How to disable AIX MPIO support for a specific array in conjunction with Veritas Dynamic Multi- Pathing (DMP)Description. This article describes how to disable AIX MPIO support for a specific array in conjunction with Veritas Dynamic Multi- Pathing (DMP). This article is provided as formal documentation that MPIO interoperability for IBM branded arrays with DMP is supported for the Storage Foundation (SF) and Storage Foundation High Availability (SFHA) 5. SP1 releases, as well as 6. In an effort to reduce the interoperability impact and prevent potential data corruption when using MPIO with SF 5. ![]() U.S. English ([en_US]) is the default. AIX Version Fileset. Lists attributes of a device known to the current ODM. Select Tivoli Storage Manager. · /usr/lib/nls/msg/en_US. In a earlier rev of the ODM package the ww_name attribute "generic = DU. I will install 1. EMC Symm/CLAR AIX Support and 4. Symm. Installation of AIX VRTSdbed 5.1 package. feature is enabled, then the VRTSdbed.bff will fail to install. The state of TCB can be queried from the ODM. InstallationGuide-AIX April2016. UpdatingtheSCSI reserve ODMattributesettingsforVIOS. //www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.000107213. The AIX / installp technical content for the Package Management for System Administration page. but the package install. The ODM capabilities of the AIX. ETERNUS DX/AF series ODM package for AIX MPIO is an ODM package for AIX server which enable AIX MPIO to use ETERNUS DX/AF series on multiple-path configuration. The HP 3PAR ODM package is not to be used in conjunction with. Install the HP 3PAR ODM 3.1 for IBM AIX. Documents Similar To 3par Aix Implementation Guide. SP, Veritas strongly recommends that 5. SP1 RP4 or higher be deployed. By default, MPIO is enabled on all disks (LUNs) presented to an AIX server, which prevents DMP or other third- party multi- pathing drivers (such as EMC Power. Path) from managing the paths to such devices. The Multiple Path I/O (MPIO) feature was introduced in AIX 5. LUNs with multiple paths. IBM only tested interoperability of MPIO functionality with IBM branded storage and the Veritas product stack. Simple co- existence and basic functionality testing has been validated by Veritas in relation to MPIO with IBM branded storage arrays only. All other non- branded IBM arrays are NOT qualified by Veritas in connection with MPIO as the multi- pathing driver with the SF and SFHA product stack. The AIX MPIO infrastructure allows IBM or third- party storage vendors to supply array related ODM definitions, which have unique default values for the important disk attributes. The disk attributes can be displayed by using the lsattr command, and can be changed with the chdev command. ETERNUS Disk storage systems Server Connection Guide for AIX. • ETERNUSmgr Install Guide. -"8.4 Installing the FJspio Package". · How to install / upgrade samba on AIX. source and can thus be installed/upgraded via "smitty install" just like any AIX package. The AIX ODM will. Install python on AIX no root. How should I install Mercurial on AIX 6.5 without root privilege? 0. Verify current routing table matches AIX ODM. 0. To allow DMP or a third- party multi- pathing driver to manage the multi- pathing function instead of MPIO, you must install the suitable Object Data Manager (ODM) definitions for the devices on the host. Without these ODM definitions, MPIO consolidates the paths, resulting in DMP only seeing a single path to a given device. Veritas strongly recommends using DMP for multipathing whenever possible because a system running the full Storage Foundation stack is inherently simpler to configure, manage, and troubleshoot than a system running Storage Foundation and a third party multi- pathing driver. There are several reasons why you might want to configure DMP to manage multi- pathing instead of MPIO: ■ Using DMP can enhance array performance if an ODM defines properties such as queue depth, queue type, and timeout for the devices.■ The I/O fencing features of the Storage Foundation HA or Storage Foundation Real Application Cluster software do not work with MPIO devices.