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  • 1.  vg descriptor area.

    Posted Thu December 15, 2005 07:45 AM

    Originally posted by: cite1970



    AIX 4.3.3.0.11
    I have vgda error when i try to varyon the VG. Is the a quick way to correct this problem? Help

    0516-013 varyonvg: The volume group cannot be varied on because
    there are no good copies of the descriptor area.
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  • 2.  Re: vg descriptor area.

    Posted Thu December 15, 2005 10:25 AM

    Originally posted by: ajbarth


    >
    > AIX 4.3.3.0.11
    > I have vgda error when i try to varyon the VG. Is the
    > a quick way to correct this problem? Help
    >
    > 0516-013 varyonvg: The volume group cannot be varied
    > on because
    > there are no good copies of the descriptor
    > scriptor area.

    BTDT. I had this issue with VGs on shark. Ran lquerypr -ch on each vpath. Google for more info.
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  • 3.  Re: vg descriptor area.

    Posted Thu December 15, 2005 11:46 AM

    Originally posted by: nagger


    I think you should contact AIX Support immediately, as you are risking losing all your data on the disks involved.

    Get them to talk you though carefully checking your disks.
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  • 4.  Re: vg descriptor area.

    Posted Thu December 15, 2005 12:22 PM

    Originally posted by: cite1970


    They might ask me to upgrade to the supported AIX version which is no possible at the moment. Thanks
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  • 5.  Re: vg descriptor area.

    Posted Thu December 15, 2005 04:50 PM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    This is done at your own risk.....

    lquerypr -cvh /dev/{hdisk} (this will break any SCSI reserves on the disks)
    lquerypv -D {hdisk} (this will return the number of VGDAs on the disk)
    chdev -l {hdisk} -a pv=yes (this will re-write the PVID on the disk)
    importvg -y {vg} {hdisk} (this should import the VG.)

    If this doesn't work then the VGDA may be corrupted and the only way to get it back is a call to IBM and they MIGHT be able to recreate the VGDA from another disk in the VG.

    -Aaron
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