The output from the vxprint utility using the switches "-h" and "-t" (for more information about these switches and all applicable switches, see the man page for vxprint) displays information from records in VxVM disk group configurations, including the KSTATE and STATE of a volume and plex as indicated in columns 4 and 5 respectively in the table below. When viewing the configuration records of a VxVM disk group using the vxprint utility and the KSTATE and STATE fields display DISABLED ACTIVE for the volume and DISABLED RECOVER  for the plex, recovery steps need to be followed to bring the volume back to an ENABLED ACTIVE state so it can be mounted and make the file system accessible again.

From the below output, it can be seen that the KSTATE and STATE for the volume test is DISABLED ACTIVE and its plex test-01 is DISABLED RECOVER.

# vxprint -ht -g testdg
 

DG	NAME	NCONFIG	NLOG	MINORS	GROUP-ID
DM	NAME	DEVICE	TYPE	PRIVLEN	PUBLEN	STATE
RV	NAME	RLINK_CNT	KSTATE	STATE	PRIMARY	DATAVOLS	SRL
RL	NAME	RVG	KSTATE	STATE	REM_HOST	REM_DG	REM_RLNK
V	NAME	RVG	KSTATE	STATE	LENGTH	USETYPE	PREFPLEX RDPOL
PL	NAME	VOLUME	KSTATE	STATE	LENGTH	LAYOUT	NCOL/WID MODE
SD	NAME	PLEX	DISK	DISKOFFS	LENGTH	[COL/]OFF	DEVICE MODE
SV	NAME	PLEX	VOLNAME	NVOLLAYR	LENGTH	[COL/]OFF	AM/NM MODE

 

dg	testdg	default	default	84000	970356463.1203.alu
dm	testdg01	c1t4d0s2	sliced	2179	8920560	-
dm	testdg02	c1t6d0s2	sliced	2179	8920560	-
v	test	-	DISABLED	ACTIVE	17840128	fsgen	-	SELECT
pl	test-01	test	DISABLED	RECOVER	17841120	CONCAT	-	RW
sd	testdg01-01	test-01	testdg01	0	8920560	0	c1t4d0	ENA
sd	testdg02-01	test-01	testdg02	0	8920560	8920560	c1t6d0	ENA

Veritas Volume Manager provides the "vxrecover -g <disk-group-name> -bs" command which is generally used to recover and start volumes not in an ENABLED state.

See article: Troubleshooting Failing Disks, Missing Disks and the "failed was" status

Follow these steps to change KSTATE and STATE of a plex that is DISABLED RECOVER to ENABLED ACTIVE so the volume can be recovered / started and the file system mounted:

 

1. Change the plex test-01 to the DISABLED STALE state:

# vxmend -g  diskgroup fix stale <plex_name>

For example:

# vxmend -g testdg fix stale test-01

This output shows the plex test-01 as DISABLED STALE:
# vxprint -ht -g testdg
 

DG	NAME	NCONFIG	NLOG	MINORS	GROUP-ID
DM	NAME	DEVICE	TYPE	PRIVLEN	PUBLEN	STATE
RV	NAME	RLINK_CNT	KSTATE	STATE	PRIMARY	DATAVOLS	SRL
RL	NAME	RVG	KSTATE	STATE	REM_HOST	REM_DG	REM_RLNK
V	NAME	RVG	KSTATE	STATE	LENGTH	USETYPE	PREFPLEX	RDPOL
PL	NAME	VOLUME	KSTATE	STATE	LENGTH	LAYOUT	NCOL/WID	MODE
SD	NAME	PLEX	DISK	DISKOFFS	LENGTH	[COL/]OFF	DEVICE	MODE
SV	NAME	PLEX	VOLNAME	NVOLLAYR	LENGTH	[COL/]OFF	AM/NM	MODE
dg	testdg	default	default	84000	970356463.1203.alu
dm	testdg01	c1t4d0s2	sliced	2179	8920560	-
dm	testdg02	c1t6d0s2	sliced	2179	8920560	-
v	test	-	DISABLED	ACTIVE	17840128	fsgen	-	SELECT
pl	test-01	test	DISABLED	STALE	17841120	CONCAT	-	RW
sd	testdg01-01	test-01	testdg01	0	8920560	0	c1t4d0	ENA
sd	testdg02-01	test-01	testdg02	0	8920560	8920560	c1t6d0	ENA

