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yep, the LUN was corrupted, the SAN folks fixed that problem. Gonna recreate the crap outta that VG. thanks for all the help.

I don't have the original /etc/filesystems

I am contemplating recreating the VG (loosing all data)

nope.. it's not concurrent mode

This is SAN

$ lsdev -Cc disk | grep hdisk6
hdisk6 Available 03-00-02 IBM MPIO DS5020 Array Disk

$ lspath -l hdisk6
Enabled hdisk6 fscsi0
Enabled hdisk6 fscsi2

$ errpt
B6267342 ...

Hi experts,

Power7 p720
AIX 6.1

This is what happened:

$ sudo importvg -y v7000_1vg hdisk6
0516-622 synclvodm: Warning, cannot write lv control block data.
0516-622 synclvodm: Warning,...

Thanks.. that would be great

thanks

I also have a p520 (9111-520) Power5

will that work?

jajajaj... yes, that too

ok.. I uninstalled AIX.. I threw away the DVD... and contacted IBM

I'll get the Express edition license which is relatively cheap

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meaning = I can use AIX without a license

I won't feel bad about it, I'll just imagine it is Fedora

:)

Hi Experts,

The other day I downloaded an AIX 6.1 iso (Standard Edition) on a torrent site, burned it to a DVD and installed it in a Power5 box. Now I can log into the system and use all the...

thanks everybody.. that helps

Hi Experts,

According to the manual if you want to remove the password for a user account the "password" field in /etc/security/passwd should be set to "*"

So instead of this:
password =...

thanks a lot mates. that helps a lot. one last question:

How much does the PowerVM Express Edition activation code costs? (link?)

Hi experts. I want to setup a training lab.

I have a Power 5 standalone server 9110-51A (p5 510)

I want to enable PowerVM on it and create two LPARs

I don't have money for an HMC

I...

nevermind my last post... i was able to find the firmware image in the System Microcode Update Files and Discovery Tool CD-ROM and was able to upgrade.

thanks a lot for all the help

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this is standalone server, no HMC.

I managed to boot from the diagnostics CD, there is an option to update the firmware, then you have to insert the CD containing the firmware image you want to...

it's not managed by HMC...

I downloaded the FW from FixCentral... i'll try to install the FW from CD

i'll update

any ideas ???????

This is not an LPAR, it's a standalone system.

To answer your question, I migrated this sytem from 5.3 to 6.1 without first upgrading the firmware. Now the system doesn't boot. Can't even access...

Does anybody know how to reset the NVRAM on a System p 520 (power 5)?

tried both.. the new 6.1 DVD and the old 5.3 CD...

I power it on, when I see the word keyboard on the screen i press F5 or #5 in the keyboard.. it shows the screen with all the IBMIBMIBMIBMIBM.....

i tried booting AIX from CD/DVD .. it never reaches maintenance mode.. it gets stuck

Hi. I just migrated a 5.3 box to 6.1 (standalone, no HMC). This is a System p5 520 Power 5 box

The migration process went smooth but at the end when the server rebooted it never came up. So the...