A fix is available
APAR status
Closed as program error.
Error description
In AIX 6.1 TL8 and 7.1 TL2 recreatevg fails when trying to recreate a volume group from a set of disks which are duplicated from a varied-on concurrent volume group, or a varied-on volume group with multi-node varyon protection enabled. The message is: 0516-1972 varyonvg: The volume group is varied on in other node in concurrent mode; you cannot vary on the volume group in non-concurrent mode. Use -O flag to force varyon the volume group if needed. 0516-1320 recreatevg: Unable to recreate volume group.
Local fix
If recreatevg is being run on a different server than the source VG, and there are no name conflicts, then the following steps can be used: importvg -y vgname hdiskX varyonvg -O vgname varyoffvg vgname exportvg vgname Then run recreatevg.
Problem summary
recreatevg command will fail to recreate a VG if the flags on the disk say that the VG is currently varied online on other nodes.
Problem conclusion
Add -O option to recreatevg to allow forcing recreate of the VG in this case.
Temporary fix
Comments
APAR Information
APAR number
IV41751
Reported component name
AIX V7.1
Reported component ID
5765H4000
Reported release
710
Status
CLOSED PER
PE
NoPE
HIPER
NoHIPER
Submitted date
2013-05-06
Closed date
2013-05-06
Last modified date
2013-11-24
APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:
APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:
Fix information
Fixed component name
AIX V7.1
Fixed component ID
5765H4000
Applicable component levels
R710 PSY U853814
UP13/11/22 I 1000
PTF to Fileset Mapping
U853814 bos.rte.lvm 7.1.3.0
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Document Information
Modified date:
24 November 2013