 

2. Change the plex test-01 to the DISABLED CLEAN state:

# vxmend -g diskgroup fix clean <plex_name>

For example:
# vxmend -g testdg fix clean test-01

This output shows the plex test-01 as DISABLED CLEAN:
# vxprint -ht -g testdg
 

DG	NAME	NCONFIG	NLOG	MINORS	GROUP-ID
DM	NAME	DEVICE	TYPE	PRIVLEN	PUBLEN	STATE
RV	NAME	RLINK_CNT	KSTATE	STATE	PRIMARY	DATAVOLS	SRL
RL	NAME	RVG	KSTATE	STATE	REM_HOST	REM_DG	REM_RLNK
V	NAME	RVG	KSTATE	STATE	LENGTH	USETYPE	PREFPLEX	RDPOL
PL	NAME	VOLUME	KSTATE	STATE	LENGTH	LAYOUT	NCOL/WID	MODE
SD	NAME	PLEX	DISK	DISKOFFS	LENGTH	[COL/]OFF	DEVICE	MODE
SV	NAME	PLEX	VOLNAME	NVOLLAYR	LENGTH	[COL/]OFF	AM/NM	MODE
dg	testdg	default	default	84000	970356463.1203.alu
dm	testdg01	c1t4d0s2	sliced	2179	8920560	-
dm	testdg02	c1t6d0s2	sliced	2179	8920560	-
v	test	-	DISABLED	ACTIVE	17840128	fsgen	-	SELECT
pl	test-01	test	DISABLED	CLEAN	17841120	CONCAT	-	RW
sd	testdg01-01	test-01	testdg01	0	8920560	0	c1t4d0	ENA
sd	testdg02-01	test-01	testdg02	0	8920560	8920560	c1t6d0	ENA

 

3. Start the volume test:

# vxvol -g diskgroup start  <volume>

For example:
 

# vxvol -g diskgroup start test

This output shows that the volume test and its plex test-01 are both ENABLED ACTIVE:
 

# vxprint -ht -g testdg
 

DG	NAME	NCONFIG	NLOG	MINORS	GROUP-ID
DM	NAME	DEVICE	TYPE	PRIVLEN	PUBLEN	STATE
RV	NAME	RLINK_CNT	KSTATE	STATE	PRIMARY	DATAVOLS	SRL
RL	NAME	RVG	KSTATE	STATE	REM_HOST	REM_DG	REM_RLNK
V	NAME	RVG	KSTATE	STATE	LENGTH	USETYPE	PREFPLEX	RDPOL
PL	NAME	VOLUME	KSTATE	STATE	LENGTH	LAYOUT	NCOL/WID	MODE
SD	NAME	PLEX	DISK	DISKOFFS	LENGTH	[COL/]OFF	DEVICE	MODE
SV	NAME	PLEX	VOLNAME	NVOLLAYR	LENGTH	[COL/]OFF	AM/NM	MODE
dg	testdg	default	default	84000	970356463.1203.alu
dm	testdg01	c1t4d0s2	sliced	2179	8920560	-
dm	testdg02	c1t6d0s2	sliced	2179	8920560	-
v	test	-	ENABLED	ACTIVE	17840128	fsgen	-	SELECT
pl	test-01	test	ENABLED	ACTIVE	17841120	CONCAT	-	RW
sd	testdg01-01	test-01	testdg01	0	8920560	0	c1t4d0	ENA
sd	testdg02-01	test-01	testdg02	0	8920560	8920560	c1t6d0	ENA

 

4. Mount the volume to its associated mount point (refer to the /etc/vfstab file if the mount point location is not known) if the file system is a Veritas File System (VxFS) file system:

# mount -F vxfs /dev/vx/dsk/diskgroup/volume /mount point

For example:
 

# mount -F vxfs /dev/vx/dsk/testdg/test /testvol

Note: An error may be generated stating that the file system needs to be checked for consistency. If this occurs, run the VxFS specific fsck utility ( /usr/lib/fs/vxfs/fsck) where the default is to replay the intent log, instead of performing a full structural file system check which is usually sufficient to set the file system to CLEAN and allow the volume to be mounted.