Rob,
So hardware replacement in the VIOS world is much more complicated than the i5/OS world.
I never thought of this issue if ever deciding to go the VIOS route.
Paul
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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rob@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 1:10 PM
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Subject: RE: Replacing VIOS disk
I looked at
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/8286-41A/p8hal/p8hal_82x_84x_rnr_kickoff.htm?lang=en-us
First, for this VIOS partition I looked at:
Removing and replacing a disk drive or solid-state drive in the 8286-41A or 8286-42A with the power turned on in AIX However one of the first things it said was:
Log in as root user.
At the command line, type diag and then press Enter.
$ diag
rksh: diag: not found.
Then I tried:
Removing and replacing a disk drive or solid-state drive in the 8247-42L, 8286-41A, or 8286-42A with the power turned on in Linux And it suggested that I run iprconfig.
$ iprconfig
rksh: iprconfig: not found.
Let me guess, it's one of two things:
1 - VIOS doesn't use straight AIX or Linux.
2 - The people who wrote this documentation figure that anyone using of these functions would be smart enough to know that you have to enter some particular shell or another first.
Rob Berendt
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From: "Steinmetz, Paul" <PSteinmetz@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 11/24/2014 12:35 PM
Subject: RE: Replacing VIOS disk
Sent by: "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Rob,
I believe you're P8 HMC managed, correct.
The HMC hardware replacement wizard should have all the steps needed to
replace a drive.
There is also disk info below, need to drill down.
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/
Paul
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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
rob@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 11:39 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Replacing VIOS disk
I have two mirrored drives in this VIOS partition. One is failed. Called
the CE and they're scrambling for the part (although it automatically
called them FRIDAY!).
They "think" it can be replaced hot. (Not getting a warm fuzzy here.)
They think it could really help replacement time if the mirrored chain was
broken first and some other jargon that flew by. I normally deal more
with mirroring.
They said to open a software ticket and see if they can help me get
through that before they get here.
Waiting on software call back.
Anyone have some doc links on this?
I replace pmr and serial numbers with pound signs.
Field Name Value
Problem number 90
PMH number #####,###,000
Reference code 2D35-FFF4
System reference code 2D35-FFF4
Status Open
First reported time 11/21/2014 20:46
Last reported time 11/21/2014 20:46
Primary data event timestamp 11/21/2014 19:38
Reporting Primary Unit Name Server-8286-41A-SN21#####
Reporting Primary Unit MTMS 8286-41A/21#####
Failing Unit MTMS 8286-41A/21#####
Serviceable event text Device problem.
Event severity 0
Reporting partition ID 1
Reporting partition name vios21
Partition host name vios21
Partition OS type AIX
Notification type Call Home Required
Notification status Opened
Notification status Opened
Duplicate count 0
Primary Analyzing Management Console MTMS 7042-CR8/21#####
Select Class FRU description Location code Previously
replaced Replaced timestamp
Part number Disk Drive (DASD) U78C9.001.WZS00UA-P2-D7
No
Field Name Value
Part number 00E9912
Location code U78C9.001.WZS00UA-P2-D7
Serial number 44B0RP92
Rob Berendt
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