VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Troubleshooting Guide (August 2002)

Recovery by Reinstallation
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For example, to recreate the volumes v01 and v02, use the following command:
# vxassist make v01 24000
# vxassist make v02 30720 layout=stripe nstripe=3
Once the volumes are created, they can be restored from backup using normal
backup/restore procedures.
Recreate any plexes for volumes that had plexes removed as part of the volume cleanup.
To replace the plex removed from volume v03, use the following command:
# vxassist mirror v03
Once you have restored the volumes and plexes lost during reinstallation, recovery is
complete and your system is configured as it was prior to the failure.
The final step is to start up hot-relocation, if this is required.
Start up Hot-Relocation
To start up the hot-relocation service, either reboot the system or manually start the
relocation watch daemon, vxrelocd (this also starts the vxnotify process).
Note Hot-relocation should only be started when you are sure that it will not interfere
with other reconfiguration procedures.
See “Modifying the Behavior of Hot-Relocation” in the “Administering Hot-Relocation”
chapter of the VERITAS Volume Manager Administrator’s Guide for more information about
running vxrelocd and about modifying its behavior.
To determine if hot-relocation has been started, use the following command to search for
its entry in the process table:
# ps -ef | grep vxrelocd | grep -v grep