nerdexam
IBM

000-221 · Question #141

An LPAR is configured with strict logical volume mirroring across two disks for resilience. The administrator would like to ensure if one disk fails the volume group stays online. Which command will…

The correct answer is D. chvg -Qn datavg. The chvg command with the -Qn flag persistently disables quorum checking on a volume group, ensuring it remains online even when one disk in a mirrored pair fails.

Storage Management

Question

An LPAR is configured with strict logical volume mirroring across two disks for resilience. The administrator would like to ensure if one disk fails the volume group stays online. Which command will ensure that the datavg volume group stays online?

Options

  • Avaryonvg -n datavg
  • Bmirrorvg-Q-c 2 datavg
  • Cmklvcopy -e m -s y (each logical volume name) 2
  • Dchvg -Qn datavg

How the community answered

(24 responses)
  • A
    8% (2)
  • B
    4% (1)
  • C
    17% (4)
  • D
    71% (17)

Why each option

The chvg command with the -Qn flag persistently disables quorum checking on a volume group, ensuring it remains online even when one disk in a mirrored pair fails.

Avaryonvg -n datavg

varyonvg -n applies a no-quorum override only at the moment the volume group is varied on and is not a persistent setting, so it does not protect against a runtime disk failure.

Bmirrorvg-Q-c 2 datavg

mirrorvg creates a mirror copy of the volume group but does not modify the quorum setting, and -Q is not a valid flag for the mirrorvg command in AIX.

Cmklvcopy -e m -s y (each logical volume name) 2

mklvcopy with -e m -s y controls mirror write consistency and inter-disk allocation policies for individual logical volumes, not the volume group quorum behavior.

Dchvg -Qn datavgCorrect

The command 'chvg -Qn datavg' sets the volume group quorum attribute to 'no' in the ODM, meaning AIX will keep the volume group active even if fewer than a majority of physical volumes are available. This is the correct persistent configuration for a two-disk mirrored setup where a single disk failure must not take the volume group offline. The setting survives reboots because it is stored in the system configuration database.

Concept tested: AIX volume group quorum configuration using chvg

Topics

#volume group quorum#disk mirroring#chvg#storage resilience

Community Discussion

No community discussion yet for this question.

Full 000-221 Practice