How to upgrade a dynamic disk group to a cluster disk group in VERITAS Volume Manager (tm) 3.x for Windows 2000 or VERITAS Storage Foundation (tm) 4.x for Windows
| Article:TECH19986 | | | Created: 2002-01-08 | | | Updated: 2004-01-20 | | | Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH19986 |
Problem
How to upgrade a dynamic disk group to a cluster disk group in VERITAS Volume Manager (tm) 3.x for Windows 2000 or VERITAS Storage Foundation (tm) 4.x for Windows
Solution
To upgrade an existing dynamic disk group (DDG) to a
cluster disk group (CDG) to work with either Microsoft Clustering Service (MSCS)
or VERITAS Cluster Service (tm), perform the following operation:
1. Deport the DDG. Right-click on the DDG and select Deport Dynamic Disk Group (Figure 1)
1. Deport the DDG. Right-click on the DDG and select Deport Dynamic Disk Group (Figure 1)
Figure 1 - Deport Dynamic
Disk Group
2. Navigate to Start > Run. In the "Open:" box, type
CMD and click OK
3. At the command prompt, type:
vxdg import -g<DynamicDiskGroupName> -n<ClusterDiskGroupName> -s (Figure 2). The -s switch imports the disk group as a cluster disk group.
3. At the command prompt, type:
vxdg import -g<DynamicDiskGroupName> -n<ClusterDiskGroupName> -s (Figure 2). The -s switch imports the disk group as a cluster disk group.
Figure 2 - Import Cluster
Disk Group
4. Check to ensure the cluster disk group is created by
viewing its entry in the Volume Manager display (Figure 3)
Figure 3 - CDG
Created
5. Right click on the newly upgraded CDG and select
Properties. The type should display as "Dynamic (Cluster)" (Figure
4)
Figure 4 -
Properties
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