Re: BRMS tape drive on LPAR

["Vincent Forbes" <vforbes@xxxxxxxxx>]

Larry  
 
It will take me a while to get "permission" to install the Barsa APRM Tool.  Can you expand step 2 a little. 
 
I am on V6R1M1.  Hardware Management Console (V7R7.5.0.1).
 
Opt  Resource        Type-model  Status                Text                
     CEC01            8202-E4B   Operational           Main Card Enclosure  
 
 
Rob 
 
      Do you already have a fiber SAN switch in your computer center?   
 I don't know for sure.  Here is the config.
  
 


Opt  Resource        Type-model  Status                Text               
     CMB01            572F-001   Operational           Storage Controller 
       DC01           572F-001   Operational           Storage Controller 
     CMB03            268C-001   Operational           Storage Controller 
       DC02           6B02-001   Operational           Storage Controller 
     CMB07            2BE1-001   Operational           Storage Controller 
       DC03           2BE1-001   Operational           Storage Controller 
     CMB08            575C-001   Operational           Storage Controller 
       DC04           575C-001   Operational           Storage Controller 
     CMB09            5774-001   Operational           Storage Controller 
       DC05           5774-001   Operational           Storage Controller 
       TAPMLB01       3573-020   Operational           Tape Library       
     CMB10            2BD9-001   Operational           Storage Controller 
       DC06           2BD9-001   Operational           Storage Controller  
 


                             Display Resource Detail  
                                                     
 Resource name  . . . . . . . :   DC05               
 Text . . . . . . . . . . . . :   Storage Controller 
 Type-model . . . . . . . . . :   5774-001           
 Serial number  . . . . . . . :   YL15A0130356       
 Part number  . . . . . . . . :   0000010N7255       
 Location :   U78AA.001.WZSGPMB-P1-C4                
 Logical address:                                    
  PCI bus:                                           
   System bus                       516              
   System board                     0                



 Resource name  . . . . . . . :   TAPMLB01    
Text . . . . . . . . . . . . :   Tape Library
Type-model . . . . . . . . . :   3573-020    
Serial number  . . . . . . . :   00-10101FF  
Part number  . . . . . . . . :               
Location :                                   
Logical address:                             
 PCI bus:                                    
  System bus                       516       
  System board                     0         
 
Vincent 
 
 
On 07/05/13, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Do you already have a fiber SAN switch in your computer center?  If so, 
> and you can load two fiber cards (one for each lpar), you can avoid all 
> the hardware switching.  Our resource TAPKVL01 is connected to multiple 
> lpars at once this way.
>
> Whatever you do, do NOT get multiple SCSI cards and plan on unplugging the 
> cable from one card to another.  SCSI cable pins from IBM are very 
> susceptible to bending and IBM really blows a gasket on you if you expect 
> them to replace that cable for nothing.  I told the boss that if he wanted 
> me to keep switching cables he was going to have to call IBM on site to do 
> it, I wasn't moving SCSI cables anymore.  We went fiber.  And hardware 
> normally doesn't frighten me - I've often hot removed cards from our 
> biggest lpar during busy parts of the day.
>
>
> Rob Berendt
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> From:   DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To:     Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, 
> Date:   07/05/2013 11:04 AM
> Subject:        Re: BRMS tape drive on LPAR
> Sent by:        midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Step one: Vary off the tape library on the current partition.
> Step two: Move the resource(s) needed to the new partition. With POWER6 
> and earlier this likely included an IOP and an IOA. With POWER7 only an 
> IOA needs to be moved.
> Step three: Allow enough time for the resource move to complete and the 
> receiving partition to recognize and make the resource ready.
> Step four: Vary on the tape library on the new partition.
>
> You can likely visualize the process for moving it back. :-)
>
> The move (Step two) is done "as if by magic". You can do it manually. 
> You can do it with a scheduled task on the HMC. You can do it with an 
> SSH connection to the HMC and issue the appropriate commands to the HMC. 
> You can install the Barsa APRM Tool (Free from barsa.com) which gives 
> you the ability to do it within a CL program.
>
>          - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis
>
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> On 7/5/2013 10:48 AM, Vincent Forbes wrote:
> > *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(r) 
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> > I have a tape drive that is shared on an LPAR and I would like to be 
> able to use it on the other partition.  What are the steps to switch it 
> from one partition to the other?
> > I do not have BRMS Network feature (Option 1) installed or I would use 
> the FROMSYS parameter.
> > Vincent
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> >                             Display Device Description
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> >   Device description . . . . . . . . :   DEVD        TAPMLB01
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> > Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   OPTION      *BASIC
> >
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> >   Category of device . . . . . . . . :               *MLB
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> >   Device class . . . . . . . . . . . :   DEVCLS      *TAP
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> >   Resource name  . . . . . . . . . . :   RSRCNAME    TAPMLB01
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> > Device type  . . . . . . . . . . . :   TYPE        3573
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> >   Device model . . . . . . . . . . . :   MODEL       020
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> >   Online at IPL  . . . . . . . . . . :   ONLINE      *YES
> >
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> >   Resource allocation priority . . . :   RSCALCPTY   *JOB
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> >   Initial mount wait time  . . . . . :   INLMNTWAIT  *JOB
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> >   End of volume mount wait time  . . :   EOVMNTWAIT  *JOB
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> >   Generate cartridge ids . . . . . . :   GENCTGID    *VOLID
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