[Veritas-vx] Cannot create a shared dg in DBED/AC

[zhu chao]

Hi,
    The disk name difference is solved. I applied the correct HDS array
enabled package and do vxdctl enable ,and then vxdisk list shows the correct
name.

Regards
Zhu Chao.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "zhu chao" <chao_ping at vip.163.com>
To: "robertinoau" <robertinoau at yahoo.com.au>;
<veritas-vx at mailman.eng.auburn.edu>
Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Veritas-vx] Cannot create a shared dg in DBED/AC


> Hi,
>     Maybe you are right. But how to explain the output of vxdiskadm:
>
> Change the disk naming scheme
> Menu: VolumeManager/Disk/NamingScheme
>
>   Use this screen to change the disk naming scheme (from the c#t#d# format
>   to the enclosure based format and vice versa).
>
>   NOTE: This operation will result in vxconfigd being stopped and
restarted.
>
>   Volume Manager is currently using the c#t#d# naming format to name
>   disks on the system.
>
> Do you want to change the naming scheme ? [y,n,q,?] (default: n)
>
> and the disk name is like:
> # vxdisk list
> DEVICE       TYPE      DISK         GROUP        STATUS
> c1t0d0s2     sliced    -            -            error
> c1t1d0s2     sliced    disk01       rootdg       online
> fabric_0     sliced    -            -            online
> fabric_1     sliced    -            -            online
> fabric_2     sliced    -            -            online
> fabric_3     sliced    -            -            online
> fabric_4     sliced    -            -            online
> fabric_5     sliced    -            -            online
>
>     Yes, I am DBA, not SA. I am just playing veritas.
>
> Thanks.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "robertinoau" <robertinoau at yahoo.com.au>
> To: "zhu chao" <chao_ping at vip.163.com>;
<veritas-vx at mailman.eng.auburn.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 10:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-vx] Cannot create a shared dg in DBED/AC
>
>
> > As we say here in Australia, fair dinkum.
> >
> > Have you had any VM training before ??
> >
> > On one node, your encloser base names are fabric_# and
> > on the other node they are  HDS9500V1_#
> >
> > I mean seriously, how to you expect the machine
> > main-db2 to know about a disk called HDS9500V1_1 ??
> >
> >
> > Fix your encloser base names and make them the same
> > on both systems.
> >
> > Try "vxmagic -fixall"
> >
> >
> >
> >  --- zhu chao <chao_ping at vip.163.com> wrote: > Hi,
> > list friends:
> > >     I have finally get a 4-port qfe NIC card and now
> > > trying. DBED/AC
> > > software installed and seems ok. But I cannot create
> > > a shared dg.
> > > system1: (master node)
> > > [root at main-db2 9iR2]# vxdisk list
> > > DEVICE       TYPE      DISK         GROUP
> > > STATUS
> > > HDS9500V1_0  sliced    -            -
> > > online
> > > HDS9500V1_1  sliced    HDS9500V1_1  racdg
> > > online
> > > HDS9500V1_2  sliced    -            -
> > > online
> > > T30_0        sliced    -            -
> > > online
> > > T30_1        sliced    -            -
> > > online
> > >
> > > System2:
> > > [root at V480 9iR2]# vxdisk list
> > > DEVICE       TYPE      DISK         GROUP
> > > STATUS
> > > c1t0d0s2     sliced    -            -
> > > error
> > > c1t1d0s2     sliced    disk01       rootdg
> > > online
> > > fabric_0     sliced    -            -
> > > online
> > > fabric_1     sliced    -            -
> > > online
> > > fabric_2     sliced    -            -
> > > online
> > > fabric_3     sliced    -            -
> > > online
> > > fabric_4     sliced    -            -
> > > online
> > > fabric_5     sliced    -            -
> > > online
> > >         I cannot create that shared dg: racdg on
> > > master site, like:
> > >
> > > [root at main-db2 9iR2]# vxdg -s   init racdg
> > > HDS9500V1_1
> > > vxvm:vxdg: ERROR: Disk group racdg: cannot create:
> > > Cannot find disk on slave
> > > node
> > >
> > > [root at main-db2 9iR2]# vxdg -s   init racdg
> > > c2t50060E8000439AA2d1s2  (the
> > > disk name that solaris sees via format)
> > > vxvm:vxdg: ERROR: Device c2t50060E8000439AA2d1s2 not
> > > found in configuration
> > >
> > > [root at main-db2 9iR2]# vxdg -s   init racdg
> > > c2t50060E8000439AA2d1
> > > vxvm:vxdg: ERROR: Device c2t50060E8000439AA2d1 not
> > > found in configuration
> > > [root at main-db2 9iR2]# vxdg    init racdg HDS9500V1_1
> > >  (it is ok).
> > >
> > > VxVM seems used enclosure-based naming?
> > > What shall I do?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Zhu Chao.
> > >
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