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sverrewl
Level 3
9 years ago

Upgrade of server

Hi all ! I have some outdated RHEL5 installations with older vxfs 5.xx on. Some weeks back I popped out one of the mirrored OS disks and installed both RHEL7 and vxfs 6.2.1. I found no way to ...
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    mikebounds
    9 years ago

    Before mounting you need to import diskgroups and start volumes - when you import diskgroups, this is when you see the deivce path in /dev/vx/dsk , so next time:

    Run the following to check you see the disks and diskgroups:

    vxdisk -o alldgs list

    If the diskgroups are in brackets, then you need to import using:

    vxdg import dgname  (may need "-C" flag if it says diskgroup is owned by someone else)

    Check volumes are starting using:

    vxprint -v

    If volumes show as disabled, then start them using:

    vxrecover -sg dgname

    Now devices should be visable in /dev/vx/dsk and you should be able to mount.

    Mike

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mikebounds
Level 6
9 years ago

Before mounting you need to import diskgroups and start volumes - when you import diskgroups, this is when you see the deivce path in /dev/vx/dsk , so next time:

Run the following to check you see the disks and diskgroups:

vxdisk -o alldgs list

If the diskgroups are in brackets, then you need to import using:

vxdg import dgname  (may need "-C" flag if it says diskgroup is owned by someone else)

Check volumes are starting using:

vxprint -v

If volumes show as disabled, then start them using:

vxrecover -sg dgname

Now devices should be visable in /dev/vx/dsk and you should be able to mount.

Mike