Recovery from "Volume Group Locked" Error Message

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Use this procedure if you get an error message stating that any volume group is locked.
Possible error messages are:

   0516-366 putlvodm: volume group rootvg is locked, try again
 
   0516-367 putlvodm: Warning: Volume group rootvg is locked. This command
        will continue retries until lock is free.  If lock is inadvertent
        and needs to be removed, execute varyonvg onto active volume
        group to clear the volume group lock

This document applies to all versions of AIX.

Procedure

Many Logical Volume Manager (LVM) commands lock the volume group while they are in operation. Before running any of the commands discussed in this section, use the ps -ef command to ensure that no other LVM commands are running against the volume group in question.

For AIX Versions 3.1 or 3.2

Unlock the volume group by entering:

   putlvodm -K `getlvodm -v [vgname]`

vgname is the name of the locked volume group. Note the grave marks (back tics) before getlvodm and after vgname. In the event the grave marks cannot be typed, break down the command into its component parts:

Enter
```
getlvodm -v rootvg
```
Sample output:
```
00005264c192a1a3
```
Enter
```
putlvodm -K 00005264c192a1a3
```

For machines running AIX Versions 3.1 and 3.2, please see /usr/lpp/bos/README in the Logical Volume Manager section for a discussion of the preceding procedure.

For AIX Versions 4.x

Enter the following command:

    chvg -u [vgname]

[ Doc Ref: 90605226714704 Publish Date: Oct. 02, 2000 4FAX Ref: 2809 ]

Recovery from "Volume Group Locked" Error Message

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