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to set up vxvm.exclude again.
When the display resulting from the vxdmpadm command is as shown in
the following table, you do not need to reconfigure vxvm.exclude.
Table 3-34 When setup of vxvm.exclude is unnecessary
Display of the vxdmpadm
command
Why suppression is unnecessary
HDLM devices are not displayed.
They are non-HDLM-managed devices such as a
built-in disk.
Only HDLM devices are displayed. Among the devices corresponding to HDLM-
managed devices, the non-HDLM devices have
been successfully removed from VxVM.
Devices other than HDLM devices
are DISABLED.
Among the devices corresponding to HDLM-
managed devices, the non-HDLM devices have
been successfully removed from VxVM (DISABLED
is displayed because the host has not been
restarted after setup).
7
.
If you have set up vxvm.exclude again, execute the following command
to restart the host and apply the setting.
# reboot
If you did not set vxvm.exclude, go to step 8.
8
.
Execute the vxdiskadm utility of the VxVM to check the suppression
settings.
Execute the utility and select menu task 19 (List currently
suppressed/non-multipathed devices) from the vxdiskadm main
menu. A list of suppressed devices is displayed.
Actions To Be Taken if an sd or ssd Device Has Not Been Suppressed from VxVM
When you create a vxvm.exclude file using the output results of the
dlmvxexclude utility with the following conditions, you might not be able to
acquire the correct controller number of an sd or ssd device even after
restarting the host. This can result in the sd or ssd device not being removed
from VxVM normally.
•
An sd or ssd device corresponding to an HDLM-managed device is
connected to a non-Sun HBA.
•
An HDLM device is running.
The following shows examples of when an sd or ssd device has not been
correctly removed. The description below assumes that the shaded HDLM
device in the execution results of the view -path operation has not been
recognized.
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