Re: New disks in 7026

From: Maguire, James (James.Maguire_at_OGS.STATE.NY.US)
Date: 12/30/03

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    Robert,
    Here's what I get following your hint...It looks like that's the trick,
    because it does see them. I suppose I will CAUTIOUSLY add them to the
    existing array. They then show up in the ADD HOT SPARE option. I am
    assuming once I do that I can assign them to volume groups, etc. in the
    usual way?
    Thanks!
    Jim

    hdisk2 Available Raid 1 20-58-00-0,0 34715 MB Status OPTIMAL
          hdisk2 10 Channel 1 ID 0 ONLINE - 34715Meg
          hdisk2 28 Channel 2 ID 8 ONLINE - 34715Meg

    hdisk3 Available Raid 1 20-58-00-1,0 34715 MB Status OPTIMAL
          hdisk3 11 Channel 1 ID 1 ONLINE - 34715Meg
          hdisk3 29 Channel 2 ID 9 ONLINE - 34715Meg

    hdisk4 Available Raid 1 20-58-00-2,0 34715 MB Status OPTIMAL
          hdisk4 12 Channel 1 ID 2 ONLINE - 34715Meg
          hdisk4 2A Channel 2 ID A ONLINE - 34715Meg

    hdisk5 Available Raid 0 20-58-00-3,0 34715 MB Status OPTIMAL
          hdisk5 13 Channel 1 ID 3 ONLINE - 34715Meg

    hdisk6 Available Raid 0 20-58-00-4,0 34715 MB Status OPTIMAL
          hdisk6 14 Channel 1 ID 4 ONLINE - 34715Meg

    hdisk7 Available Raid 0 20-58-00-5,0 34715 MB Status OPTIMAL
          hdisk7 2B Channel 2 ID B ONLINE - 34715Meg

    hdisk8 Available Raid 0 20-58-00-6,0 34715 MB Status OPTIMAL
          hdisk8 2C Channel 2 ID C ONLINE - 34715Meg

    15 SPARE on Channel 1 ID 5 - 70007Meg
    2D SPARE on Channel 2 ID D - 70007Meg

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Robert Miller [mailto:rmiller@SMUD.ORG]
    Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 11:00 AM
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    Subject: Re: New disks in 7026

    I have this same hardware setup - try looking in smitty devices -> Disk
    Array -> IBM PCI SCSI Disk Array -> PCI SCSI Disk Array Manager, you might
    find some useful stuff in there.

    Once you plug in the drives I *think* the green light should light up on
    them (may not till you configure them), and with the Disk Array menus you
    should be able to add them to your current array (or create a new one,
    though I'm not sure if that adapter will support more than one array...). I
    remember scratching my head over this till I found those menus...

    HTH...

    --rm
    -----Original Message-----
    From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU]On Behalf Of
    Patrick B. O'Brien
    Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 7:48 AM
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    Subject: Re: New disks in 7026

    Can you hear the drives spinning up or do you see a green LED on these
    drives?

    You may have to provide AIX with additional drivers. Doing a cfgmgr -v may
    show you AIX is looking for drivers or some other clue.

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Maguire, James [mailto:James.Maguire@OGS.STATE.NY.US]
    Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 7:44 AM
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    Subject: Re: New disks in 7026

    Yes they are scsi. They are mounted in a 2104-DU3 expandable storage unit.
    (I'm just reading the specs here, I'm never dealt with this unit before)
    Thanks,
    Jim
    -----Original Message-----
    From: John Jolet [mailto:john.jolet@FXFN.COM]
    Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 10:23 AM
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    Subject: Re: New disks in 7026
    i'm not familiar with that drive module...are these scsi disks?
    -----Original Message-----
    From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU]On Behalf Of
    Maguire, James
    Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 8:56 AM
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    Subject: Re: New disks in 7026
    John,
    I have never dealt with this machine before, (only worked with F50's), but
    these go into a 2104 drive module. They don't show up at all. There were 8
    disks in it already, and these are the 9th and 10th.
    Thanks
    Jim
    -----Original Message-----
    From: John Jolet [mailto:john.jolet@FXFN.COM]
    Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 9:42 AM
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    Subject: Re: New disks in 7026
    You don't say whether they were hotpluggable disks or not, so we'll assume
    they were. after you inserted the drives, did you get power back to the
    drive slots? You might check and see if they show up, but as defined, not
    available.
    -----Original Message-----
    From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU]On Behalf Of
    Maguire, James
    Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 7:38 AM
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    Subject: New disks in 7026
    Hello list. I just received two 73gb drives for a 7026-B80. I put them in
    place yesterday, and thought they would become available by running cfgmgr,
    but they do not appear. So, I scheduled a reboot last night hoping that
    would take care of it, but still no luck. In looking at the Installation
    instructions it appears that it might need a power off/ power on. Is there
    any way around that?
    Thanks,
    Jim

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