Un-able to import a Disk Group.

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Description

Error Message

#vxdg -C import sharedg
VxVM vxdg ERROR V-5-1-10978 Disk group sharedg: import failed:
Diskgroup version not supported in release
 


 

Cause

DG version is not backward compatible. The DG version in 5.1-SP1 is 160 whereas in 5.0-MP3 the DG version is 140.

-Verify the DG version as follows:

#vxdisk -o alldgs list |grep sharedg
hds9500-alua0_149 auto:cdsdisk    -            (sharedg)    online
hds9500-alua0_150 auto:cdsdisk    -            (sharedg)    online


# vxprivutil dumpconfig /dev/vx/rdmp/hds9500-alua0_149 |grep version
#version: 4/16
  version=160

Resolution

Upgrade the system running 5.0-MP3 to 5.1-SP1.

 


Applies To

Storage Foundation 5.1SP1

Storage Foundation 5.0MP3

Issue/Introduction

Un-able to import a DG (DiskGroup) that was created on a system running SF (Storage Foundation) 5.1-SP1 to another system running 5.0-MP3.