Re: exportvg and importvg ??

From: Reha (rdhk3100_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/25/03 

Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 23:32:07 +0800

Will the importvg still work if the VG - appvg reside on a SSA RAID
disks?

On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 18:39:16 +0100, "Rich Mundy"
<rm007f1631@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>You are totally right.
>
>In fact there is no real need to perform the export, but from belt and
>braces point of view go ahead.
>
>Then simply once the OS upgrade is complete, and cfgmgr has found your
>external disks, reimport and all will be fine.
>
>
>"Reha" <rdhk3100@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:8b1hfv4lc8pdt0con42b7oitnca7l6hnm7@4ax.com...
>> Greetings
>>
>> Have a question regarding exportvg and importvg.
>> I have AIX 5.2 server with rootvg mirrored and another
>> VG-appvg containing user data.
>>
>> If for some reason there is a need to do a complete new
>> installation of the OS, is there a way to preserve the
>> "appvg" without the need to recreate the filesystem and
>> restoring the data from tape?
>>
>> Can I do the following to preserve the "appvg" before I perform
>> a new installation of the O/S :
>>
>> - exportvg appvg
>> - perform a complete new installation of O/S
>> - mirror the rootvg
>> - importvg appvg
>>
>> Thanks
>

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