How to rename a Volume Manager Disk Group (VMDg) with Storage Foundation for Windows (SFW) in a Microsoft Cluster (MSCS).
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Description
Issue 1:
The option to rename a disk group in Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) is grayed out when the Disk Group is part of an MSCS Group.
Issue 2:
The Disk group is renamed from the command line interface (CLI) as follows:
vxdg -g<DynamicDiskGroupName>[-n<NewDynamicDiskGroupName>] import
This command will rename the disk group and import the disk group. However, when the disk group is imported from within MSCS, the disk group will revert to its original name.
Solution:
Perform the following steps.
Note:These steps will require an outage window as the Disk Group will need to be imported/deported during this process.
1. From within ClusterAdministrator (Cluadmin / Cluster Console), take the resource group offline.
2. Delete theVMDg resource from the service group. In order to remove this, any dependencies on this resource will need to be removed first.
3. From a command prompt,import the Disk Group by providing the new name of the Disk Group:
Perform the following steps.
Note:These steps will require an outage window as the Disk Group will need to be imported/deported during this process.
1. From within ClusterAdministrator (Cluadmin / Cluster Console), take the resource group offline.
2. Delete theVMDg resource from the service group. In order to remove this, any dependencies on this resource will need to be removed first.
3. From a command prompt,import the Disk Group by providing the new name of the Disk Group:
vxdg-g<DynamicDiskGroupName> [-n<NewDynamicDiskGroupName>]import
4. From a command prompt, run: 'vxdg list' and confirm the Disk Group has the new name associated with it.
5. Deport the Disk Group either from within VEA or by running the following command from the command prompt:
vxdg -g<NewDynamicDiskGroupName>deport
6. From within the Cluster Administrator, create a new Volume Manager Disk Group resource and specify the newly named Disk Group from the drop-down menu.
7. Add the proper dependencies to the VMDg resource.
8. Bring the Resource Group online.
8. Bring the Resource Group online.
Issue/Introduction
How to rename a Volume Manager Disk Group (VMDg) with Storage Foundation for Windows (SFW) 5.0 RP1a in a Microsoft Cluster (MSCS).
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