Veritas Volume Manager 5.1 SP1 Administrator"s Guide (5900-1506, April 2011)

release. In this case, disable the dynamic reminoring before you install the new
VxVM package.
To disable the division between shared and private minor numbers
1
Set the tunable sharedminorstart in the defaults file /etc/default/vxsf
to 0 (zero). Set the following line in the /etc/default/vxsf file.
sharedminorstart=0
2
Run the following command:
# vxdctl enable
Moving disk groups between systems
An important feature of disk groups is that they can be moved between systems.
If all disks in a disk group are moved from one system to another, then the disk
group can be used by the second system. You do not have to re-specify the
configuration.
To move a disk group between systems
1
Confirm that all disks in the diskgroup are visible on the target system. This
may require masking and zoning changes.
2
On the source system, stop all volumes in the disk group, then deport (disable
local access to) the disk group with the following command:
# vxdg deport diskgroup
3
Move all the disks to the target system and perform the steps necessary
(system-dependent) for the target system and VxVM to recognize the new
disks.
This can require a reboot, in which case the vxconfigd daemon is restarted
and recognizes the new disks. If you do not reboot, use the command vxdctl
enable to restart the vxconfigd program so VxVM also recognizes the disks.
Creating and administering disk groups
Moving disk groups between systems
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