7.10 VxVM Disk Group
VxVM disk group resource is an agent that manages the disk group of VxVM (Veritas Volume Manager).
If you want to monitor the status of a disk group by adding the VxVM disk group resource,
you must make sure that Veritas Volume Manager has created a disk group.
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Add
Add the VxVM disk group resource to a group. Before you can add the VxVM disk group resource, you must make sure that you have used Veritas Windows Volume Manager in advance to create a dynamic disk group.
Also, you must assigned a disk letter or a mount path on both nodes.
However, you cannot add a Dynamic Secondary Disk Group that uses a local disk as resource.
- Select the group -> Right click with the mouse -> Add the resource.
- In resource wizard, select a VxVM disk group and click the 'Next' button.
- If you select a disk group to be used in the VxVM disk group resource,it will recommend a name.
[Figure] VxVM Disk Group Resource Added - Additional settings, you can select the "cluster disk group" or the "dynamic disk group" to be applied for online.
The default is the cluster disk group. - Click the 'Finish' button to add the basic application resource.
You can immediately check the result in the management web console.
Delete
Select the resource -> Right click with the mouse -> Delete the resource.
The deleted resource will immediately disappear from the management web console.
Status
The following table explains the status changing of the MCCS resource caused by a user's command and the status.
The command assumes that it is generated by a user.
VxVM disk group agent: Manages the shared disks registered in MCCS.
Status | Agent's functions | Description | Note |
Online
| Offline | Deport the VxVM disk group. |
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Monitoring | Check whether the VxVM disk group has been imported. |
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Config data renewal | Read the configuration information of the VxVM disk group again. |
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Offline
| Online | |
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Monitoring | |
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Config data renewal | Read the configuration information of the VxVM disk group again. |
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Trouble
| Online | |
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Offline | |
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Config data renewal | Read the configuration information of the VxVM disk group again. |
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Attribute
Show the unique attribute of VxVM disk group resource.
Attribute | Description | Type | Default | Modification | Note |
ClusterDG | Import to a cluster disk group(SCSI-3 PR function supported?) | BOOLEAN | FALSE | O |
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DGName | Import/Deport target disk group. | Combo | "" | X |
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MountPaths | The mounting path set for the volumes in the disk group. | STRING | "" | X |
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VMPATH | Veritas volume manager installation path. | STRING | "" | X |
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Attribute value of ArgList arguments are the values that are added resources and the value can be changed or viewed through ’Specified Attribute’ list on the detailed information panel.