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In this post we will discussing about most common issue of replacing the faulty VxVM disk in UNIX server.
Every Unix System Admin should gone through this situation where they removing/replacing the faulty VxVM
disk. Here we can see the procedure for replacing the faulty disk through "vxdiskadm" command, however we Unixrock
can also do the same in command line mode which is preferred. 155 likes
Assume that diskgroup "unixrockdg" is having one faultydisk
unixrockdg04 (c3t9d0s2) which needs to be replaced. Let we can do the high
level plan before doing the replacement.
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HIGH LEVEL PLAN:

Step1: Take the Backup of System and Disk Configuration.(Recommended to 1 friend likes this
take cfg2html or explorer)
Step2: Remove the disk from VxVM level by using vxdiskadm utility
Step3: Unconfigure the disk from Os level by using cfgadm command.
Step4: Request to change the faulty disk.
Step5: Configure the disk from Os level by using cfgadm and devfsadm command.
Step6: Replace the disk from VxVM level by using vxdiskadm utility.
Step7: Start the VOLUME and Mount the same.
Let we can start the activity after taking the valid configuration backup.Below output is confirming that
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unixrockdg04(c3t9d0s2) is failed status.
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- - unixrockdg04 unixrockdg failed was:c3t9d0s2 One of the greatest feature in Solaris is that
really handy disk management software
root@unixrock #
which is inbuilt and it’s called Solaris Volume
Manag...
Remove the failed disk from VxVM with using vxdiskadm command.
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In this post we are going to
Volume Manager Support Operations discuss about three special types
of permissions which can be set for
Menu: VolumeManager/Disk
executable files and public directorie...
1 Add or initialize one or more disks User Management Interview

2 Encapsulate one or more disks Questions
3 Remove a disk Intent of this post is to help the
4 Remove a disk for replacement person who are going to attend the
5 Replace a failed or removed disk basic level of Solaris interview. Few of the
User Admin’s related Q...
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18 Allow multipathing/Unsuppress devices from VxVM's view 11 having a restriction ...
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21 Get the newly connected/zoned disks in VxVM view
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? Display help about menu
?? Display help about the menuing system How to Replace the faulty disk in
VxVM
q Exit from menus
In this post we will discussing
about most common issue of
Select an operation to perform: 4 replacing the faulty VxVM disk in UNIX server.
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Disk group: unixrockdg
DM NAME DEVICE TYPE PRIVLEN PUBLEN STATE
dm unixrockdg01 c3t11d0s2 sliced 9919 143328960 -

dm unixrockdg04 - - - - NODEVICE
Enter disk name [,list,q,?] unixrockdg04
The following volumes will be disabled as a result of this

operation:
unixrockvol
These volumes will require restoration from backup.
Are you sure you want do do this? [y,n,q,?] (default: n) y
The requested operation is to remove disk unixrockdg04 from disk group

unixrockdg. The disk name will be kept, along with any volumes using
the disk, allowing replacement of the disk.
Select "Replace a failed or removed disk" from the main menu

when you wish to replace the disk.
Continue with operation? [y,n,q,?] (default: y) y
Removal of disk unixrockdg04 completed successfully.
Remove another disk? [y,n,q,?] (default: n) n
Volume Manager Support Operations

1 Add or initialize one or more disks

2 Encapsulate one or more disks
3 Remove a disk
4 Remove a disk for replacement
5 Replace a failed or removed disk
7 Move volumes from a disk
8 Enable access to (import) a disk group
9 Remove access to (deport) a disk group
10 Enable (online) a disk device

11 Disable (offline) a disk device
12 Mark a disk as a spare for a disk group
14 Unrelocate subdisks back to a disk
16 Make a disk available for hot-relocation use
17 Prevent multipathing/Suppress devices from VxVM's view
18 Allow multipathing/Unsuppress devices from VxVM's view
list List disk information

?? Display help about the menuing system
q Exit from menus
Select an operation to perform: q
Goodbye.
Now we can see the failed disk status as "Removed"
root@unixrock # vxdisk list

c3t8d0s2 sliced unixrockdg03 unixrockdg online
c3t9d0s2 sliced - - error
- - unixrockdg04 unixrockdg removed was:c3t9d0s2
Once we removed the disk from VxVM level, we have to remove the faulty disk from OS level by using cfgadm -
c unconfigure .
root@unixrock # cfgadm -c unconfigure c3::dsk/c3t9d0

root@unixrock #
Once its done, we have to replace the faulty disk physically and configure the disk in OS level.
root@unixrock # cfgadm -c configure c3::dsk/c3t9d0

