How to start volume manager manually

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ISSUE:
 
Volume Manager did not start up automatically during boot up
 
CAUSE:
 
install-db exist in /etc/vx/reconfig.d/state.d/ folder and remove the file and follow the following steps for starting the vxconfigd daemon manually.
 
Remove install-db file:
 
# rm /etc/vx/reconfig.d/state.d/install-db
 

 
Solution:
 
Start Volume Manager manually:
 
# vxiod set 10
 
# vxconfigd -m disable
 
# vxdctl init
 
# vxdctl enable
 
Verify if Volume Manager was already enabled:
 
# vxdctl mode
 
mode: enabled
 
Verify you can see all your disk groups and imported:
 
# vxdisk -o alldgs list
 
Verify all your volumes are enabled
 
# vxprint -rthg
 
Start volumes if the volumes are disabled:
 
# vxvol -g startall
 
Mount the file system and check your data.
 

 

 
Reboot the system and verify that Volume Manager start up during boot up.
 

 
 

 

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