pvcreate cannot determine block size

[John Jimenez]

HP told me to do a EMC command
powermt display dev=all

20 1/0/2/1/0.97.4.239.1.10.0 c20t10d0 SP A0 active dead 0 2
23 1/0/2/1/0.97.8.239.1.10.0 c23t10d0 SP B1 active dead 0 2
26 1/0/4/1/0.97.4.239.1.10.0 c26t10d0 SP B0 active dead 0 2
29 1/0/4/1/0.97.8.239.1.10.0 c29t10d0 SP A1 active dead 0 2

He says that as long as it is dead there we cannot kill the commands. There was a link he sent me

http://www13.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c01016272-3&docLocale=en&admit=109447627+1247099613520+28353475


as per that link I did the following

root@diamond.iehp.org:/>
=> #rmsf -H 1/0/2/1/0.97.8.239.1.10.0
root@diamond.iehp.org:/>
=> #rmsf -H 1/0/2/1/0.97.4.239.1.10.0
root@diamond.iehp.org:/>
=> #rmsf -H 1/0/4/1/0.97.4.239.1.10.0
root@diamond.iehp.org:/>
=> #rmsf -H 1/0/4/1/0.97.8.239.1.10.0

then iosanced


root@diamond.iehp.org:/>
=> #insf -H 1/0/2/1/0.97.8.239.1.10.0
insf: Installing special files for sdisk instance 127 address 1/0/2/1/0.97.8.239.1.10.0 root@diamond.iehp.org:/> => #insf -H 1/0/2/1/0.97.4.239.1.10.0
insf: Installing special files for sdisk instance 126 address 1/0/2/1/0.97.4.239.1.10.0 root@diamond.iehp.org:/> => #insf -H 1/0/4/1/0.97.4.239.1.10.0
insf: Installing special files for sdisk instance 152 address 1/0/4/1/0.97.4.239.1.10.0 root@diamond.iehp.org:/> => #insf -H 1/0/4/1/0.97.8.239.1.10.0
insf: Installing special files for sdisk instance 148 address 1/0/4/1/0.97.8.239.1.10.0

But when I do the powermt it is still dead and the two commands are still hung. I am going to open up a call with EMC tonight. But I have a feeling that I will need to reboot. But I am concerned that those two hanging processes will cause issues in between. But since it has been hung for 6 hours I am guessing that is should be okay until my shutdown window on Saturday

[Mel Burslan]

I think you are quite right on your "reboot may be needed" assessment. Please see the following thread, where it came down to rebooting the server:

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1216745

Good luck

[Vishu]

i agree with Mel. There are instance when reboot the things help finally. Reboot will itself take care of device file assignments.

and please don't forget to assign points.

Thanks

[John Jimenez]

Mel, Rita had some interesting responses on that thread. Thank you very much for the link. I have not used

symcfg discover
powermt check

EMC has what they call SP collects and EMCGrabs. But they are leaning toward it being a HP-UX host issue not EMC CLARiiON issue. So I think it will wind up being rebooted on Sat. But the system is running okay yesteday and today, so it should be okay until then.

[John Jimenez]

I still have the issues, but I assigned some points. I will add on to this thread when EMC gets back. But I am still a little confused on what my procedure should be. I am going to open up a new thread, with what I think it should be next time and refer that thread to this one.

[John Jimenez]

EMC sent me something called a Primus solution "emc114815"

under fix is says to do the following:

Take note of any special configurations to PowerPath (ie. load balancing policy, standby mode, etc...)
Remove /etc/powermt.custom (and any copys of that file i.e. powermt.custom.0, powermt.custom.bck)
reboot the host
Run powermt save

I have never removed the /etc/powrmt.custom file before. I am trying to get some answers on if there might be some issues if I remove the powermt.custom files.