■ The Device Discover Layer (DDL) component of DMP provides value- added services including extended attributes like RAID levels, thin provisioning attributes, hardware mirrors, snapshots, transport type, SFGs, array port IDs. These services are not available for MPIO- controlled devices. Software Limitations: The various MPIO related restrictions are outlined in Veritas article: TECH5. How to obtain ODM definitions from Array vendor: Veritas recommends contacting the array vendor directly to obtain the latest ODM definitions. The applicable ODM definition should permit either DMP or other third- party multi- pathing drivers with discovering the required devices previously managed by MPIO. Where an appropriate array specific ODM definition is not available, the Veritas vxmpio utility can be used to unmanage the disk (LUN) from MPIO control. The vxmpio utility is not available with older Veritas product releases. The vxmpio utility was first introduced with SF 5. Specific array models may require the latest vxmpio utility for specific device ODM attributes to be exposed. Important: vxmpio use with SAN root/boot disks. Do not use vxmpio to unmanage MPIO controlled SAN root/boot disks. The vxmpio utility was not designed to handle SAN boot disks, the utility will be enhanced to report a user friendly error message going forward, until we can support it. The SAN root/boot disk should be migrated from MPIO to DMP using the following process: Migration Steps: 1. Clone the SAN boot disk to Local disk. Migrating Vehicle: alt_disk_install / alt_disk_copy. Reboot the node from local disk. Disable MPIO using vxmpio command and then boot from Local disk. Clone the Local disk to SAN disk using the commands mentioned in the Symantec Dynamic Multi- Pathing Administrator's Guide: https: //sort. Rebooted the system with SAN disk. Enabled DMP Native Support so that root device is under DMP control. NOTE: The recommended method is to turn on DMP support for LVM volumes, including the root volume.# vxdmpadm settune dmp_native_support=on. Disabling MPIO using ODM array definitions. Once the required ODM definition has been obtained, the following procedure can be used to unmanage specific array devices from MPIO to DMP or to a supported third- party multi- pathing driver. Steps: 1. Unmount any file systems and stop all applications, such as databases that are configured on Vx. VM volumes. 2. Stop all I/O to the Vx. VM volumes by entering the following command for each disk group: # vxvol - g diskgroupstopall. Deport each disk group in turn: # vxdg deport diskgroup. Remove the related Veritas disk access (da) names that are to be managed by DMP or another third- party multi- pathing driver: - To remove the disk from Volume Manager (Vx. VM) control: # vxdisk rm < Veritas disk access name) - Remove the related AIX OS device handles for the removed Vx. VM device: # rmdev - dl hdisk_device. Use the installp command to install the replacement ODM packages: # installp - ag. Xd ODM_package .. Alternately, you can use the smitty installp command. Restart the system for the devices to be re- discovered by the appropriate ODM definitions. Use the vxdmpadm command to verify that DMP now has access to all the paths to the required devices. The following command displays a list of HBA controllers that are configured on a system: # vxdmpadm listctlr all The next command displays information about all the paths that are connected to a particular HBA controller (for example, fscsi. Disabling MPIO using the vxmpio utility. The vxmpio utility controls whether the specified type of storage array is controlled by MPIO or is claimed under the Veritas Dynamic Multi- Pathing driver. Use the vxmpio utility to disable or enable MPIO for devices with the specified product ID (PID). The vxmpio utility has to be used symmetric, e. MPIO that's disabled previously by installing ODM definition. You must reboot the system for the changes to take effect. Once you have disabled MPIO for a specific PID, the specified devices will be claimed under the Veritas Dynamic Multi- Pathing driver following a restart of the system.# /etc/vx/bin/vxmpio disable pid='product_id'Use the AIX "lscfg - vl < device> " command to display the PIDin the Machine Type and Model field. If the value contains a space, then enclose the value in single quotes to pass the value to the vxmpio utility. Example: # lscfg - vl hdisk. U9. 17. 9. MHD. 0. B9. 4ER- V8. 6- C5- T1- W5. C1. 56- L0 MPIO IBM 2. FC Disk. Manufacturer........ IBMMachine Type and Model... ROS Level and ID...... Serial Number........ Device Specific.(Z0).... Device Specific.(Z1)...... Always use the latest available vxmpio version where possible.# /etc/vx/bin/vxmpio disable pid='2. Fr now# lscfg - vl hdisk. U9. 17. 9. MHD. 0. B9. 4ER- V8. 6- C5- T1- W5. C1. 56- L0 IBM 2. FC Disk. Terms of use for this information are found in Legal Notices.
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