Stuck adding storage to IBM AIX box

try symcfg discover

DETTRN /usr/symcli/bin $lsdev -Cc disk | grep power

hdiskpower0  Available 00-08-01     PowerPath Device

hdiskpower1  Available 00-08-01     PowerPath Device

hdiskpower2  Available 05-08-01     PowerPath Device

hdiskpower3  Available 05-08-01     PowerPath Device

hdiskpower4  Available 05-08-01     PowerPath Device

hdiskpower5  Available 05-08-01     PowerPath Device

hdiskpower6  Available 05-08-01     PowerPath Device

hdiskpower7  Available 05-08-01     PowerPath Device

hdiskpower8  Available 05-08-01     PowerPath Device

hdiskpower9  Available 05-08-01     PowerPath Device

hdiskpower10 Available 05-08-01     PowerPath Device

run "sympd list" instead of symmaskdb list devs.

good, anytime you add device to a host, you want to run symcfg discover to update symapi database that resides on that host. Welcome to the forums

Okay, now the next big question.. is the seqeunce different for when you're masking devices to create one big store?  My next quest is to mask drives to create a 1TB store.. which I've done..

DETTRN /usr/symcli/bin $./symmaskdb list devs -wwn 10000000xxxxxxxx

Symmetrix ID        :

Originator Port wwn : 10000000xxxxxxxx

User-generated Name : buttercup/fcs1

Sym Dev                                               LUN

Name    Dir:P  Physical Device Name     VBUS  TID  SYMM HOST  Attr  Cap(MB)

------  -----  -----------------------  ----  ---  ---- ----  ----  -------

0028     8C:1  /dev/rhdiskpower8           0    0    3e    4              3 

0029     8C:1  /dev/rhdiskpower9           0    0    3f    5              3 

01C4     8C:1  /dev/rhdiskpower2           0    0    40    6          61425 

01C5     8C:1  /dev/rhdiskpower3           0    0    41    7          61425 

01C6     8C:1  /dev/rhdiskpower4           0    0    42    8          61425 

01C7     8C:1  /dev/rhdiskpower5           0    0    43    9          61425 

01C8     8C:1  /dev/rhdiskpower6           0    0    44    a          61425 

01C9     8C:1  /dev/rhdiskpower7           0    0    45    b          61425 

0220     8C:1  /dev/rhdiskpower10          0    0    3c    c          35723 

0222     8C:1  Not Visible                 0    0    3d  N/A  (M)   1107427  <========

Except this time, the symcfg discover doesn't change the status..  did I miss something else since this is technically different?

thanks.

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did you run "symmask refresh" after you masked the device ?

if you run "lsdev -Cc disk | grep power"  ..how many devices do you see ?

Still don't see it..

Symmetrix ID:

--------------------------- ------------- -------------------------------------

	Cap
Physical	Sym  SA DA :IT  Config	Attribute	Sts   (MB)

--------------------------- ------------- -------------------------------------

Yes.. from the scrollback..

DETTRN /usr/symcli/bin $./symmask refresh

Refresh Symmetrix FA/SE directors with contents of SymMask database 000190105528 (y/ ) ? y

Symmetrix FA/SE directors updated with contents of SymMask Database 000190105528

hmm.. no results..

DETTRN /usr/symcli/bin $./symcfg discover

This operation may take up to a few minutes. Please be patient...

DETTRN /usr/symcli/bin $

Stick with me, because I'm kinda a noob.  Our EMC expert guy quit with no knowledge transfer.

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Nevermind!  It showed up now! 

DETTRN /usr/symcli/bin $./symmaskdb list devs -wwn 10000000xxxxxxxx

Symmetrix ID       

Originator Port wwn : 10000000xxxxxxxx

User-generated Name : buttercup/fcs1

Sym Dev                                               LUN

Name    Dir:P  Physical Device Name     VBUS  TID  SYMM HOST  Attr  Cap(MB)

------  -----  -----------------------  ----  ---  ---- ----  ----  -------

0028     8C:1  /dev/rhdiskpower8           0    0    3e    4              3 

0029     8C:1  /dev/rhdiskpower9           0    0    3f    5              3 

01C4     8C:1  /dev/rhdiskpower2           0    0    40    6          61425 

01C5     8C:1  /dev/rhdiskpower3           0    0    41    7          61425 

01C6     8C:1  /dev/rhdiskpower4           0    0    42    8          61425 

01C7     8C:1  /dev/rhdiskpower5           0    0    43    9          61425 

01C8     8C:1  /dev/rhdiskpower6           0    0    44    a          61425 

01C9     8C:1  /dev/rhdiskpower7           0    0    45    b          61425 

0220     8C:1  /dev/rhdiskpower10          0    0    3c    c          35723  <-----------------

Thanks!

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you are very welcome

Well, I'll be.  I don't know if it was just taking its sweet time, or perhaps the cfgmgr -v fixed it, but after I did that, I ran the powermt display dev=all and it showed up:

Pseudo name=hdiskpower11

Symmetrix ID=xxxxxxxxxxxx

Logical device ID=0222

state=alive; policy=SymmOpt; priority=0; queued-IOs=0

==============================================================================

---------------- Host ---------------   - Stor -   -- I/O Path -  -- Stats ---

###  HW Path                I/O Paths    Interf.   Mode    State  Q-IOs Errors

==============================================================================

   0 fscsi1                    hdisk21   FA  8cB   active  alive      0      0

then another..

DETTRN /usr/symcli/bin $./symcfg discover

and it showed up

0222     8C:1  /dev/rhdiskpower11          0    0    3d    d  (M)   1107427   Perhaps it takes a few minutes for everything to configure, or did the cfgmgr actually invoke it?

if you run cfgmgr -v  ...do you see any errors ?  What does powermt display dev=all look like

what version of AIX ?

oslevel -g