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  1. thedocsta

    Recover a deleted VG in AIX

    xlist () { VGID=`getlvodm -v &1`; if test &? -ne0 then exit 1 fi Q1=`getlvodm -w &VGID | cut -f2 -d' '`; echo &Q1; }; xlist 'vg05' This done through smit. VG removed, deleted, gone.... Cannot import...it is not in the available list of import vgs anymore!!??
  2. thedocsta

    AIX Certification

    Hi Eric Thanks for the info. Have you wrtten the test as yet? I will look on the ibm site and see if I can order/download the book. Regards TheDoc
  3. thedocsta

    Recover a deleted VG in AIX

    Thanks for all your input. I eventually restored from our legato backup tape library. Regards TheDoc
  4. thedocsta

    AIX Certification

    Hi All I am about to attempt the pSeries Administration and Support for AIX 5L V5.2 test No. 232, and am in need of study material and/or test preperation material for this specific test. I have downloaded various Redbooks, in pdf format, but am looking for something similar to the "Transender"...
  5. thedocsta

    Recover a deleted VG in AIX

    Thanks for the reply The person deleted it using smit! It was only on one disk, yes, hdisk5! I can't import it as it is no longer defined as a volume group member of a physical volume! Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated! Thanks TheDoc
  6. thedocsta

    Recover a deleted VG in AIX

    An employee just managed to delete a VG "VG01" from one of our AIX Unix systems. (On instruction from a storage guy who is restructuring disks in the cluster.) The storage guy did not backup the data and came running to us after the fact requesting the vg to be recovered! Is there a way of...
  7. thedocsta

    Compare files and directories across two AIX Servers?

    Hi Xmb Thanks for your reply. I am using AIX 5.2! Should the awk not be uptodate with this version? I will experiment with the code and see if I can get something working! Thank You Kindly for the scripts, they will come in handy! Regards TheDocSta
  8. thedocsta

    AIX in combination with NetApp filer

    Hi We had a similar problem, using Solaris! The cause of the problem, was the 'WAFL' file system used by the filer. We eventually did away with the filer and selected another vendors storage sub system. WAFL(Write Anywhere File Layout) created so much fragmentation that we eventually named it...
  9. thedocsta

    Compare files and directories across two AIX Servers?

    Hi Xmb Thanks for your reply. Tried to run your script after compiling a list of files and copying it to a server, on which a list of files was also complied, bot of the /var directories. There seemed to be no return from the script! Although the two directories varied considerably! What am I...
  10. thedocsta

    Compare files and directories across two AIX Servers?

    Hi Ericbrunson Thanks for your reply. I am actually looking for which files(file names) are missing from the restore. Some of the directories on the Dev/Dr Servers may have already contained files which are not on the restore tapes. So the number of files on the Dev/Dr Servers will differ from...
  11. thedocsta

    Compare files and directories across two AIX Servers?

    Hi PHV Thanks for your reply. I have considered this and if all else fails will probably go this route, however, I am a little concerned about the overhead repercussion on our storage devices, and production servers, some of which are located at remote sites via wan connections. Is there not...
  12. thedocsta

    Compare files and directories across two AIX Servers?

    The problem I am faced with is that, after a legatto restore we are experiencing files and directories which have not been restored, correctly, or at all. The original files are normally on a production server while the restored files are usually on a development server or disaster recovery...

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