Re: alt_disk_install question

From: Bill Verzal (BVerzal_at_KOMATSUNA.COM)
Date: 03/26/04

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    Bill,

    I think that did the trick. Thanks for the tip!! The importvg
    looks like it does a lot of stuff, adding stuff to /etc/filesystems,
    etc. The redefinevg was just what i needed, and seemed to work
    fine. Now, should i run a synclvodm just to be safe?

    thanks,
    ray

    On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Bill Verzal wrote:

    >> Or perhaps redefinevg
    >
    >
    >
    > All,
    >
    > I used an alt_disk_install disk to sucessfully migrate to 5.2, while
    > keeping a copy of 4.3.3. After the upgrade i wanted to remove the 4.3.3
    > altinst_rootvg to put the disk back in rootvg.
    >
    > But instead of just typing 'alt_disk_install -X' to get rid of the
    > altinst_rootvg VG, i accidentally typed 'alt_disk_install -X rootvg'
    which
    > removed the rootvg entry from ODM.
    >
    > All the data is still there, like the man page says, so i'm ok for now.
    > But i need the magic odm* commands to fix rootvg now... ie what would be
    > the reverse of 'alt_disk_install -X rootvg'. Any tips are GREATLY
    > appreciated. thanks.
    >
    > ray
    >


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