recovery from RVG is disabled

    sometims your RVG cannot be started anyway, and the “vxprint –Vl” shows something like

    “kernel=DISABLED”

    In my case, the srl volume status is NEEDSYNC, that makes the RVG cannot be started, so repair the srl volume with following instructions:

1.  Dissociate SRL:

# vxvol -g vrdg -f dis vvrsrl

vxvm:vxvol: WARNING: Rvg rvg1 needs recovery. Volume being dissociated may not be up-to-date

2.  Stop the SRL:

# vxvol -g vrdg stop vvrsrl

3.  Start the SRL. It will take some time for the SRL to resynchronize.  You can run vxtask list from another window to monitor progress.

# vxvol start vvrsrl

4.  Re-associate the SRL:

# vxvol -g vrdg aslog rvg1 vvrsrl

5.  Recover the RVG:

# vxrecover -g vrdg -s

6.  Start the RVG:

# vxrvg start rvg1

Reference from symantec:

http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/268215.htm