Originally posted by: styerd
I know if I force a varyonvg after a missing PV error a "lsvg -p" command shows me a state of "missing" for that PV. Subsequent varyons of the shared VG on other processors also require the '-f' flag. If I remove the PV with "chpv -a r" a "lsvg -p" command shows the PV as "removed" and the shared VG can now be varied onto other processors without the force flag.
Anyway, the question is, "are there other ways, other than explicitly removing the PV (with chpv), where a PV can transition to the 'removed' state?" I thought I had seen it happen in other circumstances but can't seem to reproduce that behavior.