'hwmgr delete -id' problem

From: T. Horsnell \(tsh\) (tsh@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk)
Date: Fri Jan 30 2004 - 10:40:21 EST


Hi all,

V5.1B PK2

I'm in the process of replacing 2 failing SCSI disks.

I unplugged them (dsk40 and 41) and ran 'hwmgr -scan scsi' and noted that
the two drives were no longer shown on that scsi bus.
I plugged in the 2 new drives and again ran 'hwmgr -scan scsi'
and noted the arrival of 2 new drives (dsk99 and 100) on that bus.

I want to use the old dsk numbers for the new drives, so I then did

hwmgr delete -id 155 (155 was the hwid of the old dsk40)

followed by

dsfmgr -m dsk99 dsk44

So far, so good.

I then tried to delete the entry for dsk41

hwmgr delete -id 156 (156 is the hwid of the old dsk41)

and got:

hwmgr: Error (95) Cannot start operation.

I then (successfully) used

dsfmgr -e dsk41 dsk100

to swap the device ids, and again tried to delete the hwid entry
(now for dsk100)

hwmgr delete -id 156

again got:
hwmgr: Error (95) Cannot start operation.

I get the same error if I use the deviceid instead of the hwid

hwmgr delete -did 41

Any ideas?

Terry.

Current output of 'hwmgr -sh scsi':

