The rootvol and swapvol cannot be resized with VERITAS Volume Manager (tm) being the bootable disk on HP-UX

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Description

Error Message

vxvm:vxresize: ERROR: vxvm:vxassist: ERROR: non-contigous grows are not allowed for root mirrors
vxvm:vxresize: ERROR: Problem running vxassist command for volume rootvol, in diskgroup rootdg

Resolution

Problem:
 
Resizing avolume with a usage type other than FSGEN or RAID5 can result in loss of data.Use the -f option to force resizing of such a volume. However the -f option willnot work for usage type root or swap, as non-contiguous grows/shrinks are notallowed.
 
#vxprint -g rootdg -ht
dgrootdg      default      default  0        1059685389.1025.cshp7
 
dmrootdisk01   c1t15d0      simple   1024    8887089  -
 
v  homevol      -            ENABLED  ACTIVE  20480    SELECT    -        fsgen
plhomevol-01   homevol      ENABLED  ACTIVE  20480    CONCAT    -        RW
sdrootdisk01-08 homevol-01  rootdisk01 6668288 20480  0         c1t15d0  ENA
 
v  optvol      -            ENABLED  ACTIVE  1843200  SELECT    -        fsgen
ploptvol-01    optvol       ENABLED  ACTIVE  1843200  CONCAT    -        RW
sdrootdisk01-04 optvol-01   rootdisk01 1036288 18432000         c1t15d0  ENA
 
v  rootvol      -            ENABLED  ACTIVE  204800   ROUND    -        root
plrootvol-01   rootvol      ENABLED  ACTIVE  204800  CONCAT    -        RW
sdrootdisk01-03 rootvol-01  rootdisk01 831488 204800  0         c1t15d0  ENA
 
v  standvol    -            ENABLED  ACTIVE  307200   ROUND    -        fsgen
plstandvol-01  standvol     ENABLED  ACTIVE  307200  CONCAT    -        RW
sdrootdisk01-01 standvol-01 rootdisk01 0      307200  0         c1t15d0  ENA
 
v  swapvol      -            ENABLED  ACTIVE  524288   ROUND    -        swap
plswapvol-01   swapvol      ENABLED  ACTIVE  524288  CONCAT    -        RW
sdrootdisk01-02 swapvol-01  rootdisk01 307200 524288  0         c1t15d0  ENA
 
v  tmpvol      -            ENABLED  ACTIVE  204800  SELECT    -        fsgen
pltmpvol-01    tmpvol       ENABLED  ACTIVE  204800  CONCAT    -        RW
sdrootdisk01-05 tmpvol-01   rootdisk01 2879488204800  0        c1t15d0  ENA
 
v  usrvol      -            ENABLED  ACTIVE  2048000  SELECT    -        fsgen
plusrvol-01    usrvol       ENABLED  ACTIVE  2048000  CONCAT    -        RW
sdrootdisk01-06 usrvol-01   rootdisk01 3084288 20480000         c1t15d0  ENA
 
v  varvol      -            ENABLED  ACTIVE  1536000  SELECT    -        fsgen
plvarvol-01    varvol       ENABLED  ACTIVE  1536000  CONCAT    -        RW
sdrootdisk01-07 varvol-01   rootdisk01 5132288 15360000         c1t15d0  ENA
 
#/opt/VRTS/bin/vxresize -g rootdg rootvol 300m
vxvm:vxresize:ERROR:  resizing volume other than FSGEN or RAID5 can result in loss ofdata. Use -f option to force resize this volume.
 
#/opt/VRTS/bin/vxresize -g rootdg -f rootvol 300m
vxvm:vxresize:ERROR: vxvm:vxassist: ERROR: non-contiguous grows are not allowed for rootmirrors
vxvm:vxresize:ERROR: Problem running vxassist command for volume rootvol, in diskgrouprootdg
 
#/opt/VRTS/bin/vxresize -g swapvol -f rootvol 600m
vxvm:vxresize:ERROR: vxvm:vxassist: ERROR: non-contiguous grows are not allowed for rootmirrors
vxvm:vxresize:ERROR: Problem running vxassist command for volume swapvol, in diskgrouprootdg
 
Solution:
The size ofrootvol and swapvol can only be changed during the OS installation orignite.  However,  other volumes with usage type FSGEN such ashomevol, optvol, usrvol, and varvol can be resized.
 
 

 

Issue/Introduction

The rootvol and swapvol cannot be resized with VERITAS Volume Manager (tm) being the bootable disk on HP-UX
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