vxsnap refresh fails to refresh snapped volume with regionsize incompatibility

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Description

Error Message

ERROR V-5-1-7001 Volume SNAP-fsfr1-phip1-01 cannot be refreshed from the volume fsfr1-phip1-01 due to size/regionsize incompatibility

Resolution

The problem can be reproduced as follows: 
 
1. Recreate Volume and SNAP-volume

# vxassist -g datadg make volgunnum 400m logtype=dco dcoversion=20 fastresync=on regionsz=128

# vxassist -g datadg make SNAP-volgunnum 400m logtype=dco dcoversion=20 fastresync=on regionsz=256

2. Check the volume status

# vxprint -g datadg -ht volgunnum

v volgunnum - ENABLED ACTIVE 819200 SELECT - fsgen
pl volgunnum-01 volgunnum ENABLED ACTIVE 819200 CONCAT - RW
sd datadg006-01 volgunnum-01 datadg006 0 381936 0 sdc3tF0d00s6 ENA
sd datadg123-02 volgunnum-01 datadg123 409600 202736 381936 sdc3tF0d12s3 ENA
sd datadg124-02 volgunnum-01 datadg124 204800 177136 584672 sdc3tF0d12s4 ENA
sd datadg126-02 volgunnum-01 datadg126 262144 57392 761808 sdc3tF0d12s6 ENA
dc volgunnum_dco volgunnum volgunnum_dcl
v volgunnum_dcl - ENABLED ACTIVE 544 SELECT - gen
pl volgunnum_dcl-01 volgunnum_dcl ENABLED ACTIVE 544 CONCAT - RW
sd datadg133-02 volgunnum_dcl-01 datadg133 524288 544 0 sdc3tF0d13s3 ENA


# vxprint -g datadg -ht SNAP-volgunnum

v SNAP-volgunnum - ENABLED ACTIVE 819200 SELECT - fsgen
pl SNAP-volgunnum-01 SNAP-volgunnum ENABLED ACTIVE 819200 CONCAT - RW
sd datadg125-03 SNAP-volgunnum-01 datadg125 205344 176592 0 sdc3tF0d12s5 ENA
sd datadg126-03 SNAP-volgunnum-01 datadg126 319536 24784 176592 sdc3tF0d12s6 ENA
sd datadg133-03 SNAP-volgunnum-01 datadg133 524832 87504 201376 sdc3tF0d13s3 ENA
sd datadg134-03 SNAP-volgunnum-01 datadg134 205344 176592 288880 sdc3tF0d13s4 ENA
sd datadg135-03 SNAP-volgunnum-01 datadg135 205344 176592 465472 sdc3tF0d13s5 ENA
sd datadg136-02 SNAP-volgunnum-01 datadg136 204800 177136 642064 sdc3tF0d13s6 ENA
dc SNAP-volgunnum_dco SNAP-volgunnum SNAP-volgunnum_dcl
v SNAP-volgunnum_dcl - ENABLED ACTIVE 544 SELECT - gen
pl SNAP-volgunnum_dcl-01 SNAP-volgunnum_dcl ENABLED ACTIVE 544 CONCAT - RW
sd datadg005-03 SNAP-volgunnum_dcl-01 datadg005 316448 544 0 sdc3tF0d00s5 ENA


3. Refresh the snapshot.

# vxsnap -g datadg refresh SNAP-volgunnum source=volgunnum
VxVM vxsnap ERROR V-5-1-7001 Volume SNAP-volgunnum cannot be refreshed from the volume volgunnum due to size/regionsize incompatibility
 

Check status of region size for the DCO for each volumes

# vxprint -g datadg -m   volgunnum_dco| grep regionsz
128

# vxprint -g datadg -m   SNAP-volgunnum_dco | grep regionsz
256

The original Volume has region size of 128 while Snap_volume has region size of 256. To resolve this issue specify regionsize to be the same for both the original volume and the snap_volume) when creating a new volume/snap_volume. For example for the snap volume = SNAP-fsfr1-phip1-01 , instead of using

# vxassist -g nasdg make SNAP-fsfr1-phip1-01 419718464 layout=concat logtype=dco dcoversion=20 fastresync=on nashrdg10b

specify the regionsize=256 to match the regionsize for the original volume = fsfr1-phip1-01 :

# vxassist -g nasdg make SNAP-fsfr1-phip1-01 419718464 layout=concat logtype=dco dcoversion=20 fastresync=on regionsz=256 nashrdg10b
 

 

 

 

Issue/Introduction

vxsnap refresh fails to refresh snapped volume with regionsize incompatibility