Look at "errpt" and see if any indication of problem. Also look at /var/adm/ras/bootlog, it may give indication of why disks dropped.
I would try to get disks back before I did a restore etc. Looks like you are just using RAW LV's and not filesystems, so that rules out "fsck" to solve problem. I have little experience with AIX 5.1, may be a few more tricks with it. I would call AIX support and they can probably help if nothing obvious. David B. Longo System Administrator Health First, Inc. 3300 Fiske Blvd. Rockledge, FL 32955-4305 PH 321.434.5536 Pager 321.634.8230 Fax: 321.434.5509 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/14/03 03:26PM >>> Hi folks, TSM server 5.1 on AIX 5.1 (This may a little more of an AIX question, but I've lost my TSM database...) I rebooted my Unix server today and four disks that belong to a volume for my TSM database, were not in the volume group any more! I know that I can't add them back in to the VG because the disks will be wiped. Ex: The last four disks used to be in the volume group: hdisk8 000d9f7fdabbdc5c TSMdbvg1024 hdisk9 000d9f7fdabbe670 TSMdbvg1024 hdisk10 000d9f7fdabbe852 TSMdbvg1024 hdisk11 000d9f7fdabbee59 TSMdbvg1024 hdisk13 000d9f7fe2b49302 None hdisk14 000d9f7fe2b50726 None hdisk15 000d9f7fe2c74aee None hdisk16 000d9f7fe2c76f92 None I'm hoping to get the disks back into the VG by hacking the ODM. Unless someone knows another way? My plan B is just to restore the database. Does this plan make sense: Delete the LVs first? rmlv TSMdbB rmlv TSMdbC rmlv TSMlogB rmlv TSMlogC Delete the VG? exportvg TSMdbvg1024 Add the VG and add the disks to the VG: Use smit. Create the LVs: /usr/sbin/mklv *S 4k -y 'TSMdbB' TSMdbvg1024 8 hdisk8 hdisk9 /usr/sbin/mklv *S 4k -y 'TSMdbC' TSMdbvg1024 8 hdisk8 hdisk9 /usr/sbin/mklv *S 4k -y 'TSMlogB' TSMdbvg1024 2 hdisk10 hdisk11 /usr/sbin/mklv *S 4k -y 'TSMlogC' TSMdbvg1024 2 hdisk10 hdisk11 Format LVs for TSM: dsmserv format 2 /dev/TSMlogB /dev/TSMlogC 2 /dev/TSMdbB /dev/TSMdbC dsmserv restore db Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanx Miles ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Miles Purdy System Manager Information Systems Team (IST), Farm Income Programs Directorate (FIPD), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Winnipeg, MB, CA Office contact: Mobile contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph: (204) 984-1602 fax: (204) 983-7557 Cell: (204) 291-8758 "If you hold a UNIX shell up to your ear, can you hear the C?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ############################################################## This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary, or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it, and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. Health First reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views or opinions expressed in this message are solely those of the individual sender, except (1) where the message states such views or opinions are on behalf of a particular entity; and (2) the sender is authorized by the entity to give such views or opinions. ##############################################################
