Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

We are planning a production site and a DR site with AIX 6.1 servers. The data Volume Groups will be mirrored between the sites using EMC MirrorView replication software. Since PowerHA doesn't support EMC MirrorView, we plan to vary on the mirrored Volume Groups manually at the DR site server. We are looking for advice on how to vary on the mirrored Volume Group at the DR site.

Should we use synclvodm to update the ODM before the varyonvg command ?
If so - any recommended synclvodm flags ?
Can we alternativley use the varyongvg command with the -t flag thar calls
synclvodm if necessary ?
Should we use any other varyonvg flags ( like -b ) ?
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Originally posted by: Renaud

Hello,

To synchronise a shared VG between two AIX LPAR, I used the followings commands (command also used by HACMP):

- on the AIX where the VG is varyon : varyonvg -n -b -u MYVG to unlock MYVG
- on the 2nd AIX : importvg -L MYVG to update the ODM
- on the AIX where the VG is varyon : varyonvg -n to lock back MYVG
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Originally posted by: IBMFORUMS

since Mirrored Volume group is supported, I think you can replicate the VG using EMC replica tool and then just export/import the VG at the DR site. this is can be scripted and put it in a cron job.
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