Mirroring Veritas Volume Manager error

Question

Hello Everybody

I am trying to add a mirror disk into a Oracle disk group, bue it shows this message:

VxVM &nbsp;WARNING V-5-2-1563 There is insufficient space on disk

The origin disk has 150GB and the new disk has 200GB.

Any idea ?

Alexandre Andrich

mikebounds · Accepted Answer

As Riaan says, try using vxassist, although command is not quite correct - should be:

vxassist -g lic1dg mirror vol01

&nbsp;

The issue could be that your disk is called "diskname" and since vxdiskadm is just a frontend shell script which calls underlying vx commands, it could be that "diskname" confuses it and it would be a good idea to rename anyway and I would personally rename both disks and you should rename subdisks also to avoid confusion and this can all be done online:

vxedit -g lic1dg rename lic1dg01 lic1dg02
vxedit -g lic1dg rename diskname lic1dg01
vxedit -g lic1dg rename diskname-01 lic1dg01-01

&nbsp;

Mike

mikebounds · Answer

Please provide output from vxprint -th and the command you are trying to run.

Mike

andrich · Answer

svmmdesenv:/# vxdiskadm

Volume Manager Support Operations
	Menu: VolumeManager/Disk

&nbsp;1 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Add or initialize one or more disks
	&nbsp;2 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Encapsulate one or more disks
	&nbsp;3 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Remove a disk
	&nbsp;4 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Remove a disk for replacement
	&nbsp;5 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Replace a failed or removed disk
	&nbsp;6 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Mirror volumes on a disk
	&nbsp;7 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Move volumes from a disk
	&nbsp;8 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Enable access to (import) a disk group
	&nbsp;9 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Remove access to (deport) a disk group
	&nbsp;10 &nbsp; &nbsp; Enable (online) a disk device
	&nbsp;11 &nbsp; &nbsp; Disable (offline) a disk device
	&nbsp;12 &nbsp; &nbsp; Mark a disk as a spare for a disk group
	&nbsp;13 &nbsp; &nbsp; Turn off the spare flag on a disk
	&nbsp;14 &nbsp; &nbsp; Unrelocate subdisks back to a disk
	&nbsp;15 &nbsp; &nbsp; Exclude a disk from hot-relocation use
	&nbsp;16 &nbsp; &nbsp; Make a disk available for hot-relocation use
	&nbsp;17 &nbsp; &nbsp; Prevent multipathing/Suppress devices from VxVM's view
	&nbsp;18 &nbsp; &nbsp; Allow multipathing/Unsuppress devices from VxVM's view
	&nbsp;19 &nbsp; &nbsp; List currently suppressed/non-multipathed devices
	&nbsp;20 &nbsp; &nbsp; Change the disk naming scheme
	&nbsp;21 &nbsp; &nbsp; Get the newly connected/zoned disks in VxVM view
	&nbsp;22 &nbsp; &nbsp; Change/Display the default disk layouts
	&nbsp;23 &nbsp; &nbsp; Mark a disk as allocator-reserved for a disk group
	&nbsp;24 &nbsp; &nbsp; Turn off the allocator-reserved flag on a disk
	&nbsp;list &nbsp; List disk information

&nbsp;? &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Display help about menu
	&nbsp;?? &nbsp; &nbsp; Display help about the menuing system
	&nbsp;q &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Exit from menus

Select an operation to perform: 1

Add or initialize disks
	Menu: VolumeManager/Disk/AddDisks
	&nbsp; Use this operation to add one or more disks to a disk group. &nbsp;You can
	&nbsp; add the selected disks to an existing disk group or to a new disk group
	&nbsp; that will be created as a part of the operation. The selected disks may
	&nbsp; also be added to a disk group as spares. Or they may be added as
	&nbsp; nohotuses to be excluded from hot-relocation use. The selected
	&nbsp; disks may also be initialized without adding them to a disk group&nbsp;
	&nbsp; leaving the disks available for use as replacement disks.

&nbsp; More than one disk or pattern may be entered at the prompt. &nbsp;Here are
	&nbsp; some disk selection examples:

&nbsp; all: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;all disks
	&nbsp; c3 c4t2: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;all disks on both controller 3 and controller 4, target 2
	&nbsp; c3t4d2: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; a single disk (in the c#t#d# naming scheme)
	&nbsp; xyz_0 : &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; a single disk (in the enclosure based naming scheme)
	&nbsp; xyz_ : &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;all disks on the enclosure whose name is xyz

Select disk devices to add: [&lt;pattern-list&gt;,all,list,q,?] list

DEVICE &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DISK &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; GROUP &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;STATUS
	emcpower0 &nbsp; &nbsp;diskname &nbsp; &nbsp; bgw1dg &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; online
	emcpower1 &nbsp; &nbsp;diskname &nbsp; &nbsp; lic1dg &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; online
	emcpower2 &nbsp; &nbsp;diskname &nbsp; &nbsp; ora1dg &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; online
	emcpower3 &nbsp; &nbsp;diskname &nbsp; &nbsp; fmm1dg &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; online
	emcpower4 &nbsp; &nbsp;arch1dgemcpower4 arch1dg &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;online
	emcpower5 &nbsp; &nbsp;lic11dg01 &nbsp; &nbsp;lic11dg &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;online
	emcpower6 &nbsp; &nbsp;bgw11dg01 &nbsp; &nbsp;bgw11dg &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;online
	emcpower7 &nbsp; &nbsp;ora11dg01 &nbsp; &nbsp;ora11dg &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;online
	emcpower8 &nbsp; &nbsp;fmm11dg01 &nbsp; &nbsp;fmm11dg &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;online
	emcpower9 &nbsp; &nbsp;- &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;- &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;online invalid
	emcpower13 &nbsp; bgw1dg01 &nbsp; &nbsp; bgw1dg &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; online

