Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!helios!bcm!convex!uunet!bria!mike Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix Subject: Re: Volume groups problem... Message-ID: <491@bria> Date: 1 Mar 91 07:23:05 GMT References: <1991Feb28.143052.15422@ux1.cts.eiu.edu> Reply-To: uunet!bria!mike Organization: MGI Group International, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 17 Followup-To: Keywords: In an article, ux1.cts.eiu.edu!dbeedle (Dave Beedle) writes: >Anyway, I've still got one problem with the volume group. When I boot >I get measseges saying : lvaryon: the volume group cannot be varied on >because there are no good copies of the descripter area. This message >results when I do a varyonvg rootvg. Other messages I get while in smit: >getlvodm: Unable to find device if in the Device Configuration >Database. Sounds like a reinstallation opportunity to me. Have you been walking disks between machines, perchance? Failing that ... Switch it to service and run diags (the ``advanced'' set) on the system. It could be that you have a problem with the NVRAM or the adapter. If it fails diags, (I imagine that it will) give IBM hardware a jingle. -- Michael Stefanik, MGI Inc., Los Angeles| Opinions stated are not even my own. Title of the week: Systems Engineer | UUCP: ...!uunet!bria!mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Remember folks: If you can't flame MS-DOS, then what _can_ you flame?