We found that a disk was dead. The disk was hotswap so we replaced the drive, and then, .... Note: I didn't know the `lssf` command when these notes were written, but try it. jstile /home/jstile >>ioscan -fnC disk Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description ====================================================================== disk 3 8/8.1.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE ST34572WC /dev/dsk/c0t1d0 /dev/rdsk/c0t1d0 disk 4 8/8.2.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE ST34572WC /dev/dsk/c0t2d0 /dev/rdsk/c0t2d0 disk 5 8/8.3.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE ST34572WC /dev/dsk/c0t3d0 /dev/rdsk/c0t3d0 disk 6 8/8.4.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE ST34572WC /dev/dsk/c0t4d0 /dev/rdsk/c0t4d0 disk 7 8/8.5.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE ST34572WC /dev/dsk/c0t5d0 /dev/rdsk/c0t5d0 disk 8 8/8.6.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE ST34572WC /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 /dev/rdsk/c0t6d0 disk 9 8/8.8.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE ST34572WC /dev/dsk/c0t8d0 /dev/rdsk/c0t8d0 disk 10 8/8.9.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE ST34572WC /dev/dsk/c0t9d0 /dev/rdsk/c0t9d0 disk 11 8/8.10.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE ST34572WC /dev/dsk/c0t10d0 /dev/rdsk/c0t10d0 disk 12 8/8.15.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE ST34572WC /dev/dsk/c0t15d0 /dev/rdsk/c0t15d0 disk 13 8/12.1.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE ST34572WC /dev/dsk/c1t1d0 /dev/rdsk/c1t1d0 disk 14 8/12.2.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE ST34572WC /dev/dsk/c1t2d0 /dev/rdsk/c1t2d0 disk 15 8/12.3.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE ST34572WC /dev/dsk/c1t3d0 /dev/rdsk/c1t3d0 disk 22 8/12.4.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE ST34572WC /dev/dsk/c1t4d0 /dev/rdsk/c1t4d0 disk 16 8/12.5.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE ST34572WC /dev/dsk/c1t5d0 /dev/rdsk/c1t5d0 disk 17 8/12.6.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE ST34572WC /dev/dsk/c1t6d0 /dev/rdsk/c1t6d0 disk 18 8/12.8.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE ST34572WC /dev/dsk/c1t8d0 /dev/rdsk/c1t8d0 disk 19 8/12.9.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE ST34572WC /dev/dsk/c1t9d0 /dev/rdsk/c1t9d0 disk 20 8/12.10.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE ST34572WC /dev/dsk/c1t10d0 /dev/rdsk/c1t10d0 disk 21 8/12.15.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE ST34572WC /dev/dsk/c1t15d0 /dev/rdsk/c1t15d0 disk 0 10/0.5.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE ST34371W /dev/dsk/c2t5d0 /dev/rdsk/c2t5d0 disk 1 10/0.6.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE ST34371W /dev/dsk/c2t6d0 /dev/rdsk/c2t6d0 disk 2 10/12/5.2.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-5701TA /dev/cdrom /dev/dsk/c4t2d0 /dev/rdsk/c4t2d0 jstile /home/jstile >>diskinfo /dev/rdsk/c1t4d0 SCSI describe of /dev/rdsk/c1t4d0: vendor: SEAGATE product id: ST34572WC type: direct access size: 4194157 Kbytes bytes per sector: 512 jstile /home/jstile >>vgcfgrestore -n /dev/vg01 -l Volume Group Configuration information in "/etc/lvmconf/vg01.conf" VG Name /dev/vg01 ---- Physical volumes : 12 ---- /dev/rdsk/c0t1d0 (Non-bootable) /dev/rdsk/c0t2d0 (Non-bootable) /dev/rdsk/c0t3d0 (Non-bootable) /dev/rdsk/c0t4d0 (Non-bootable) /dev/rdsk/c0t5d0 (Non-bootable) /dev/rdsk/c0t6d0 (Non-bootable) /dev/rdsk/c1t1d0 (Non-bootable) /dev/rdsk/c1t2d0 (Non-bootable) /dev/rdsk/c1t3d0 (Non-bootable) /dev/rdsk/c1t4d0 (Non-bootable) /dev/rdsk/c1t5d0 (Non-bootable) /dev/rdsk/c1t6d0 (Non-bootable) jstile /home/jstile >>vgcfgrestore -n /dev/vg01 /dev/rdsk/c1t4d0 vgcfgrestore: Couldn't query physical volume "/dev/dsk/c1t4d0": The specified path does not correspond to physical volume attached to this volume group Volume Group configuration has been restored to /dev/rdsk/c1t4d0 jstile /home/jstile >>strings /etc/lvmtab /dev/vg00 /dev/dsk/c2t6d0 /dev/dsk/c2t5d0 /dev/dsk/c0t9d0 /dev/dsk/c1t9d0 /dev/vg01 /dev/dsk/c0t1d0 /dev/dsk/c0t2d0 /dev/dsk/c0t3d0 /dev/dsk/c0t4d0 /dev/dsk/c0t5d0 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 /dev/dsk/c1t1d0 /dev/dsk/c1t2d0 /dev/dsk/c1t3d0 /dev/dsk/c1t4d0 /dev/dsk/c1t5d0 /dev/dsk/c1t6d0 /dev/vg02 /dev/dsk/c0t10d0 /dev/dsk/c0t15d0 /dev/dsk/c1t10d0 /dev/dsk/c1t15d0 vgchange -a y /dev/vg01 Volume group "/dev/vg01" has been successfully changed. pvdisplay -v /dev/dsk/c1t4d0 |more --- Physical volumes --- PV Name /dev/dsk/c1t4d0 VG Name /dev/vg01 PV Status available Allocatable yes VGDA 2 Cur LV 1 PE Size (Mbytes) 4 Total PE 1023 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 1023 Stale PE 1023 IO Timeout (Seconds) default #Now Resync the mirrors. lvsync /dev/vg01/lv_datatel