If a vxsnap
make
operation fails during the creation of a full-sized instant snapshot, the snapshot volume may go into the DISABLED state, be marked invalid and be rendered unstartable. You can use the following command to check that the inst_invalid
flag is set to on
:
# vxprint [-g
diskgroup] -F%inst_invalid
snapshot_volume
VxVM can usually recover the snapshot volume without intervention. However, in certain situations, this recovery may not succeed. If this happens, the DCO volume must be deleted.
To recover from the failure of the vxsnap make command for full-sized instant snapshots
vxmend
command to clear the snapshot volume's tutil0
field: