please give the history with every command typed.
No idea why you persist in trying to make a valid system from trying to repair broken mirrors. It is not possible.

Last edited by methyl; 03-22-2012 at 06:37 PM.. Reason: spelin
# 4  
Old 04-23-2012
This is what I did after mirroring to remove the old disks:

1.unmirror disks
Code:
spthpnXX:/root# lvreduce -m 0 /dev/vgSPAN/lvol1 /dev/dsk/c33t8d2 /dev/dsk/c35t8d3 /dev/dsk/c33t8d4 /dev/dsk/c35t8d5 
Logical volume "/dev/vgSPAN/lvol1" has been successfully reduced.
Volume Group configuration for /dev/vgSPAN has been saved in /etc/lvmconf/vgSPAN.conf

2. remove old LUN from VG

Code:
# vgreduce vgSPAN /dev/dsk/c33t8d2 /dev/dsk/c35t8d3 /dev/dsk/c33t8d4 /dev/dsk/c35t8d5

3. Remove the old entries from /etc/lvmpvg

Code:
PVG     PVG0
/dev/dsk/c33t8d2
/dev/dsk/c35t8d3
/dev/dsk/c33t8d4
/dev/dsk/c35t8d5

4. issue "rmsf /dev/dsk/cXtXdX" on following devices

Code:
rmsf /dev/dsk/c33t8d2
rmsf /dev/dsk/c35t8d3
rmsf /dev/dsk/c33t8d4
rmsf /dev/dsk/c35t8d5

OR

Code:
# rmsf -H <HW PATH>

# 5  
Old 04-24-2012
@hedkandi
Were you running HP-UX when you issued those commands?
# 6  
Old 04-24-2012
@methyl

yes..its from an 11.11
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