topic Re: FC60 and VxVM in Disk Enclosures

FC60 and VxVM

Huber_4 — Thu, 21 Nov 2002 13:38:03 GMT

Hi all,

I have 6 LUNS managed by a FC60. I have advanced VxVM installed on my platform. But vea does not see these LUNs whereas ioscan and amdsp see them. And actually I don't see my LUNs in /dev/vx/rdmp/. And when I try to run a "vxdisksetup -i cxtydz" (where cxtydz is the device of a LUN), I obtain the following error:
vxvm:vxdisk: ERROR: Device c4t0d0: Not in the configuration

What is wrong ? How can I say to CVM that there are LUNs on my plateform ?

Thanks in advance for all your answers.

Re: FC60 and VxVM

Eugeny Brychkov — Thu, 21 Nov 2002 14:50:54 GMT

Looks like problem is not in the FC60 but in VxVM setup
Eugeny

Re: FC60 and VxVM

David Bell_1 — Thu, 21 Nov 2002 14:57:01 GMT

Huber,

Please have a look at this link that I posted previously. Due to this, I would contact HP and/or Veritas and see if a patch is available.

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x2f36af48a9e5d5118ff40090279cd0f9,00.html

HTH,

Dave

Re: FC60 and VxVM

Vincent Fleming — Thu, 21 Nov 2002 16:30:31 GMT

I checked the Veritas website, and apparently you need v3.5 to support FC60.

Please see http://ftp.support.veritas.com/pub/support/products/VolumeManager_UNIX/250786.pdf
and
http://ftp.support.veritas.com/pub/support/products/VolumeManager_UNIX/250789.pdf

for more details.

Please note that VxVM v3.5 supports ONLY HP-UX 11i.

Re: FC60 and VxVM

Huber_4 — Thu, 21 Nov 2002 17:47:57 GMT

Yes, I also had a look at thes docs and I have v3.5! I do not find any solution. I'm trying the strong way : creation of the LUNs then reinstallation of HPUX (I also have HPUX11i...). Because previously I installed HPUX then rearranged LUNs (unbind, rebind,etc)

Thanks for you answers.

Re: FC60 and VxVM

Stanislav Markovic — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 10:05:54 GMT

Huber,

Did you run "vxdctl enable" before trying vxdisksetup?

HTH,
-- Stanislav

Re: FC60 and VxVM

Huber_4 — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 10:15:31 GMT

Yes, I tried that, thank you. I have no idea anymore. I opened a case at Veritas. But if you have other ideas, you're welcome !

Re: FC60 and VxVM

Gerrit Beyken — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 10:42:11 GMT

Hi,

have i understand you correct?
Are your FC60-luns not available in ioscan nor the FC60 by ampdsp?

Can you attach your ioscan please?

regards

Gerrit

Re: FC60 and VxVM

Huber_4 — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 11:01:05 GMT

Re: FC60 and VxVM

Gerrit Beyken — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 11:14:16 GMT

Hi,

looks very well.
May it be that you have to do the vxdisksetup with the full devicefile of you disk (just like pvcreate).
I mean: "vxdisksetup -i /dev/dsk/cxtydz".

regards

Gerrit

Re: FC60 and VxVM

Eugeny Brychkov — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 11:20:05 GMT

From amdsp output I guess that WCA and CMA are not checked with 'X' for all LUNs. Do you have single-controller FC60? Any component failures? Why cache is not active?
Post amdsp -a here
Eugeny

Re: FC60 and VxVM

Huber_4 — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 13:49:30 GMT

To reply to Gerrit : no I can't use full path. It is not accepted.
For Eugeny :
I do not have alternate paths because I do not have as many fiber channels as required. That's maybe the reason for what you noticed. Do you think this could be the origin of my problems ?
I enclose the output of ampsp -a.
Thanks.

Re: FC60 and VxVM

Eugeny Brychkov — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 15:27:53 GMT

Huber, your FC60 has very old firmware - HP01 (latest HP11), some BCCs are in unconscious state (may require replacement) and I recommend you to call HP asap for firmware upgrade and FC60 examination.
When you'll get FC60 in 'Ready' state only then we can talk about OS, patches and drivers.
Please keep me on track with your FC60
Eugeny