Autoactivate Options

The "Concurrent Capable" options for the importvg and mkvg commands that are used with HACMP are not required for VCS. If an LVM volume group is placed under VCS control, the autoactivate options should be turned off. Do this using SMIT or through the command line.

From SMIT, set the following field values when creating or altering the volume group:

   Activate volume group AUTOMATICALLY                 no
        at system restart?
    Create VG Concurrent Capable?                       no
    Auto-varyon in Concurrent Mode?                     no

From the command line, to view the current value for these fields, use the lsattr command.

For example:

   # lsattr -El vg00
        vgserial_id  0001632f00004c00000000ee092b3bd8 N/A False
        auto_on      y                                N/A True
        conc_capable n                                N/A True
        conc_auto_on n                                N/A True
        timestamp    3ceff3390a8b1379                 N/A True

From the command line, to change the value for these fields, use the chvg command.

To change the value of auto_on to n:

  1. Activate the volume group vg00 (if the volume group is not already activated):
    # varyonvg vg00
    
  2. Run the chvg command:
    # chvg -a 'n' vg00
    
  3. Verify the changes:
    # lsattr -El vg00
        vgserial_id  0001632f00004c00000000ee092b3bd8 N/A False
        auto_on      n                                N/A True
        conc_capable n                                N/A True
        conc_auto_on n                                N/A True
        timestamp    3ceff3390a8b1379                 N/A True