May I know how can I add a new SSA pdisk into array and become usable hdisk? I have inserted a 36GB SSA disk into enclosure and done the "cfgmgr" and I can see it already been regconized as pdisk47.
I would like to make it a system disk in order for me to add to my volume group. Please let me know how to do it?
Thanks.
So the disk has shown up as a pdisk but NOT an hdisk?
You need to go into smit and the change the disk from an 'array disk' to a 'system disk'. I forget the exact menus now. Start with: smitty ssaraid, I think.
It is correct, I have the pdisk configured with cfgmgr, but the hdisk cannot be seen.
I tried smitty ssaraid but I can only find an option which is related to the change of array to system disk. The option is "Change member disk in a ssa RAID array", but when I get to the option, all 3 options of "Remove a Disk", "Add a Disk" or "Swap member" showed me "1800-051 There are no items of this type."
[hlalife_P:/]>ssaxlate -l pdisk47
[hlalife_P:/]>
[MORE...42]
pdisk42: hdisk49
pdisk43: hdisk50
pdisk44: hdisk51
pdisk45: hdisk52
pdisk46: hdisk53
pdisk47:
pdisk48: hdisk55
pdisk49: hdisk56
pdisk50: hdisk57
pdisk51: hdisk58
pdisk53: hdisk14
I believe want you need is:
smitty ssaraid
Change/Show Use of an SSA Physical Disk
None of my systems have ssa any more so I can't test this.