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Operating Systems AIX urgent problems with ESS SAN, SDD upgrade on AIX 5.3 server Post 302114878 by djdavies on Thursday 19th of April 2007 04:47:32 AM

04-19-2007

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thanks for the info.

i am considering calling IBM on this. While it is only a test box and the data isnt that important its the other data on the SAN that im worried about.

As for SDD yes it was upgraded -

it was still on devices.sdd.43.rte so i had to upgrade to devices.sdd.53.rte which puts it on version 1.6.2.0.

This is the problems im getting though - when i run the command you suggested - datapath query ver - it comes up again with device file not found.

As for the LUN ID's ,take a look at the data i posted - unless im mistaken the same LUN id's are still present ( these are the numbers after the vpathxx (dev) part arent they? ). Same LUN id's just in a slightly different order. So i was happy with that.

I'm starting to wonder that even though i have followed the IBM instructions that there is a conflict between the newer version of all the software i.e.

SDD
Host Attachment script
devices.fcp.disk.ibm2105.rte
devices.scsi.disk.ibm2105.rte

and something else on my server - also i cannot seem to find the FC adapters that i have on the IBM website

lscfg -vl fcs0 produces

fcs0 P1-I1/Q1 FC Adapter

Part Number.................00P2995
EC Level....................A
Serial Number...............1D2360CD0C
Manufacturer................001D
Feature Code/Marketing ID...2765
FRU Number.................. 00P2996
Network Address.............10000000C92EC946
ROS Level and ID............02C03891
Device Specific.(Z0)........2002606D
Device Specific.(Z1)........00000000
Device Specific.(Z2)........00000000
Device Specific.(Z3)........02000909
Device Specific.(Z4)........FF401050
Device Specific.(Z5)........02C03891
Device Specific.(Z6)........06433891
Device Specific.(Z7)........07433891
Device Specific.(Z8)........20000000C92EC946
Device Specific.(Z9)........CS3.82A1
Device Specific.(ZA)........C1D3.82A1
Device Specific.(ZB)........C2D3.82A1
Device Specific.(YL)........P1-I1/Q1

But the feature code is unfound in IBM ?? wierd

Anyone ever had problems like this before - i am seriously considering reverting to the older versions of the software if possible

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devinfo

devinfo(1M)						  System Administration Commands					       devinfo(1M)

NAME

       devinfo - print device specific information

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/devinfo -i device

       /usr/sbin/devinfo -p device

DESCRIPTION

       The  devinfo  command  is used to print device specific information about disk devices on standard out. The command can only be used by the
       superuser.

OPTIONS

       -i	Prints the following device information:

		  o  Device name

		  o  Software version (not supported and prints as 0)

		  o  Drive id number (not supported and prints as 0)

		  o  Device blocks per cylinder

		  o  Device bytes per block

		  o  Number of device partitions with a block size greater than zero

       -p	Prints the following device partition information:

		  o  Device name

		  o  Device major and minor numbers (in hexadecimal)

		  o  Partition start block

		  o  Number of blocks allocated to the partition

		  o  Partition flag

		  o  Partition tag

       This command is used by various other commands to obtain device specific  information for the making of file systems and determining parti-
       tion  information. If the device cannot be opened, an error message is reported.

OPERANDS

       device	Device name.

EXIT STATUS

       0	Successful operation.

       2	Operation failed.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcsu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       prtvtoc(1M), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10							    8 May 1997							       devinfo(1M)

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