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IBM Certification Study Guide  AIX HACMP
Forcing a Varyon
A volume group with quorum disabled and one or more physical volumes 
unavailable can be “forced” to vary on by using the 
-f 
flag with the 
varyonvg 
command. Forcing a varyon with missing disk resources can cause 
unpredictable results, including a reducevg of the physical volume from the 
volume group. Forcing a varyon should be an overt (manual) action and 
should only be performed with a complete understanding of the risks 
involved.
The HACMP for AIX software assumes that a volume group is not degraded 
and all physical volumes are available when the 
varyonvg 
command is issued 
at startup or when a volume group resource is taken over during a fallover. 
The cluster event scripts provided with the HACMP for AIX software do not 
“force” varyon with the 
-f 
flag, which could cause unpredictable results. For 
this reason, modifying the cluster event scripts to use the 
-f 
flag is strongly 
discouraged.
Quorum in Non-Concurrent Access Configurations
While specific scenarios can be constructed where quorum protection does 
provide some level of protection against data corruption and loss of 
availability, quorum provides very little actual protection in non-concurrent 
access configurations. In fact, enabling quorum may mask failures by 
allowing a volume group to varyon with missing resources. Also, designing 
logical volume configuration for no single point of failure with quorum enabled 
may require the purchase of additional hardware. Although these facts are 
true, you must keep in mind that disabling quorum can result in subsequent 
loss of disks—after varying on the volume group—that go undetected.
Quorum in Concurrent Access Configurations
Quorum must be enabled for an HACMP for AIX concurrent access 
configuration. Disabling quorum could result in data corruption. Any 
concurrent access configuration where multiple failures could result in no 
common shared disk between cluster nodes has the potential for data 
corruption or inconsistency.
3.4.6  Alternate Method - TaskGuide
The TaskGuide is a graphical interface that simplifies the task of creating a 
shared volume group within an HACMP cluster configuration. The TaskGuide 
presents a series of panels that guide the user through the steps of specifying 
initial and sharing nodes, disks, concurrent or non-concurrent access, volume 
group name and physical partition size, and cluster settings. The TaskGuide 
can reduce errors, as it does not allow a user to proceed with steps that