How to start 1 VCS node when it lost access to 2 out of 3 coordinator disks

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PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
How to start 1 VCS node when it lost access to 2 out of 3 coordinator disks. The other node is failed and not booted up.
This will disable the Fencing functionality.
 
RESOLUTION CRITERIA:

Here are the steps to run on the One node that comes back up.

# cp /etc/vxfenmode /etc/vxfenmode.save

# cp /etc/vxfen.d/vxfenmode_disabled /etc/vxfenmode

# cp /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/config/main.cf  /etc/VRTSvcs/config/main.cf.save

Edit main.cf to remove this line
UseFence = SCSI3

# /sbin/gabconfig -cx

# /etc/init.d/vxfen start

# hastart
 
To change back to the prior configuration, copy the saved files back and reboot the node.
After node is rebooted, start up the node that was down.
 

 

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How to start 1 VCS node when it lost access to 2 out of 3 coordinator disks
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