Monitoring Disk Resources
Disk Monitor Reference
Physical Volume Summary
The pv_summary is a summary status of all physical volumes in a volume group. This status is based on the compiled results of SCSI inquiries to all physical volumes in a volume group; see “Physical Volume and Physical Volume Link Status” on page 36.
If you have configured package dependencies in MC/ServiceGuard, this resource is used to determine package failover based on access to physical disks. (See Chapter 1 for information on configuring MC/ServiceGuard package dependencies.) If you are using the disk monitor with MC/ServiceGuard, it is important that you configure physical volume groups (PVGs) to give you the most accurate pv_summary for MC/ServiceGuard package failover. See “Rules for Using the EMS Disk Monitor with MC/ServiceGuard” on page 40.
The value in Table
Table | Interpreting Physical Volume Summary | ||
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| Resource Name | /vg/vgName/pv_summary | |
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| UP | 1 | All physical volumes containing data are accessible. |
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| PVG_UP | 2 | At least 1 PV has failed; all data is accessible. If more than 1 is down and the |
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| failed PVs are from the same PVG, all data is still accessible. |
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| This condition can only occur in mirrored set or if PV links in PVGs. |
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| SUSPECT | 3 | Two or more physical volumes from different PVGs are unavailable; the disk |
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| monitor cannot conclude that all data is available. |
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| For example, on a |
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| side of the mirror, data may be available if the failed volumes are holding |
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| different data. But data may be unavailable if the failed volumes hold the |
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| same data. Because the disk monitor only knows disks have failed, and not |
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| what data is on the disks, it marks the volume group SUSPECT. |
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| DOWN | 4 | Some data missing or no data accessible. |
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