Re: Problem adding a hdisk to a volume group

From: Bill Verzal (Bill_Verzal@BCBSIL.COM)
Date: Mon Jul 08 2002 - 16:43:31 EDT


Anything in errpt ?

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                    Chuck Lam
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Yes, it is there.
hdisk11 none None
hdisk12 none None
hdisk13 none None
hdisk14 none None
hdisk15 none None
hdisk16 0002139febb19f3e dbvg
hdisk17 none None
hdisk18 none None
hdisk19 none None
hdisk20 none None

You see, hdisk11 is there and so is hdisk16.
lsdev show hdisk11 as available.
hdisk11 Available 31-08-00-0,0 16 Bit LVD SCSI Disk
Drive

--- Sajjad S Hashimi <sajjad@US.IBM.COM> wrote:
> What happens when you run diag?
>
> I dont think hdisk11 even exists (for whatever
> reasons ??) when you are
> running extendvg.. Maybe it is in defined state who
> knows...
>
> Try running extendvg on say.. hdisk100 (or just
> makeup some #) you will get
> the
> same error.
>
> Try lspv & see if hdisk11 is there..most likely it
> wont. Then
> also try lsdev -Cc disk... See if it is in 'defined'
> state & go from there.
>
> Hope this helps a little
>
> Sajjad S. Hashimi
>
>
>
>
>
> Chuck Lam
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> 07/08/2002 02:06
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> M80 running AIX 4.3.3
>
> I was trying to add hdisk11 to a volume group. I am
> getting the following error:
>
> 0516-024 hdisk11: Unable to open physical volume.
> Either PV was not configured or could not be
> opened. Run diagnostics.
> 0516-792 extendvg: Unable to extend volume group.
>
> However, I was able to add another hdisk(hdisk16) in
> the same pack to this volume group without any
> problem.
>
> I did 'rmdev -dl hdisk11' and ran 'cfgmgr'. I
> received the same error when I ran 'extendvg vgname
> hdisk11'.
>
> Any ideas, TIA
>
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