From: Sandor W. Sklar (ssklar@STANFORD.EDU)
Date: Sun Aug 11 2002 - 23:37:07 EDT
Have you tried "rmdev -dl hdisk3 && cfgmgr"? I find it odd that lscfg
-vl hdisk3 indicates that it is an IBM manufactured disk, yet it has no
FRU, and it shows up as an "Other SCSI Disk Drive." (I don't see any
IBM-brand drives show up that way, but that might not mean anything.)
-s-
On Saturday, August 10, 2002, at 09:51 AM, Libor Laubacher wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> during adding a new vg
>
> # mkvg -s 16 -y usrvg3 hdisk3
> 0516-024 mkvg: Unable to open physical volume.
> Either PV was not configured or could not be opened. Run
> diagnostics.
> 0516-862 mkvg: Unable to create volume group.
> 0516-1254 mkvg: Changing the PVID in the ODM.
> Method error (/etc/methods/chgdisk):
> 0514-047 Cannot access a device.
>
> ...
>
> # lsdev -C | grep hdisk3
> hdisk3 Available 10-60-00-11,0 Other SCSI Disk Drive
>
> # lspv | grep hdisk3
> hdisk3 none None
>
> # chdev -l hdisk3 -a pv=yes
> Method error (/etc/methods/chgdisk):
> 0514-047 Cannot access a device.
>
> # diag
>
> A PROBLEM WAS DETECTED ON za aug 10 16:22:18 2002 801014
>
> The Service Request Number(s)/Probable Cause(s)
> (causes are listed in descending order of probability):
>
> 721-105: The drive cannot be started.
> hdisk3 FRU: unknown 10-60-00-11,0
> Other SCSI Disk Drive
>
> # lscfg -vl hdisk3
> DEVICE LOCATION DESCRIPTION
>
> hdisk3 10-60-00-11,0 Other SCSI Disk Drive
>
> Manufacturer................IBM
> Machine Type and Model......DDYS-T18350M
> Part Number.................
> ROS Level and ID............53395241
> Serial Number...............9EGV3008
> EC Level....................
> FRU Number..................
> Device Specific.(Z0)........000003029F00013A
> Device Specific.(Z1)........
> Device Specific.(Z2)........
> Device Specific.(Z3)........
> Device Specific.(Z4)........
> Device Specific.(Z5)........
> Device Specific.(Z6)........
>
> Any ideas what is going on ?
>
> Thanks,
> Libor
>
>
-- Sandor W. Sklar - Unix Systems Administrator - Stanford University ITSS Non impediti ratione cogitationis. http://whippet.stanford.edu/~ssklar/
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