topic Re: Changing disk name in Operating System - HP-UX

Changing disk name

Hofmann Berthold — Mon, 22 May 2006 07:55:24 GMT

Hello, i have installed a disk which was in a other machine, an now i see a wrong tyep when i do a search for boot devices at booting. Can i set the diskname back to the normal name in my case it should be FUJITSU MAJ3182MC

Re: Changing disk name

Andrew Rutter — Mon, 22 May 2006 08:11:51 GMT

hi,

you cannot change this is this is just the model of the disk from manufacturer. if you want it to show a Fujitsu disk then you need to install one.
when you say see wrong type? what exactly do you mean? does the original boot disk disappear from the list? it may be further down the list if its a higher scsi id than the new disk.
If you have repalced it then this is the new type of disk

Andy

Re: Changing disk name

Sivakumar TS — Mon, 22 May 2006 08:41:08 GMT

Hello,

The above info comes from the firmware of the disk and we cant change the same.

What is the disk name that you see in the new machine ?

Regards,

Siva

Re: Changing disk name

Chan 007 — Mon, 22 May 2006 08:45:31 GMT

Hi,

In older OS we have /etc/disktab to do certain things, but in your case it is not possible.

My question as long as it enables you to install and work why to bother about the disk name / model?

Chan

Re: Changing disk name

Hofmann Berthold — Tue, 23 May 2006 00:05:34 GMT

Hello,
my question is, because there is a extention disk_4 which seems to added by someone, and it would be nice to remove this entry to have no mistake. But if it is not possible i can work with this.
Thank you for your answers.

Re: Changing disk name

Senthil Kumar .A_1 — Tue, 23 May 2006 00:37:22 GMT

Hi,

Please let us know where do you see disk_4 extension. Better still give us the output of the following command...that would make it clear...

ioscan -funC disk

Regards,
Senthil Kumar .A

Re: Changing disk name

Hofmann Berthold — Tue, 23 May 2006 02:37:04 GMT

Hello,

is see it already at booting i do a search
boot.

Berthold

Re: Changing disk name

Senthil Kumar .A_1 — Tue, 23 May 2006 03:12:45 GMT

oops,

I missed the part "search while booting" part. Pardon me. By the way , we can't change the name the way it displayed at PDC level. The name displayed is by the firmare probing for the device. If the name should be display as it was displaying before in the other server, then may be you need to match your current PDC version with the other system. If the PDC version mismatches, then we need to think of somehow upgrading the PDC firmware. Its not advicable to do so, just because the name display of the disk should be different.

I had be happy as long as the system is able to boot from the said disk. The name has no signification for the system operation.

Regards,
Senthil Kumar .A