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HP XP P9500 Storage User Manual

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# vgchange -an vg01

0 logical volume(s) in volume group "vg01" now active

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Export the volume group.
In the following example, the command exports information about the
vg01 volume group:

# vgexport vg01

Volume group "vg01" successfully exported

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If the LVM environment uses an HDLM device in a multi-path

configuration, configure the path to an existing LU as a single path.
Change the path to an existing LU as a single-path configuration by

performing the procedure described in

Deleting a Path to an Existing LU

on page 4-38

in

Changing the HDLM Device Configuration on page

4-32

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Note

When you restart the host, if the /etc/fstab file contains a

description about mounting the target logical volume, comment out

the description. Also, stop the applications that access the target

logical volume.

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Edit the /etc/lvm/lvm.conf file.
Edit the device section in the file as shown below to enable the SCSI

device configuration and disable the HDLM device configuration:

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Adding and deleting the filter entry information
Add the following line:
filter = [ "r|sddlm[a-p][a-p].*|", "a|/dev/sd|" ]
Delete or comment out the following line:
filter = [ "a|sddlm[a-p][a-p].*|", "r|/dev/sd|" ]

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Adding and deleting types entry information
Delete or comment out the following line:
types = [ "sddlmfdrv", 16 ]

To uninstall HDLM, perform the following operations:

Delete filter = [ "a|sddlm[a-p][a-p].*|", "r|/dev/sd|" ] and
types = [ "sddlmfdrv", 16 ].

Delete the comment out character (#) from the filter entry to return

the definition file to the state it was in before the HDLM device

configuration was enabled.

Figure 3-38 Example of Editing the /etc/lvm/lvm.conf File on page 3-208

shows an example of editing the file by adding and commenting out lines.

In this example, SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 is used as the OS. The

shaded parts show the locations that were edited.

Creating an HDLM Environment

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