Select disk devices to add: [&lt;pattern-list&gt;,all,list,q,?] emcpower9
	&nbsp; Here is the disk selected. &nbsp;Output format: [Device_Name]

&nbsp; emcpower9

Continue operation? [y,n,q,?] (default: y) y
	&nbsp; You can choose to add this disk to an existing disk group, a
	&nbsp; new disk group, or leave the disk available for use by future
	&nbsp; add or replacement operations. &nbsp;To create a new disk group,
	&nbsp; select a disk group name that does not yet exist. &nbsp;To leave
	&nbsp; the disk available for future use, specify a disk group name
	&nbsp; of "none".

Which disk group [&lt;group&gt;,none,list,q,?] (default: none) lic1dg

Use a default disk name for the disk? [y,n,q,?] (default: y)&nbsp;

Add disk as a spare disk for lic1dg? [y,n,q,?] (default: n)&nbsp;

Exclude disk from hot-relocation use? [y,n,q,?] (default: n)&nbsp;

Add site tag to disk? [y,n,q,?] (default: n)&nbsp;
	&nbsp; The selected disks will be added to the disk group lic1dg with
	&nbsp; default disk names.

&nbsp; emcpower9

Continue with operation? [y,n,q,?] (default: y)&nbsp;
	&nbsp; Initializing device emcpower9.

Enter the desired format
	[cdsdisk,sliced,simple,q,?] (default: cdsdisk) sliced

Enter desired private region length
	[&lt;privlen&gt;,q,?] (default: 65536)&nbsp;
	&nbsp; VxVM &nbsp;NOTICE V-5-2-88
	Adding disk device emcpower9 to disk group lic1dg with disk
	&nbsp; name lic1dg01.

Add or initialize other disks? [y,n,q,?] (default: n) n

Volume Manager Support Operations
	Menu: VolumeManager/Disk

&nbsp;1 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Add or initialize one or more disks
	&nbsp;2 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Encapsulate one or more disks
	&nbsp;3 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Remove a disk
	&nbsp;4 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Remove a disk for replacement
	&nbsp;5 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Replace a failed or removed disk
	&nbsp;6 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Mirror volumes on a disk
	&nbsp;7 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Move volumes from a disk
	&nbsp;8 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Enable access to (import) a disk group
	&nbsp;9 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Remove access to (deport) a disk group
	&nbsp;10 &nbsp; &nbsp; Enable (online) a disk device
	&nbsp;11 &nbsp; &nbsp; Disable (offline) a disk device
	&nbsp;12 &nbsp; &nbsp; Mark a disk as a spare for a disk group
	&nbsp;13 &nbsp; &nbsp; Turn off the spare flag on a disk
	&nbsp;14 &nbsp; &nbsp; Unrelocate subdisks back to a disk
	&nbsp;15 &nbsp; &nbsp; Exclude a disk from hot-relocation use
	&nbsp;16 &nbsp; &nbsp; Make a disk available for hot-relocation use
	&nbsp;17 &nbsp; &nbsp; Prevent multipathing/Suppress devices from VxVM's view
	&nbsp;18 &nbsp; &nbsp; Allow multipathing/Unsuppress devices from VxVM's view
	&nbsp;19 &nbsp; &nbsp; List currently suppressed/non-multipathed devices
	&nbsp;20 &nbsp; &nbsp; Change the disk naming scheme
	&nbsp;21 &nbsp; &nbsp; Get the newly connected/zoned disks in VxVM view
	&nbsp;22 &nbsp; &nbsp; Change/Display the default disk layouts
	&nbsp;23 &nbsp; &nbsp; Mark a disk as allocator-reserved for a disk group
	&nbsp;24 &nbsp; &nbsp; Turn off the allocator-reserved flag on a disk
	&nbsp;list &nbsp; List disk information

&nbsp;? &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Display help about menu
	&nbsp;?? &nbsp; &nbsp; Display help about the menuing system
	&nbsp;q &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Exit from menus

Select an operation to perform: 6

Mirror volumes on a disk
	Menu: VolumeManager/Disk/Mirror
	&nbsp; This operation can be used to mirror volumes on a disk. &nbsp;These
	&nbsp; volumes can be be mirrored onto another disk or onto any
	&nbsp; available disk space. &nbsp;Volumes will not be mirrored if they are
	&nbsp; already mirrored. &nbsp;Also, volumes that are comprised of more than
	&nbsp; one subdisk will not be mirrored.

&nbsp; Mirroring volumes from the boot disk will produce a disk that
	&nbsp; can be used as an alternate boot disk.

&nbsp; At the prompt below, supply the name of the disk containing the
	&nbsp; volumes to be mirrored.

Enter disk name [&lt;disk&gt;,list,q,?] list

Disk group: fmm11dg