Issue while Extending file system in vxvm
Hi,
I have a case as below,
Please extend below file systems from 30G to 50G on server island.
/dev/vx/dsk/VRP_PRD_ora_data_dg/sapdata2 30G 15G 14G 52% /oracle/VRP/sapdata2
/dev/vx/dsk/VRP_PRD_ora_data_dg/sapdata4 30G 15G 14G 51% /oracle/VRP/sapdata4
/dev/vx/dsk/VRP_PRD_ora_data_dg/sapdata1 30G 14G 15G 49% /oracle/VRP/sapdata1
/dev/vx/dsk/VRP_PRD_ora_data_dg/sapdata3 30G 27G 2.7G 91% /oracle/VRP/sapdata3
root@myers# vxdisk -o alldgs -e list
DEVICE TYPE DISK GROUP STATUS OS_NATIVE_NAME ATTR
emcpower22s2 auto VRP_PRD_sapcent_dg01 VRP_PRD_sapcent_dg online emcpower22c -
emcpower23s2 auto emcpower23s2 VRP_PRD_ora_data_dg online emcpower23c -
emcpower24s2 auto emcpower24s2 VRP_PRD_ora_data_dg online emcpower24c -
emcpower25s2 auto emcpower25s2 VRP_PRD_ora_data_dg online emcpower25c -
emcpower26s2 auto emcpower26s2 VRP_PRD_ora_data_dg online emcpower26c -
emcpower27s2 auto emcpower27s2 VRP_PRD_ora_bin_dg online emcpower27c -
emcpower28s2 auto VRP_PRD_ora_arch_dg01 VRP_PRD_ora_arch_dg online emcpower28c -
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These are the 4 new luns of 30 GB assigned by Storage.
57. emcpower29e <EMC-SYMMETRIX-5874 cyl 29158 alt 2 hd 15 sec 128>
/pseudo/emcp@29
58. emcpower30a <EMC-SYMMETRIX-5874 cyl 29158 alt 2 hd 15 sec 128>
/pseudo/emcp@30
59. emcpower33a <EMC-SYMMETRIX-5874 cyl 29158 alt 2 hd 15 sec 128>
/pseudo/emcp@33
60. emcpower34b <EMC-SYMMETRIX-5874 cyl 29158 alt 2 hd 15 sec 128>
/pseudo/emcp@34
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When I tried to label them they are giving errors as,
57. emcpower29e <EMC-SYMMETRIX-5874 cyl 29158 alt 2 hd 15 sec 128>
/pseudo/emcp@29
58. emcpower30a <EMC-SYMMETRIX-5874 cyl 29158 alt 2 hd 15 sec 128>
/pseudo/emcp@30
59. emcpower33a <EMC-SYMMETRIX-5874 cyl 29158 alt 2 hd 15 sec 128>
/pseudo/emcp@33
60. emcpower34b <EMC-SYMMETRIX-5874 cyl 29158 alt 2 hd 15 sec 128>
/pseudo/emcp@34
Specify disk (enter its number): 57
selecting emcpower29e
[disk formatted]
Disk not labeled. Label it now? y
Warning: error writing VTOC.
Warning: no backup labels
Write label failed
FORMAT MENU:
disk - select a disk
type - select (define) a disk type
partition - select (define) a partition table
current - describe the current disk
format - format and analyze the disk
repair - repair a defective sector
label - write label to the disk
analyze - surface analysis
defect - defect list management
backup - search for backup labels
verify - read and display labels
save - save new disk/partition definitions
inquiry - show vendor, product and revision
volname - set 8-character volume name
!<cmd> - execute <cmd>, then return
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There are 4 luns emcpower29e,emcpower30a,emcpower33a,emcpower34b which is require to initilize it and add them to the VRP_PRD_ora_data_dg diskgroup to increase filesystem to 20 GB more.
Shall I have to proceed with the disk initilization in vxvm without labeling it or Please help me to proceed step by step activities required for this.
Thanks,
sapdata1 is a striped volume across 2 disks :
v sapdata1 - ENABLED ACTIVE 62914560 SELECT sapdata1-01 fsgen
pl sapdata1-01 sapdata1 ENABLED ACTIVE 62914560 STRIPE 2/128 RW
sd emcpower23s2-01 sapdata1-01 emcpower23s2 0 31457280 0/0 emcpower23 ENA
sd emcpower24s2-01 sapdata1-01 emcpower24s2 0 31457280 1/0 emcpower24 ENA(same disks used for sapdata3)
As per my previous post, a resize needs to maintain the same volume layout.
You will need to add a minimum of 2 disks to the diskgroup in order to grow this volume (and other volumes that are striped as well).
I would recommend you use maxgrow and not maxsize for growing filesystems as in post:
as this takes striping into account - i.e if you use maxgrow with a 2-way stripe and specify 1 disk, it will say there is no space as oppose to maxsize which will give you the space on the one disk.
Mike
