Miles -- Why are the disks not in the VG? Anything in diagnostics or errpt?
My first shot would be to unmount any mounted filesystems in the VG and vary the VG offline. Then exportvg TSMdbvg1024. Then, take a shot at importvg -y TSMdbvg1024 hdisk8 and see if it all comes back. If not, it's probably delete/define/reload time. Tom Kauffman NIBCO, Inc -----Original Message----- From: Miles Purdy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 2:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: HELP! My lost TSM DB 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?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachments are for the exclusive and confidential use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, distribute or take action in reliance upon this message. If you have received this in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and promptly delete this message and its attachments from your computer system. We do not waive attorney-client or work product privilege by the transmission of this message.