can't importvg

[risc6k]

Howdy!
I got a problem of importvg in SPnode.
when i excuted importvg command, occured error message.

516-052 varyonvg: Volume group cannot be varied on without a
quorum. More physical volumes in the group must be active.
Run diagnostics on inactive PVs.
PV Status: hdisk18 00007867b28f406b INVPVID
hdisk40 00007867b28f73ab INVPVID
000b2a7dc2bd3f30 NONAME
000962060da3fe34 NONAME
0516-780 importvg: Unable to import volume group from hdisk18.

#lqueryvg -Atp hdisk18 --> PVID is 000b2a7dc2bd3f30
#lquerypv -h /dev/hdisk18 --> PVID is 00007867b28f406b
#lspv |grep hdisk18 --> PVID is 00007867b28f406b

I guess it's difference PVID problem between them
How can i resolve this problem?
How can i match PVID between them?
I already excuted a lot of commands
help me!
thanks & regards

 

[vickersdc]

What do you get with...

lqueryvg -p hdisk18 -v

Otherwise you could use...

lvaryonvg -a VGNAME -V MAJORNUMBER -g VGID -fr FILENAME

...where FILENAME lists the names of the physical volumes - these can be supplied via stdin or via file (one PV name per line).

The -f will force the VG online even without a quorum - just beware that data inconsistency can result of this.

Hope it helps.

Dave Vickers.

 

[vickersdc]

Just to add to my previous note...

it would appear that you have four physical volumes within your volume group - you could check by using...

lqueryvg -p PVNAME -c

With four PV's, one of the PV's must contain 2x VGDA's - so you could check out and try and find the one that contains the 2 VGDA's - this would then give you a quorum as you'd have 3 VGDA's out of the 5.

To check the number of VGDA's on a PV...

lquerypv -p PVID -D


Once you've got that use the importvg command specifying the major number and VG name.

importvg -V MAJNUM -y VGNAME PVNAME

Cheers.
Dave V.