VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Troubleshooting Guide (September 2004)

Recovery from Boot Disk Failure
Recovery by Reinstallation
Chapter 2
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v v01 fsgen
DISABLED ACTIVE
24000 SELECT
-
pl v01-01 v01
DISABLED NODEVICE
24000 CONCAT
-RW
sd disk01-06 v0101
disk01 245759
24000 0
c1t5d1 ENA
The only plex of the volume is shown in the line beginning with pl. The STATE field for
the plex named v01-01 is NODEVICE. The plex has space on a disk that has been
replaced, removed, or reinstalled. The plex is no longer valid and must be removed.
Step 4. Because v01-01 was the only plex of the volume, the volume contents are irrecoverable
except by restoring the volume from a backup. The volume must also be removed. If a
backup copy of the volume exists, you can restore the volume later. Keep a record of the
volume name and its length, as you will need it for the backup procedure.
Remove irrecoverable volumes (such as v01) using the following command:
# vxedit -r rm v01
Step 5. It is possible that only part of a plex is located on the failed disk. If the volume has a
striped plex associated with it, the volume is divided between several disks. For example,
the volume named v02 has one striped plex striped across three disks, one of which is the
reinstalled disk disk01. The vxprint -th v02 command produces the following output:
V NAME USETYPE
KSTATE STATE
LENGTH READPOL
PREFPLEX
PL NAME VOLUME
KSTATE STATE
LENGTH LAYOUT
NCOL/WID MODE
SD NAME PLEX
DISK DISKOFFS
LENGTH COL/]OFF
DEVICE MODE
v v02 fsgen
DISABLED ACTIVE
30720 SELECT
v02-01
pl v02-01 v02
DISABLED NODEVICE
30720 STRIPE
3/128 RW
sd disk02-02 v02-01
disk01 424144
10240 0/0