VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Administrator's Guide

Recovery
Reinstallation Recovery
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# vxdctl initdmp
Step 12. Enable vxconfigd using the following command:
# vxdctl enable
The configuration preserved on the disks not involved with the
reinstallation has now been recovered. However, because the root disk
has been reinstalled, it does not appear to the Volume Manager as a
Volume Manager disk. The configuration of the preserved disks does not
include the root disk as part of the Volume Manager configuration.
If the root disk of your system and any other disks involved in the
reinstallation were not under Volume Manager control at the time of
failure and reinstallation, then the reconfiguration is complete at this
point. For information on replacing disks, see Chapter 4, Disk Tasks,.
There are several methods available to replace a disk; choose the method
that you prefer.
If the root disk (or another disk) was involved with the reinstallation,
any volumes or mirrors on that disk (or other disks no longer attached to
the system) are now inaccessible. If a volume had onlyone plexcontained
on a disk that was reinstalled, removed, or replaced, then the data in
that volume is lost and must be restored from backup. In addition, the
system root file system, swap area, (and on some systems stand area),
and /usr file system are no longer located on volumes. To correct these
problems, follow the instructions in “Configuration Cleanup”.
The hot-relocation facility can be started after the vxdctl enable
command is successful, but should actually be started only when the
Administrator is sure that its services, when enabled and operating, will
not interfere with other reconfiguration procedures. It is recommended
that hot-relocation be started after completion of <Undefined
Cross-Reference>. See “Hot-relocation Startup” for more information on
starting hot-relocation.
Configuration Cleanup
To clean up the configuration of your system after reinstallation of the
Volume Manager, you must address the following issues:
• volume cleanup
• disk cleanup
• final reconfiguration