VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1 Troubleshooting Guide

Recovery from Boot Disk Failure
Using VxVM Maintenance Mode Boot (MMB)
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Step 5. Use the following command to remove the plex and its associated subdisk for the root
mirror disk from which the system was not booted:
# vxplex -o rm dis plex
The following example shows how to remove the rootvol plex that is associated with the
disk rootdisk02:
# vxprint -g rootdg rootvol
TY NAME ASSOC KSTATE LENGTH PLOFFS STATE
v rootvol root ENABLED 524288 - ACTIVE
pl rootvol-01 rootvol ENABLED 524288 - ACTIVE
sd rootdisk01-03 rootvol-01 ENABLED 524288 0 -
pl rootvol-02 rootvol ENABLED 524288 - ACTIVE
sd rootdisk02-03 rootvol-02 ENABLED 524288 0 -
# vxplex -o rm dis rootvol-02
NOTE The TUTIL0 and PUTIL0 fields have been removed from the vxprint output for
readability.
When the system has been repaired, and is in normal mode, you can use the following
command to remirror the root volume:
# vxassist -g rootdg mirror rootvol dm:rootdisk02