Re: Removing drives from a guested lpar.

[Roberto José Etcheverry Romero <yggdrasil.raiker@xxxxxxxxx>]

The HMC doesn't have that visibility. Neither the old nor the new AFAIK.
It goes as far as knowing which vscsi/vfc card is the load source but not
the specific drive.


On Wed, 7 Aug 2019, 12:10 Rob Berendt, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> So far I've only been able to determine the load source drive by using the
> webby "IBM Navigator for I", Configuration and Service, Disk Units.  It's
> the one which says "Active - load source".  Right clicking on that allows
> me to select Properties.  From here I see the serial number.  Using links
> displayed earlier in this thread it's easy to tie this back to the storage
> link on the host.
> I've not yet found a way to do this using the HMC.
>
> Rob Berendt
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Berendt
> Sent: Wednesday, August 7, 2019 10:24 AM
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> Subject: RE: Removing drives from a guested lpar.
>
> Perhaps I am being sent a sign.  Not wishing to ignore such an event how
> do I see the tagged I/O on the next guest lpar just to ensure that I don't
> do it on that one?  Enhanced V9 HMC.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Berendt
> Sent: Wednesday, August 7, 2019 10:16 AM
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> Subject: RE: Removing drives from a guested lpar.
>
> I think I got lucky.  I swear I varied on the NWSD's when done removing
> the storage links, but they are varied off.  Varying them on now.
>
> YES!!!!  Now where do I find a brace of doves and an unblemished ram?
>
> Rob Berendt
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Berendt
> Sent: Wednesday, August 7, 2019 9:51 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: Removing drives from a guested lpar.
>
> Oopsie
> Waiting for retry. A valid load source device was not found.
>
> Rob Berendt
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