Re: powerpath, 11gr2, and ASM on sun Sparc

  • From: Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Li Li <litanli@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:31:34 -0600

Ok.  that helps a lot.  thank you.

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Li Li <litanli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> you can fix this by renaming the emc device names, such as:
>
> # emcpadm rename -s emcpowera -t emcpowerb
>
> this renames emcpowera to emcpowerb.
>
> before you do this: you can run 'emcpadm getused' to see what names
> have been used, and run 'emcpadm getfree' to see what names are
> available for you to use as an intermediate variable because you
> mostly would have more than 1 LUN presented.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Well, our systems guy is having trouble getting the storage configured
> > correctly on Powerpath for or new 11gR2 cluster.  His problem is getting
> the
> > storage to appear in the same position on both nodes, ie slice 1 needs to
> > show up as emcpowera on both nodes a and b, slice 2 as emcpowerb, etc,
> and
> > he is having trouble getting there.
> >
> > Can anyone point us to a step-by-step guide for setting this up?
> Normally I
> > get involved after this step, so I have no idea on how to do it.  I
> searched
> > MOS and didn't find anything.  Of course, that may just mean I didnt do
> the
> > exactly right search...
> >
> > Note that afaik, asmlib is not available for Sun-sparc, so we cant work
> > around the problem by stamping the disks.  I have suggested that he
> contact
> > EMC support, but he I expect that will take a while.
> >
> > --
> > Andrew W. Kerber
> >
> > 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'
> >
>



-- 
Andrew W. Kerber

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