Changing a path, Changing a path -21, Adding a path (to a device included in rootvg) -21 – HP XP Racks User Manual

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hdisk4 Available 1H-08-02 Hitachi Disk Array (Fibre)

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In this example, hdisk3 and hdisk4 are recognized as HDLM-managed

devices.
If the status of all hdisks is Available, proceed to step 14. If there are

any hdisks with the Defined status, perform step 10 again.

14

.

Check the setting for the hdisk reservation policy attribute.
Make sure that the changed default value is reflected in the value actually

used.

# lsattr -El hdisk-name | grep reserve_policy

reserve_policy no_reserve Reserve Policy TRUE

15

.

Activate the volume group used by HDLM.

# varyonvg volume-group-name

16

.

Mount the file system used by HDLM.

# mount file-system-mount-point

Changing a Path

This subsection explains how to add and delete paths.

Adding a Path (to a Volume Group Other than rootvg)

Connect the path to the system and execute the following command:

# cfgmgr

Adding a Path (to a Device Included in rootvg)

The following shows an example of adding a path to hdisk0 in an

environment where rootvg consists of hdisk0 and hdisk1.

1

.

Connect the path to the system, and then execute the following

command:

# cfgmgr

2

.

Check the list of current boot disks.
The following shows an example of executing the command:

# bootlist -m normal -o

hdisk0 blv=hd5

hdisk1 blv=hd5

...

3

.

Specify a boot disk according to the host environment to be used.
The following shows an example of executing the command:

# bootlist -m normal hdisk0 hdisk1

HDLM Operation

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