Changing A Path; Adding A Path (To A Volume Group Other Than Rootvg); Adding A Path (To A Device Included In Rootvg) - Hitachi XP P9500 User Manual

# lsattr -El hdisk-name | grep reserve_policy
reserve_policy
15 Activate the volume group used by HDLM.
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# varyonvg volume-group-name
16 Mount the file system used by HDLM.
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# 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
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command:
# cfgmgr
2 Check the list of current boot disks.
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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.
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The following shows an example of executing the command:
# bootlist -m normal hdisk0 hdisk1
4 Make sure that the boot disk is configured with the specified number of
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paths.
The following shows an example of executing the command:
# bootlist -m normal -o
hdisk0 blv=hd5
hdisk0 blv=hd5
hdisk1 blv=hd5
...
no_reserve
HDLM Operation
Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager User Guide (for AIX(R))
Reserve Policy TRUE
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