root@unixrock #
root@unixrock # devfsadm -c disk
root@unixrock # echo|format|grep -i c3t9d0
3. c3t9d0 SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424
root@unixrock #
Now the disk is available in OS level, we have to get the disk into VxVM control now.
root@unixrock # vxdctl enable

root@unixrock # vxdiskadm
Volume Manager Support Operations

1 Add or initialize one or more disks

2 Encapsulate one or more disks
3 Remove a disk
4 Remove a disk for replacement
5 Replace a failed or removed disk
7 Move volumes from a disk
8 Enable access to (import) a disk group
9 Remove access to (deport) a disk group
10 Enable (online) a disk device
11 Disable (offline) a disk device
12 Mark a disk as a spare for a disk group
14 Unrelocate subdisks back to a disk

16 Make a disk available for hot-relocation use
17 Prevent multipathing/Suppress devices from VxVM's view
18 Allow multipathing/Unsuppress devices from VxVM's view
list List disk information

?? Display help about the menuing system
q Exit from menus
Select an operation to perform: 5
Replace a failed or removed disk

Menu: VolumeManager/Disk/ReplaceDisk
Use this menu operation to specify a replacement disk for a disk

that you removed with the "Remove a disk for replacement" menu
operation, or that failed during use. You will be prompted for
a disk name to replace and a disk device to use as a replacement.
You can choose an uninitialized disk, in which case the disk will
be initialized, or you can choose a disk that you have already
initialized using the Add or initialize a disk menu operation.
Select a removed or failed disk [,list,q,?] list
Disk group: rootdg
Disk group: unixrockdg
dm unixrockdg04 - - - - REMOVED
Select a removed or failed disk [,list,q,?] unixrockdg04
Select disk device to initialize [
,list,q,?] list
DEVICE DISK GROUP STATUS

c1t0d0 rootdisk rootdg online
c1t1d0 rootmirr rootdg online
c3t8d0 unixrockdg03 unixrockdg online
c3t9d0 - - error
c3t10d0 - - online
Select disk device to initialize [
,list,q,?] c3t9d0
The following disk device has a valid VTOC, but does not appear to have
been initialized for the Volume Manager. If there is data on the disk
that should NOT be destroyed you should encapsulate the existing disk
partitions as volumes instead of adding the disk as a new disk.
Output format: [Device_Name]
c3t9d0
Encapsulate this device? [y,n,q,?] (default: y) n
c3t9d0
Instead of encapsulating, initialize? [y,n,q,?] (default: n) y
The requested operation is to initialize disk device c3t9d0 and

to then use that device to replace the removed or failed disk
unixrockdg04 in disk group unixrockdg.
Continue with operation? [y,n,q,?] (default: y)
Use a default private region length for the disk?

[y,n,q,?] (default: y)
Replacement of disk unixrockdg04 in group unixrockdg with disk device

c3t9d0 completed successfully.
Replace another disk? [y,n,q,?] (default: n)
Checking the status
root@unixrock # vxdisk list

root@unixrock #
We have successfully replaced the faulty disk. however we have to check the VOLUME status. Below output
"unixrockvol" is disabled status.
root@unixrock # vxprint -hvtg unixrockdg

V NAME RVG KSTATE STATE LENGTH READPOL PREFPLEX UTYPE
PL NAME VOLUME KSTATE STATE LENGTH LAYOUT NCOL/WID MODE
SD NAME PLEX DISK DISKOFFS LENGTH [COL/]OFF DEVICE MODE
SV NAME PLEX VOLNAME NVOLLAYR LENGTH [COL/]OFF AM/NM MODE
DC NAME PARENTVOL LOGVOL

SP NAME SNAPVOL DCO
v unixrockvol - DISABLED ACTIVE 573313024 SELECT - fsgen

pl unixrock-01 unixrockvol DISABLED RECOVER 573315840 CONCAT - RW
sd unixrockdg03-01 unixrock-01 unixrockdg03 0 143328960 0 c3t8d0 ENA
root@unixrock #
I tried below steps make the volume active status.
root@unixrock # vxrecover -s unixrockvol

