From: Alexandre Sato (alexandre.sato@BR.ABNAMRO.COM)
Date: Wed Oct 08 2003 - 08:12:56 EDT
Stop Informix. As long as you keep Informix running, even if the database
is dropped, the raw devices will still be under Informix I/O control.
Donīt forget to remove the tablespaces definitions and other
configurations that reffers to the logical volumes, on Informix.
Best Regards,
Alexandre Kazuo Sato.
Nita Hyde <hydejl@SBAC.EDU>
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Subject: How do I drop raw devices/lv?
I have an AIX machine with an Informix database running on it. I
dropped a test database and would like to reclaim the raw device space
it occupied. I know the first requirement of Informix is to backup the
entire database. That has been done. When I attempt to remove the lv,
I receive the following error:
0516-1008 rmlv: Logical volume riftst6lv must be closed. If the logical
volume contains a filesystem, the umount command will close
the LV device.
In /dev, the spaces look like this:
brw-rw---- 1 informix informix 26, 9 Aug 05 01:52 riftst5lv
brw-rw---- 1 informix informix 24, 13 Aug 05 01:52 riftst6lv
crw-rw---- 1 root system 26, 9 Feb 27 2003 rriftst5lv
crw-rw---- 1 root system 24, 13 Mar 05 2003 rriftst6lv
A list of the lv's shows this:
LV NAME TYPE LPs PPs PVs LV STATE MOUNT POINT
riftst5lv jfs 116 116 2 open/syncd N/A
riftst6lv jfs 86 86 2 open/syncd N/A
There is no associated mounted file system. How do I close these lv's
and reclaim this space? TIA
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