EMC San disks seen by ioscan, not by SAM or vxvm

[epsunix]

I am trying to add more SAN space into veritas. I have tried the following:
ioscan -fnC disk
insf -e
vxdctl enable
and the disks still won't show up in a vxdisk list. Tried going into SAM to "label" the disks, but they aren't showing up there either. Here is my ioscan showing controller 6 disks which need to be added:
disk 16 0/5/2/0.221.35.0.0.0.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE EMC SYMMETRIX
/dev/dsk/c6t0d0 /dev/rdsk/c6t0d0
disk 17 0/5/2/0.221.35.0.0.0.5 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE EMC SYMMETRIX
/dev/dsk/c6t0d5 /dev/rdsk/c6t0d5
disk 18 0/5/2/0.221.35.0.0.0.7 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE EMC SYMMETRIX
/dev/dsk/c6t0d7 /dev/rdsk/c6t0d7
disk 19 0/5/2/0.221.35.0.0.1.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE EMC SYMMETRIX
/dev/dsk/c6t1d0 /dev/rdsk/c6t1d0
disk 20 0/5/2/0.221.35.0.0.1.1 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE EMC SYMMETRIX
/dev/dsk/c6t1d1 /dev/rdsk/c6t1d1
disk 21 0/5/2/0.221.35.0.0.1.2 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE EMC SYMMETRIX
/dev/dsk/c6t1d2 /dev/rdsk/c6t1d2
disk 22 0/5/2/0.221.35.0.0.1.3 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE EMC SYMMETRIX
/dev/dsk/c6t1d3 /dev/rdsk/c6t1d3
disk 23 0/5/2/0.221.35.0.0.1.4 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE EMC SYMMETRIX
/dev/dsk/c6t1d4 /dev/rdsk/c6t1d4
disk 24 0/5/2/0.221.35.0.0.1.5 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE EMC SYMMETRIX
/dev/dsk/c6t1d5 /dev/rdsk/c6t1d5
disk 25 0/5/2/0.221.35.0.0.1.6 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE EMC SYMMETRIX
/dev/dsk/c6t1d6 /dev/rdsk/c6t1d6
disk 26 0/5/2/0.221.35.0.0.1.7 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE EMC SYMMETRIX
/dev/dsk/c6t1d7 /dev/rdsk/c6t1d7
disk 27 0/5/2/0.221.35.0.0.2.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE EMC SYMMETRIX
/dev/dsk/c6t2d0 /dev/rdsk/c6t2d0
disk 28 0/5/2/0.221.35.0.0.2.1 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE EMC SYMMETRIX
/dev/dsk/c6t2d1 /dev/rdsk/c6t2d1

a vxdisk list:
bash-4.0# vxdisk list
DEVICE TYPE DISK GROUP STATUS
c2t1d0 auto:hpdisk rootdisk01 rootdg online
c3t0d0 auto:hpdisk - - online
c4t0d0 auto:LVM - - LVM
c4t0d5 auto:cdsdisk ovodg01 ovodg online
c4t0d7 auto:cdsdisk ovodg02 ovodg online
c4t1d0 auto:cdsdisk ovodg03 ovodg online
c4t1d1 auto:cdsdisk oracledg01 oracledg online
c4t1d2 auto:cdsdisk oracledg02 oracledg online
c4t1d3 auto:cdsdisk oracledg03 oracledg online
c4t1d4 auto:cdsdisk oracledg04 oracledg online
c4t1d5 auto:cdsdisk oracledg05 oracledg online
c4t1d6 auto:cdsdisk oracledg06 oracledg online
c4t1d7 auto:cdsdisk oracledg07 oracledg online
c4t2d0 auto:cdsdisk oracledg08 oracledg online
c4t2d1 auto:cdsdisk oracledg09 oracledg online

uname -arn: HP-UX psdevpi1 B.11.23 U 9000/800 1980084288 unlimited-user license
vxlicrep:
Symantec License Manager vxlicrep utility version 3.02.16.0
Copyright (C) 1996-2006 Symantec Corporation. All rights reserved.