SP NAME SNAPVOL DCO
v unixrockvol - DISABLED ACTIVE 573313024 SELECT - fsgen

pl unixrock-01 unixrockvol DISABLED RECOVER 573315840 CONCAT - RW
root@unixrock # vxtask list
TASKID PTID TYPE/STATE PCT PROGRESS
root@unixrock # vxvol -g unixrockdg startall
vxvm:vxvol: ERROR: Volume unixrockvol has no CLEAN or non-volatile ACTIVE plexes
root@unixrock #
Then I follow the below steps in order to make the volume active status.
root@unixrock # vxmend -g unixrockdg fix stale unixrock-01

root@unixrock # vxmend -g unixrockdg fix clean unixrock-01
root@unixrock # vxvol -g unixrockdg start unixrockvol
root@unixrock #
SP NAME SNAPVOL DCO
v unixrockvol - ENABLED ACTIVE 573313024 SELECT - fsgen

pl unixrock-01 unixrockvol ENABLED ACTIVE 573315840 CONCAT - RW
root@unixrock #
Then I tried to mount the Volume, but I got below errors
root@unixrock # mount /unixrock

mount: /dev/vx/dsk/unixrockdg/unixrockvol is already mounted, /unixrock is busy,
or the allowable number of mount points has been exceeded
root@unixrock # mount -v|grep -i /unixrock
root@unixrock #
Then i did some breakfix in order to mount the volume
root@unixrock # mv /unixrock /unixrock_old

root@unixrock # mkdir /unixrock
root@unixrock # mount /unixrock
root@unixrock # df -k|grep -i unixrock
Filesystem kbytes used avail capacity Mounted on
/dev/vx/dsk/unixrockdg/unixrockvol
282176390 29435764 249918863 11% /unixrock

root@unixrock #
Now we have successfully replaced the faulty disk and mounted the volume. Thanks for reading this post.
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Maradaapa Saroj Pradeep • 3 years ago

hi Rajkumar
I tried to replace a failed drive in my VM when i went through the option 5 by using vxdiskadm and
gave my disk name but it saying bad number. (I removed the disk from my VM Machine using
settings options) for your reference. Please help me how i can proceed further. and its raid5.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Select a removed or failed disk [<disk>,list,q,?] list
Disk group: sarojdg

dm disk4 - - - - REMOVED
Disk group: mydg
Select a removed or failed disk [<disk>,list,q,?] disk4
see more
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HIGH LEVEL PLAN:

1 Add or initialize one or more disks User Management Interview

13 Turn off the spare flag on a disk

20 Change the disk naming scheme

How to Fix the Corrupted GRUB

DM NAME DEVICE TYPE PRIVLEN PUBLEN STATE

dm unixrockdg01 c3t11d0s2 sliced 9919 143328960 -

Enter disk name [,list,q,?] unixrockdg04

The following volumes will be disabled as a result of this

These volumes will require restoration from backup.

Are you sure you want do do this? [y,n,q,?] (default: n) y

The requested operation is to remove disk unixrockdg04 from disk group

Select "Replace a failed or removed disk" from the main menu

Continue with operation? [y,n,q,?] (default: y) y

Removal of disk unixrockdg04 completed successfully.

Remove another disk? [y,n,q,?] (default: n) n

Volume Manager Support Operations

1 Add or initialize one or more disks

10 Enable (online) a disk device

? Display help about menu

Select an operation to perform: q

Now we can see the failed disk status as "Removed"

root@unixrock # vxdisk list

root@unixrock # cfgadm -c unconfigure c3::dsk/c3t9d0

root@unixrock # cfgadm -c configure c3::dsk/c3t9d0

root@unixrock # vxdctl enable

Volume Manager Support Operations

1 Add or initialize one or more disks

15 Exclude a disk from hot-relocation use

? Display help about menu

Select an operation to perform: 5

Replace a failed or removed disk

Use this menu operation to specify a replacement disk for a disk

Select a removed or failed disk [,list,q,?] list

Disk group: rootdg

DM NAME DEVICE TYPE PRIVLEN PUBLEN STATE

Disk group: unixrockdg

DM NAME DEVICE TYPE PRIVLEN PUBLEN STATE

Select a removed or failed disk [,list,q,?] unixrockdg04

Select disk device to initialize [

DEVICE DISK GROUP STATUS

Select disk device to initialize [

Encapsulate this device? [y,n,q,?] (default: y) n

Instead of encapsulating, initialize? [y,n,q,?] (default: n) y

The requested operation is to initialize disk device c3t9d0 and

Continue with operation? [y,n,q,?] (default: y)

Use a default private region length for the disk?

Replacement of disk unixrockdg04 in group unixrockdg with disk device

Replace another disk? [y,n,q,?] (default: n)

Checking the status

root@unixrock # vxdisk list

root@unixrock # vxprint -hvtg unixrockdg

DC NAME PARENTVOL LOGVOL

v unixrockvol - DISABLED ACTIVE 573313024 SELECT - fsgen

I tried below steps make the volume active status.

root@unixrock # vxrecover -s unixrockvol

v unixrockvol - DISABLED ACTIVE 573313024 SELECT - fsgen

root@unixrock # vxmend -g unixrockdg fix stale unixrock-01