How to extend veritas filesystem on IBM AIX/Linux ?

In this article, we will look steps how to extend a VXFS(Veritas Filesystem) on an IBM AIX or Linux box.

Lets have a look step by step how to perform this task.

1. First check out the partition we want to increase.

ngeaix001 --> df -g /nfspart/products/interfaces
/dev/vx/dsk/nfspdg/nfsp_vol     18.00     13.47   26%    42544     2% /nfspart/products/interfaces
ngeaix001 -->

 

2. Check out the space available on that DG(diskgroup)

ngeaix001 --> vxassist -g nfspdg maxsize
Maximum volume size: 3921920 (1915Mb)

 

3. Now give LUN id to storage team to increase this LUN by 20GB for both disks.
Lets see the steps to get the LUN ID.

ngeaix001 --> vxdisk list | grep -i nfspdg
3pardata0_13005 auto:cdsdisk    hdisk12      nfspdg       online thinrclm shared
3pardata1_12206 auto:cdsdisk    hdisk5       nfspdg       online thinrclm shared
ngeaix001 -->

ngeaix001 --> lsattr -El hdisk12
clr_q         no                 Device CLEARS its Queue on error True
location                         Location                         True
lun_id        0x6000000000000    Logical unit number ID           False
node_name     0x2ff70002ac00c71e Node name                        False
pvid          none               Device support                   False
q_err         yes                Use QERR bit                     True
q_type        simple             Queuing TYPE                     True
queue_depth   16                 Queue DEPTH                      True
reassign_to   120                REASSIGN time out value          True
rw_timeout    60                 Read/Write time out value        True
scsi_id       0x64e5c0           SCSI ID                          False
sn_location   2410               N/A                              False
start_timeout 60                 START unit time out value        True
ww_name       0x21230002ac00c71e World wide name                  False
ngeaix001 --> 

 

4. Now after disk size increase, rescan the disk.

# cfgmgr
or,
# vxdctl -c mode

 

5. Now increase the Veritas Diskgroup first by occupying new disk space.

ngeaix001 --> df -g /nfspart/products/interfaces
/dev/vx/dsk/nfspdg/nfsp_vol     18.00     13.47   26%    42544     2% /nfspart/products/interfaces

### Try to increase the partition directly, it will throw an error.
ngeaix001 --> vxresize -F vxfs -g nfspdg nfsp_vol +12G
VxVM vxassist ERROR V-5-1-436 Cannot allocate space to grow volume to 62914560 blocks
VxVM vxresize ERROR V-5-1-4703 Problem running vxassist command for volume nfsp_vol, in diskgroup nfspdg

### Resize the disks increased.
ngeaix001 --> vxdisk -f -g nfspdg resize 3pardata0_13005
ngeaix001 --> vxassist -g nfspdg maxsize
Maximum volume size: 3921920 (1915Mb)
ngeaix001 --> vxdisk -f -g nfspdg resize  3pardata1_12206
ngeaix001 --> vxassist -g nfspdg maxsize
Maximum volume size: 45862912 (22394Mb)

 

6. Now increase the partition or volume.

ngeaix001 --> vxresize -F vxfs -g nfspdg nfsp_vol +12G
ngeaix001 --> df -g | grep -i interface
/dev/vx/dsk/nfspdg/nfsp_vol     30.00     24.72   18%    42544     1% /nfspart/products/interfaces
ngeaix001 -->
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