add new harddrive on the server l2000

[Nagaraj Kris]

Hi all,
server configuration is
HP9000 series L2000
We need to add one internal harddisk to an empty slot residing on the server, steps i would be following would be
insert the new harddisk on the slot,
insf -e
ioscan -funC disk
this would detect the new harddisk attached
.please correct me if any other steps need to be performed

Also the server is attached with SC10 array, i want to add disk space to the volume group of the diskarray, what are the steps i need to follow ?

lastly i believe the disk is hotswappable, as per the config details, so we dont need to shutdown the server.

Thanks in advance.
Appreciate your inputs.
Have a nice day.

Nag.

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Your commands are backwards. Run ioscan then insf.

I would simply do:
ioscan -fn
insf
ioscan -fn


The second ioscan -fn should display new device nodes. You are then ready to add the new disk to a volume group (or make a new VG).

The steps are essentially the same with tour SC10. Add new disks. ioscan -fn. insf. inscan -fn. You then can run vgextend to add the new disks to an existing VG.

... and no, the disks aren't hot-swappable but they are hot-pluggable so they can be removed/installed/replaced "on the fly". In HP speak, hot swapable means you insert a disk and walk away. All the configuration is automatic. An example of this would be the old AutoRAID's. Hot-pluggable means that the electronics allow the device to be replaced while it is powered but human intervention is required for use.

[Tim Nelson]

Insert drive ( it is hot swap and can be done online, beware that a SCSI bus reset will be issued and if the server is really really really busy there may be a slight impact ).

ioscan
insf -e or -eH HW_PATH
ioscan -kfnC disk ( should now see the new disk ).

locate the volume group that the other disks are in.
pvcreate /dev/rdsk/cxtxdx ( found above with ioscan -kfnC disk command )

vgextend /dev/vgxx /dev/dsk/cxtxdx

Then either create a new lvol with lvcreate or add to existing with lvextend.

Anthing more specific and you will have to supply the outputs of ioscan and vgdisplay

[Nagaraj Kris]

Thanks a lot. I will update after doing the task.

Nag.