# hwmgr -sh scsi

        SCSI DEVICE DEVICE DRIVER NUM DEVICE FIRST
 HWID: DEVICEID HOSTNAME TYPE SUBTYPE OWNER PATH FILE VALID PATH
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  115: 0 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk0 [0/0/0]
  116: 1 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk1 [0/3/0]
  117: 2 alf1 disk none 0 1 (null)
  118: 3 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk3 [0/6/0]
  119: 4 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk4 [0/8/0]
  120: 5 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk5 [0/9/0]
  121: 6 alf1 disk none 2 2 dsk6 [0/2/0]
  122: 7 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk7 [0/11/0]
  123: 8 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk8 [0/13/0]
  124: 9 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk9 [0/14/0]
  125: 10 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk10 [0/15/0]
  126: 11 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk11 [1/0/0]
  127: 12 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk12 [1/1/0]
  128: 13 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk13 [1/2/0]
  129: 14 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk14 [1/3/0]
  130: 15 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk15 [1/4/0]
  131: 16 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk16 [1/5/0]
  132: 17 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk17 [1/6/0]
  133: 18 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk18 [1/8/0]
  134: 19 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk19 [1/9/0]
  135: 20 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk20 [1/10/0]
  136: 21 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk21 [1/11/0]
  137: 22 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk22 [1/13/0]
  138: 23 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk23 [1/14/0]
  139: 24 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk24 [1/15/0]
  140: 25 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk25 [2/0/0]
  141: 26 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk26 [2/1/0]
  142: 27 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk27 [2/2/0]
  143: 28 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk28 [2/3/0]
  144: 29 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk29 [2/4/0]
  145: 30 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk30 [2/5/0]
  146: 31 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk31 [2/6/0]
  147: 32 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk32 [2/8/0]
  148: 33 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk33 [2/9/0]
  149: 34 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk34 [2/10/0]
  150: 35 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk35 [2/11/0]
  151: 36 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk36 [2/13/0]
  152: 37 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk37 [2/14/0]
  153: 38 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk38 [2/15/0]
  154: 39 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk39 [3/0/0]
  156: 41 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk100
  ^^^ the entry I'm trying to delete
  157: 42 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk42 [3/3/0]
  158: 43 alf1 disk none 0 1 (null)
  160: 45 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk45 [3/6/0]
  161: 46 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk46 [3/8/0]
  162: 47 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk47 [3/9/0]
  163: 48 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk48 [3/10/0]
  164: 49 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk49 [3/11/0]
  165: 50 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk50 [3/13/0]
  166: 51 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk51 [3/14/0]
  167: 52 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk52 [3/15/0]
  168: 53 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk53 [4/0/0]
  169: 54 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk54 [4/1/0]
  170: 55 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk55 [4/2/0]
  171: 56 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk56 [4/3/0]
  172: 57 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk57 [4/4/0]
  173: 58 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk58 [4/5/0]
  174: 59 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk59 [4/6/0]
  175: 60 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk60 [4/8/0]
  176: 61 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk61 [4/9/0]
  177: 62 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk62 [4/10/0]
  178: 63 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk63 [4/11/0]
  179: 64 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk64 [4/13/0]
  180: 65 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk65 [4/14/0]
  181: 66 alf1 disk none 0 1 (null)
  182: 67 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk67 [5/0/0]
  183: 68 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk68 [5/1/0]
  184: 69 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk69 [5/2/0]
  185: 70 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk70 [5/3/0]
  186: 71 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk71 [5/4/0]
  187: 72 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk72 [5/5/0]
  188: 73 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk73 [5/8/0]
  189: 74 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk74 [5/9/0]
  190: 75 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk75 [5/10/0]
  191: 76 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk76 [5/11/0]
  192: 77 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk77 [5/12/0]
  193: 78 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk78 [5/13/0]
  194: 79 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk79 [5/14/0]
  195: 80 alf1 disk none 0 1 dsk80 [5/15/0]
  196: 81 alf1 disk none 2 2 dsk81 [12/0/0]
  197: 82 alf1 disk none 2 2 dsk82 [12/1/0]
  198: 83 alf1 disk none 2 2 dsk83 [12/2/0]
  199: 84 alf1 disk none 2 2 dsk84 [12/3/0]
  200: 85 alf1 disk none 2 2 dsk85 [12/4/0]
  201: 86 alf1 disk none 2 2 dsk86 [12/5/0]
  202: 87 alf1 disk none 2 2 dsk87 [12/8/0]
  203: 88 alf1 disk none 2 2 dsk88 [12/9/0]
  204: 89 alf1 disk none 2 2 dsk89 [12/10/0]
  205: 90 alf1 disk none 2 2 dsk90 [12/11/0]
  206: 91 alf1 disk none 2 2 dsk91 [12/12/0]
  207: 92 alf1 disk none 2 2 dsk92 [12/13/0]
  208: 93 alf1 disk none 2 2 dsk93 [12/14/0]
  209: 94 alf1 disk none 2 2 dsk94 [12/15/0]
  210: 102 alf1 cdrom none 0 1 cdrom0 [8/0/0]
  213: 105 alf1 changer none 0 1 mc1 [10/6/0]
  214: 95 alf1 tape none 0 2 tape0 [11/0/0]
  215: 96 alf1 tape none 0 2 tape1 [11/1/0]
  216: 97 alf1 tape none 0 2 tape2 [11/2/0]
  217: 98 alf1 tape none 0 2 tape3 [11/3/0]
  218: 99 alf1 tape none 0 2 tape4 [11/6/0]
  219: 100 alf1 tape none 0 2 tape5 [11/13/0]
  220: 101 alf1 tape none 0 2 tape6 [11/14/0]
  221: 103 alf1 tape none 0 1 tape7 [10/2/0]
  222: 104 alf1 tape none 0 1 tape8 [10/4/0]
  223: 106 alf1 disk none 0 1 dsk95 [0/1/0]
  226: 107 alf1 changer none 0 1 mc0 [13/0/0]
  227: 108 alf1 tape none 0 1 tape9 [13/4/0]
  228: 109 alf1 tape none 0 1 tape10 [13/5/0]
  229: 110 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk96 [0/10/0]
  230: 111 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk97 [3/4/0]
  231: 112 alf1 disk none 2 1 dsk44 [3/5/0]
  232: 44 alf1 disk none 0 1 dsk40 [3/1/0]
  233: 113 alf1 disk none 0 1 dsk41 [3/2/0]
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