Emerson TakahashiListing the logical volumes inside the volume group. AIX can’t determine the LV type.
root@aix:/ # lsvg -l oravg
oravg:
LV NAME TYPE LPs PPs PVs LV STATE MOUNT POINT
oravg_lg ??? 1 1 1 closed/syncd N/A
ora_lv ??? 1064 1064 2 closed/syncd N/A
To solve this problem we’ll export then reimport the VG. But first we’ll need to deactivate it.
root@aix:/ # varyoffvg oravg
And we need at least one disk that is part of the volume group because it has the information needed to import.
root@aix:/ # lspv | grep oravg
hdisk251 00c5f1d097cc8a6e oravg
hdisk221 00c5f1d0a7bffede oravg
Now we run exportvg and the server will no longer know it once had the volume group.
root@aix:/ # exportvg oravg
Let’s list all the volume groups the server is aware that exists.
root@aix:/ # lsvg
rootvg
datavg
cache01vg
cache02vg
Only the rootvg is currently imported and active.
root@aix:/ # lsvg -o
rootvg
Let’s reimport the volume group. We need to declare one of the disks we listed before to reimport the volume group.
root@aix:/ # importvg -y oravg hdisk251
oravg
Next, we activate the volume group
root@aix:/ # varyonvg oravg
Listing the Volume Group. Volume Group TYPE listed.
root@aix:/ # lsvg -l oravg
oravg:
LV NAME TYPE LPs PPs PVs LV STATE MOUNT POINT
oravg_lg jfs2log 1 1 1 closed/syncd N/A
ora_lv jfs2 1064 1064 2 closed/syncd /u01
