Re: replacing mounted rootdbs as raw diskspace

Posted in 1998

Art S. Kagel — Thu, 25 Jun 1998 15:29:57 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Mike Segel wrote: > > Neil Truby wrote: > > > > Art S. Kagel wrote: [DETAILS SNIPPED in the interest of brevity] > One slight problem.... > If you are using the LVM (Logical Volume Manager) on AIX, HP-UX, etc ... > you may need to increase your offset otherwise you will over write some > of the > LVM's info if you don't include the offset. > > Yeah, you may want to consider using the LVM to help manage the raw > chunks. > (But that's another topic, and I only play a DBA on tv. ;-) Quick fix for this Mikey, create a 1MB LVM device at the beginning of the drive then the partition for Informix. Those nasty LVMs only put their configuration block at the beginning of the first logical device. Art S. Kagel