probelm with vgimport

[llingf]

hi:
I am new to hp unix, and its my first time using logical volume on a diskdrive.
I had a disk failure yester, and I used vgexport /dev/vg00 before the system is reboot.
After I install the new disk, I did the following:
mkdir vg01
mknode /dev/vg01/group c 64 0x100000
vgimport /dev/vg01 /dev/dsk/c0t1d0

then I got this message:
cannot lock "/etc/lvmconf//lvm_lock" still trying......

I'm desperate for help.
Please help me.

Wayne

 

[mainframer]

Wayne,

If you replaced the drive and still able to boot, I assume you booted off a mirrored copy of your boot volume. If you are running on the mirrored copy then you shouldn't have a problem restoring. First do the command:
vgdisplay -v vg00

Any disk problems? Any stale extents?

You can restore your LVM vol definitions by:

vgcfgrestore -n vg00 /dev/rdsk/c0t1d0
mkboot /dev/rdsk/c0t1d0
mkboot -a "hpux" /dev/rdsk/c0t1d0
vgsync vg00 (This should sync your mirrors)

If you can't boot and you are not mirrored, hope you created a make_recovery tape.

 

[mainframer]

Wayne,

Most HP systems have c0t1d0 as the primary boot and c0t2d0 as secondary and mirrored. Did you truely replace one of these drives. I should have found out more before I responded. Don't do the above commands until you are sure you lost a mirrored copy of your boot volume. If you lost another disk then vgcfrestore that volume and restore the data.

 

[llingf]

hi :
thanks for the help, I did what mainframmer said and
the probelm solved.

Thanks again.


Wayne