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7.10 VxVM Disk Group

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.

 

  1. Select the group -> Right click with the mouse -> Add the resource.
  2. In resource wizard, select a VxVM disk group and click the 'Next' button.
  3. 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 

  4. 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. 
  5. 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
Disk group is imported and available for use.

 

 

Offline

Deport the VxVM disk group.

 

Monitoring

Check whether the VxVM disk group has been imported.

 

Config data renewal

Read the configuration information of the VxVM disk group again.

 

Offline
 
Disk group is deported and not available for use.

 

 

Online

 
Import the VxVM disk group.

 

Monitoring

 
Check whether the VxVM disk group has been imported.

 

Config data renewal

Read the configuration information of the VxVM disk group again.

 

Trouble
 The disk group of VxVM is deported due to an external reason.

 

 

Online

 
Import the VxVM disk group.

 

Offline

 
Deport the VxVM disk group.

 

Config data renewal

Read the configuration information of the VxVM disk group again.

 

 
 

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

 

DGName

Import/Deport target disk group.

Combo

""

X

 

MountPaths 

The mounting path set for the volumes in the disk group.

STRING 

""

X

 

VMPATH 

Veritas volume manager installation path.

STRING

""

X

 

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.
  
  
  

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