Re: hdisk3 gone !?

From: Libor Laubacher (llaubach@PROGRESS.COM)
Date: Mon Aug 12 2002 - 03:51:36 EDT


Yep,

I did rmdev as well as cfgmgr at least 3x times, included reboot - did not
help

L.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU]On Behalf Of
> Sandor W. Sklar
> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 5:37 AM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Re: hdisk3 gone !?
>
>
> 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
> >
> >
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