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01-04-2008, 06:44 PM
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 Volume Group Migration Question Hello all, We have a p6000 e server running AIX 5.1.0.0 patch 5100-03. We have a large Volume Group consisting of multiple smaller logical volumes (in a kingston disk box) mounted as a single mount point called "/DATA". We will be getting a newer Pserver (new hardware new kernel everything new) except we want to be able to use the disk set I mentioned above with all of the data on it intact on the new server. The AIX version will be 5.1 or newer. this will not be an upgrade but a fresh install. My question is the following. Is this a simple thing where I can simply plug in the kingston disk box and see my Volume group? Is there some special preparation or setup that must be performed or is there no way that I can migrate a Volume Group with data on it to a new machine? Thanks.      |
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01-04-2008, 06:46 PM
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| Re: Volume Group Migration Question "Brandon Boles" <email@nowhere.foo> wrote in message news:<pan.2003.07.08.05.02.42.68970@nowhere.foo>.. . > First of all, I am not familiar with these Kingston drives you are talking > about, so I am assuming that they are just SCSI drives. > > As long as the VG is good on the disks when you unplug the external > drives, you should be able to plug in the disk array into a SCSI card on > the new box and AIX should at least recognize the disks as generic SCSI > disks. At that point, you should be able to 'importvg' the VG on the > array and everything should be there as you left it. Keep in mind that if > there are any logical volumes that are already in existence on the new box > that have the same name as any logical volumes on the disk array, > 'importvg' will rename the new ones so they don't clash. > > Definitely make sure you have good backups before doing this, just in > case... > Thank You Brandon!! It went perfectly! |
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