From: Wesley Joyce (wjoyce@UVI.EDU)
Date: Thu Jan 09 2003 - 11:55:42 EST
Thanks for the pointers guys.
At 11:25 AM 1/9/2003, Frye, Matthew wrote:
>It's a very good idea to have two non-mirrored dump LV's, but remember to
>set precedence:
>
>sysdumpdev -P -p /dev/dumplvdev1 # Big P is for permanent, little p is for
>primary.
>sysdumpdev -P -s /dev/dumplvdev2 # Big P is for permanent, little s is for
>secondary.
>
>Your task sound similar to one I wrote a short procedure for
>http://mpfrye.hopto.org/aix/mirror_rootvg.html .
>
>Matt Frye
>Sr. Systems Programmer, RS/6000 Group
>Rex Healthcare
>(919) 784-3791
>
> > ----------
> > From: Green, Simon[SMTP:SGreen@KRAFTEUROPE.COM]
> > Reply To: IBM AIX Discussion List
> > Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 9:39 AM
> > To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> > Subject: Re: Help - mirrorvg rootvg
> >
> > This is the document I would refer to:
> > http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/aix.techTips?refNo=906052122147
> > 84
> >
> > You should separate cdump and cdumpfs onto different disks.
> > There's no point in mirroring the dump LV, as the document explains. It
> > might be worth having two dump LVs, though.
> >
> > I don't think that the LV type matters. I normally set it to "dump", but
> > there are very few commands which actually pay any attention to this
> > parameter. (I think just the paging space commands.)
> >
> > Simon Green
> > Philip Morris ITSC Europe
> >
> > AIX-L Archive at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=aix-l&r=1&w=2
> > AIX FAQ at http://www.faqs.org/faqs/aix-faq/
> >
> > N.B. Unsolicited email from vendors will seldom be appreciated.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Wesley Joyce [mailto:wjoyce@UVI.EDU]
> > > Sent: 09 January 2003 14:20
> > > To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> > > Subject: Help - mirrorvg rootvg
> > >
> > >
> > > Greetings list,
> > >
> > > AIX 4.3.3 on H50
> > >
> > > I need to mirror rootvg. I added hdisk2 and 3 in order to do this.
> > <SNIP>
> > > hdisk7 contains the dump space, so I don't want to mirror it. right?
> > >
> > > hdisk7:
> > > LV NAME LPs PPs DISTRIBUTION MOUNT POINT
> > > cdump 135 135 00..107..28..00..00 N/A
> > > cdumpfs 136 136 00..00..79..57..00 /crashdumpfs
> > <SNIP>
> > > BTW, is my
> > > cdump jfs 135 135 1 open/syncd N/A
> > > cdumpfs jfs 136 136 1 closed/syncd
> > > /crashdumpfs
> > >
> > > Is my type incorrect for my crash dump partition (cdump).
> >
>
>
>
>
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