I had the same problem a while back.
IBM provided the following**UNSUPPORTED** procedures.
They did fix the issue, but be careful.
1. Make a backup before you do anything
2. Create the map file to specify the PPs you want to remove:
# lquerylv -L `getlvodm -l hd2` -r > /tmp/mapfile
3. vi /tmp/mapfile and remove the good entries.
Example: After you have finished editing your map file it should have just the following:
delete all good entries and leave only the bad entries within this output.
–> added this line to help
00cc978eb3617d1e 493 1
00cc978eb3617d1e 494 2
00cc978eb3617d1e 495 3
The PVID and other lp/pp numbrs listed above are associated with the disk drive we are wishing to REMOVE the logical partitions off of.
4. Deallocate the PPs using lreducelv
# lreducelv -l `getlvodm -l hd2` -s <no. of partitions to remove> /tmp/mapfile
After we are done we should then see
lslv -m hd2
have only one copy and
lsvg -l rootvg
should have the same number for lps and pps.
Note: The first number is the pvid – followed by the number of pp’s followed by if it’s mirrored or not.
