04-30-2015
thanks for replies..I'm not whining, maybe just venting ;-)....anyways, I never mentioned 3 dvd's. I only mentioned 2.go back and read my post(s) ,please.
I have hmc v8.2, vios server disks 1 and 2, v 2.2.3.4. brand new 8202-e4b server 128GB RAM, 6CPU.
lack of understanding of the technology? you bet! that's why I'm here, that goes without saying! I've been reading countless papers,websites,books on this very subject.
I've connected to HMC limited shell,and tried to run installios -u, but it says 'default1' label exists in nimol.conf.but of course, IBM provides no 'vi' to delete the entry in that file. so I cannot install from command line.
can't install from template because of the read-only terminal,and disk #2 fails to install..how is it possible that the template system install of VIOS can see disk one,but fails to see disk two in the SAME folder on the HMC repository? the IBM documentation clearly states it will automatically see disk 2 in the same default location as disk 1!! so if their documentation is wrong,what good is it,anyways? it's not like Sybase documentation whis is so precise it's an art form..
I can,however, install a full OS version of aix 6.1..it works perfectly well.go and try to install another AIX 6.1 VM ( or LPAR), and SMS menu only sees interconnected LAN(s), not a dvdrom,not a harddrive, nothing..I do NOT have NIM set up,nor do I plan to use one...if I disconnect scsi from first aix 6.1 VM ,I can then see them on VM #2.but then vm #1 doesn't work..I get that I probably need to use dynamic LPAR and that the first aix VM holds these particular scsi devices exclusively..
(*we just differ in opinions,I've been using esxi for years.Sparc LDOMs for years.they're easy as pie to set up from scratch,even for newbies..PowerVm seems like it's not ready for primetime.
esxi is by far the most user-friendly technology out there.Xen/Oracle VM Manager require
repositories for ISO, etc.vmware uses anything, anywhere, in unstructured formats..it doesn't create Virtual machine folders, ISO folders, template folders on a repository ,etc..it doesn't require you to upload an ISO to repo ,first,just to be able to use it to create a VM from it..you can use an OS ISO from anywhere..they also don't require the set up of an HMC.there's a reason they're #1, by far..but thats another topic.)
again ,thanks for the help.the reason I'm venting is I'm 100% convinced I'm doing something so small, somewhere.I just can't figure that part out.that's what is frustrating.
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SBP(4) BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual SBP(4)
NAME
sbp -- Serial Bus Protocol 2 (SBP-2) Mass Storage Devices driver
SYNOPSIS
kldload firewire
kldload cam
kldload sbp
or
device sbp
device firewire
device scbus
device da
device cd
device pass
DESCRIPTION
The sbp driver provides support for SBP-2 devices that attach to the FireWire (IEEE 1394) port. It should work with SBP-2 devices which the
CAM layer supports, for example, HDDs, CDROM drives and DVD drives.
Some users familiar with umass(4) might wonder why the device is not detached at the CAM layer when the device is unplugged. It is detached
only if the device has not been plugged again during several bus resets. This is for preventing to detach an active file system even when
the device cannot be probed correctly for some reason after a bus reset or when the device is temporary disconnected because the user changes
the bus topology. If you want to force to detach the device, run ``fwcontrol -r'' several times or set hw.firewire.hold_count=0 by
sysctl(1).
Some (broken) HDDs do not work well with tagged queuing. If you have problems with such drives, try ``camcontrol [device id] tags -N 1'' to
disable tagged queuing.
SEE ALSO
cam(4), firewire(4), camcontrol(8), fwcontrol(8), kldload(8), sysctl(8)
AUTHORS
The sbp driver was written by Katsushi Kobayashi and Hidetoshi Shimokawa.
This manual page was written by Katsushi Kobayashi.
BSD
May 20, 2002 BSD