Re: VIOS: listing the disk drives

[Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hdisk1 on the second VIOS is the dead drive.    Makes it easier to replace.   

Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects



> On Feb 9, 2022, at 4:21 PM, Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On one vios lpar I get
> # lspv
> hdisk0          00f9440560751bca                    rootvg          active
> hdisk1          00f944052033cccb                    rootvg          active
>
> On the other vios lpar I get:
> # lspv
> hdisk0          00f944051d38df5d                    rootvg          active
>
>
>
> Rob Berendt
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> I would just log onto each VIOS and run lspv. This will list the drives and the status of each.
>
> From: Rob Berendt<mailto:rob@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 5:04 PM
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> Subject: VIOS: listing the disk drives
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> Let's say you have two vios lpars.  Each vios lpar is using two disks in the system unit.  One disk is a mirror of the other.
> Now let's say you have an amber light on D2 on the system unit.
> How do you tell what system owns that drive?
> I am on the phone with IBM support.  They are pretty clueless.
> Once you find out which system owns that drive how do you handle this error?
>
> Rob Berendt
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