VXVM Diskgroup Operations Guide

VXVM Diskgroup Operations
The vxdg utility performs various diskgroup operations that includes the creation of disk
groups, addition of disks in to diskgroup,removing disk from diskgroup.This
command performs disk group imports and deports as well.Here we are going to see how create a
new diskgroup and adding disks in existing diskgroup.In the end of the article we will see how to
backup the diskgroup configuration.
In the below output you can see, we have five disks which are in VXVM control. We have brought
the disk in to vxvm control using vxdisksetup.
uarena#vxdisk list
DEVICE TYPE DISK GROUP STATUS
disk_0 auto:cdsdisk - - online
disk_2 auto:ZFS - - ZFS
Task:1-Creating the new disk group:

uarena#vxdg init UXDG UXDISK1=disk_0 UXDISK2=disk_1
uarena#vxdisk list
disk_0 auto:cdsdisk UXDISK1 UXDG online
Now you can see we have created new diskgroup UXDG using disk_0 & disk_1 and we have assigned
the meaning full name to disks.
Task:2-Addition of disk:
If you want to add the new disk in to existing diskgroup, bring the disk in to vxvm control using
vxdisksetup and add it using below command.
uarena#vxdg -g UXDG adddisk UXDISK3=disk_4
uarena#vxdisk list
Task:3-Removing the disk:
You can remove the disk any time from DG if its not used in any volume.
uarena#vxdg -g UXDG rmdisk UXDISK3
uarena#vxdisk list
Task:4-Maximum size of volume:
If you want to find out how much size volume we can create from the diskgroup, use the below
command.In other word to you can determine the free space of the diskgroup.
uarena#vxassist -g UXDG maxsize
Maximum volume size: 284672 (139Mb)
uarena#vxassist -g UXDG maxsize layout=mirror

uarena#vxassist -g UXDG maxsize layout=stripe

uarena#vxdg -g UXDG free
DISK DEVICE TAG OFFSET LENGTH FLAGS
UXDISK1 disk_0 disk_0 0 143056 -
UXDISK2 disk_1 disk_1 0 143056 -
Task:5-Deporting diskgroup:
After un-mounting the volumes , you can deport the diskgroup.To see the imported diskgroup
uarena#vxdg list
NAME STATE ID
UXDG enabled,cds 1364022395.37.sfos
uarena#vxdg deport UXDG
By default vxdisk output will not show the deported diskgroup tag.
uarena#vxdisk list
To find the deported diskgroup disks,
uarena#vxdisk -o alldgs list
disk_0 auto:cdsdisk - (UXDG) online
disk_1 auto:cdsdisk - (UXDG) online
Task:6-Importing the deported diskgroup:

uarena#vxdg import UXDG
uarena#vxdg list
NAME STATE ID
UXDG enabled,cds 1364022395.37.sfos
uarena#vxdisk list |grep UXDG
Sometimes you may need to use -C flag to import the cluster diskgroup to clear the VCS lock.
# vxdg -C import DG_NAME
Task:7-Re-Naming the Diskgroup:
You cant the rename the diskgroup while its in imported state.In a order to rename the DG, you
need to re-import with new name.
uarena#vxdg deport UXDG
uarena#vxdg -n NEWDG import UXDG
uarena#vxdg list
NAME STATE ID
NEWDG enabled,cds 1364022395.37.sfos
Task:8-Diskgroup configuration backup/restore:
Whenever there is a configuration change in diskgroup, automatically vxvm backup the new
configuration under /etc/vx/cbr/bk/
bash-3.00# ls -lrt /etc/vx/cbr/bk
total 6
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 18 Mar 27 19:18 UXDG.1364022395.37.sfos
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 6 Mar 27 21:21 UXDG.1364398489.45.sfos
To take current configuration backup,

# /etc/vx/bin/vxconfigbackup
VxVM vxconfigbackup ERROR V-5-2-3694 Configuration Copy for diskgroup UXDG has not changed
since last backup (Wed Mar 27 21:21:39 IST 2013). Backup is not necessary.
Since there is no configuration chnages VXVM refuse to take backup.Here i am doing
small changes.
# /etc/vx/bin/vxresize -g UXDG oravol1 +20M
# /etc/vx/bin/vxconfigbackup
Start backing up diskgroup UXDG to
/etc/vx/cbr/bk/UXDG.1364474089.57.sfos ...
VxVM NOTICE V-5-2-3100 Backup complete for diskgroup: UXDG
Note:Default configuration location will be /etc/vx/cbr/bk/
To take the current configuration to specific location,

# /etc/vx/bin/vxconfigbackup -l /var/tmp
Start backing up diskgroup UXDG to /var/tmp/UXDG.1364398489.45.sfos.......
VxVM NOTICE V-5-2-3100 Backup complete for diskgroup: UXDG
# ls -lrt /var/tmp/UXDG.1364398489.45.sfos
total 48473
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root Mar28 17:38 1364398489.45.sfos.diskinfo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root Mar28 17:38 1364398489.45.sfos.cfgrec
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root Mar28 17:39 1364398489.45.sfos.binconfig
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root Mar28 17:39 1364398489.45.sfos.dginfo
Display the configuration file in readable format:

#cd /etc/vx/cbr/bk/UXDG.1364474089.57.sfos
# cat 1364474089.57.sfos.cfgrec |vxprint -D - -htr
Disk group: UXDG
dg UXDG default default 25000 1364474089.57.sfos
dm UXDISK1 disk_0 auto 65536 143056 -
dm UXDISK2 disk_1 auto 65536 143056 -
v oravol1 - ENABLED ACTIVE 143360 SELECT - fsgen
pl oravol1-01 oravol1 ENABLED ACTIVE 143360 CONCAT - RW
sd UXDISK1-01 oravol1-01 UXDISK1 0 143056 0 disk_0 ENA
sd UXDISK2-01 oravol1-01 UXDISK2 0 304 143056 disk_1 ENA
To restore the diskgroup configuration,
To pre-commit the changes run the following
#/etc/vx/bin/vxconfigrestore -p UXDG
To commit the changes after the precommit

#/etc/vx/bin/vxconfigrestore -c UXDG
To abort the pre-commit:

#/etc/vx/bin/vxconfigrestore -d UXDG
To confirm that disk group is ok:

#vxprint -g UXDG

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Task:1-Creating the new disk group:

Task:3-Removing the disk:

Task:4-Maximum size of volume:

uarena#vxassist -g UXDG maxsize layout=mirror

uarena#vxassist -g UXDG maxsize layout=stripe

Task:6-Importing the deported diskgroup:

Task:7-Re-Naming the Diskgroup:

Task:8-Diskgroup configuration backup/restore:

To take current configuration backup,

To take the current configuration to specific location,

Display the configuration file in readable format:

To commit the changes after the precommit

To abort the pre-commit:

To confirm that disk group is ok:

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