Creating a report on all VERITAS products installed on this system

-----------------***********************-----------------

License Key = 3EZE-9MCT-6D6K-K34D-VJ6P-3PCN-P
Product Name = VERITAS File System
Serial Number = 7015
License Type = PERMANENT
OEM ID = 2006
Point Product = YES

Features :=
VXFS = Enabled
QLOG = Enabled

CPU Count = Not Restricted
Platform = HP-UX
Version = 5.0
Maximum number of file systems = Not Restricted


-----------------***********************-----------------

License Key = 3JZU-WDP6-PP6C-P4O4-HS38-NPPO-P
Product Name = VERITAS File System
Serial Number = 1
License Type = PERMANENT
OEM ID = 4095

Features :=
HP_OnlineJFS = Enabled

CPU Count = Not Restricted
Platform = HP-UX
Version = 4.1
File Change Log = Enabled
Maximum number of file systems = Not Restricted


-----------------***********************-----------------

License Key = IEZU-KCWN-4R2R-34JY-2AUP-NO6P-8PP
Product Name = VERITAS Storage Foundation Standard HA
Serial Number = 7015
License Type = PERMANENT
OEM ID = 2006
Editions Product = YES

Features :=
VxVM#VERITAS Volume Manager = Enabled
CPU Count#VERITAS Volume Manager = Not Restricted
CPU Count#VERITAS File System = Not Restricted
Platform = HP-UX

VXFS#VERITAS File System = Enabled
Version = 5.0
Tier#VERITAS Cluster Server = Unused
Mode#VERITAS Cluster Server = VCS
VERITAS Foundation Suite HA = Enabled
Storage Expert#VERITAS Volume Manager = Enabled
QLOG#VERITAS File System = Enabled
PGR#VERITAS Volume Manager = Enabled


-----------------***********************-----------------

Product Name = VERITAS Volume Manager
License Type = PERMANENT

Features :=
Dynamic Lun Expansion = Enabled
Hardware assisted copy = Enabled
Cross-platform Data Sharing = Enabled
PGR = Enabled
PGR_TRAINING = Enabled



-----------------***********************-----------------

Product Name = VERITAS File System
License Type = PERMANENT

Features :=
File Change Log = Enabled
Cross-platform Data Sharing = Enabled
Extra-Big File Systems = Enabled
Multi-Volume Support = Enabled



-----------------***********************-----------------

License Key = BZZG-ZICR-X88X-2OYW-6R6P-JPZP-PPPP-3PP
Product Name = VERITAS Volume Manager
Serial Number = 7015
License Type = PERMANENT
OEM ID = 2006
Point Product = YES

Features :=

Storage Expert = Enabled
VxVM = Enabled
CPU Count = Not Restricted
PGR = Enabled
Platform = HP-UX
Version = 5.0
Maximum number of volumes = Not Restricted


-----------------***********************-----------------

License Key = PZZE-BVN4-62Z7-8TVZ-PXPA-XC
Product Name = VERITAS Cluster Server
Serial Number = 7015
License Type = PERMANENT
OEM ID = 2006
Point Product = YES

Features :=
Platform = HP-UX
Version = 5.0
Tier = Unused
Reserved = 0

Mode = VCS

Any help to get these disks under Veritas would be appreciated.

Thanks!

[Yaniv Valik]

Hi,

according to one of my colleagues, itâ s usually solved once youâ ve labeled the disks correctly and run â vxdisk scandisksâ .

Best regards,
Yaniv
www.ContinuitySoftware.com

[Yaniv Valik]

Hi,

Sorry about the unprintable chars...

according to one of my colleagues, it's usually solved once you have labeled the disks correctly and executed "vxdisk scandisks".

Best regards,
Yaniv
www.ContinuitySoftware.com

[epsunix]

Yaniv,
How do I go about labeling the disks correctly when SAM doesn't even see them? And I have done a vxdsik scandisks with nothing new showing up.

[Bill Hassell]

ioscan will always discover new disks. It is the lowest level program you can use and if it shows nothing, then the LUNs have not been properly presented to the HP-UX system. Usually this is a SAN switch misconfigure or a disk array problem (or both). Don't waste time with high level commands until ioscan shows the new LUNs and insf creates the new device files. Double check new device files with diskinfo to make sure the size is what you expect.

[Pulse001]

Hi epsunix,

I think all the EMC disks are properly claimed in ioscan output. You can try by reinitializing VxVM Cofiguration daemon( #vxconfigd -k). This should make all the claimed disks visible to VxVM.

Thanks

[Anoop P_2]

#vxddladm listsupport

See if the following line appears:
libvxemc.sl EMC SYMMETRIX

In some cases removing this library will make it visible to vxvm

To add it:

vxddladm includearray=libvxemc.sl

To remove it:

vxddladm excludearray-libvxemc.sl

Followed by removing it, do

vxdctl enable
vxconfigd -k -m enable
vxdisk list

Hope the disks show up.