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September 1st, 2010 05:00
Powerpath on AIX - ouput of the lspv command
Hi! we are migrating to EMC storage in the next weeks. Actual setup is connected to Hitachi storage.
Setup:
AIX 6.1 boot on SAN in a micro-partition with NPIV, 2 Hitachi disk one for rootvg, one for another vg (not setup yet) and Hitachi HDLM (Hitachi equivalent of powerpath). All disk connected with 4paths for each disk
I've removed HDLM and installed Powerpath according to EMC doc. No issue.
Few questions I'll like to get answers.
Now with Powerpath installed, I see 4 times the same hdisk plus the hdiskpower.
gaujf010@sxttst9999:/home/gaujf010$ lspv
hdisk0 none None
hdisk8 none None
hdisk9 none None
hdisk10 none None
hdiskpower0 00c055558fce3738 rootvg active
hdiskpower1 00c05555af6ea8a3 None
hdisk2 none None
hdisk4 none None
hdisk6 none None
hdisk11 none None
Am I suppose to see (still) the hdisks or not?
Also I see some dead path to the non rootvg disk... why?
root@sxttst9999:/root# powermt display dev=all
Pseudo name=hdiskpower1
Hitachi ID=25287
Logical device ID=HITACHI R50062C700E9
state=alive; policy=ADaptive; priority=0; queued-IOs=0
==============================================================================
---------------- Host --------------- - Stor - -- I/O Path - -- Stats ---
### HW Path I/O Paths Interf. Mode State Q-IOs Errors
==============================================================================
3 fscsi3 hdisk11 DF active alive 0 0
0 fscsi0 hdisk1 AF active dead 0 0
0 fscsi0 hdisk2 AF active alive 0 0
1 fscsi1 hdisk3 9F active dead 0 0
1 fscsi1 hdisk4 9F active alive 0 0
2 fscsi2 hdisk5 EF active dead 0 0
2 fscsi2 hdisk6 EF active alive 0 0
3 fscsi3 hdisk7 DF active dead 0 0
Pseudo name=hdiskpower0
Hitachi ID=25287
Logical device ID=HITACHI R50062C70221
state=alive; policy=ADaptive; priority=0; queued-IOs=0
==============================================================================
---------------- Host --------------- - Stor - -- I/O Path - -- Stats ---
### HW Path I/O Paths Interf. Mode State Q-IOs Errors
==============================================================================
0 fscsi0 hdisk0 AF active alive 0 0
3 fscsi3 hdisk10 DF active alive 0 0
1 fscsi1 hdisk8 9F active alive 0 0
2 fscsi2 hdisk9 EF active alive 0 0
Tks.
typer100_0f9bd1
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September 1st, 2010 06:00
Ok thanks. I've run a powermt restore and check. Flushed the dead links and config is fine now.
Thanks.
ZepHead
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September 1st, 2010 06:00
Yes, you are supposed to see the amount (or representation) of hdisks-to-paths-per-devices underneath PowerPath. The PVID's did shift to the hdiskpower devices, so that is good. Also, give emc127140 a look because it is a good solution to try and rid the dead paths.. You might have some stale configuration in PowerPath because if you see the output, you'll notice 2 of the same storage interface.