Delete the two hdisk again. Run cfgmgr again. Check it and if you see the same type of pattern of 1 vpath showing 4 and the other 2 showing only one then the shark guy needs to recheck his configuration. If you see a different pattern try running cfgmgr again. There was a problem awhile back that you need to run cfgmgr x's with x being the number of paths so that you would get all of the paths. Sometimes we have had to delete and run cfgmgr again because it doesn't seem to work right the first time. After delete and rerunning cfgmgr it seems to work better. Something you might want to get your hands on is the Shark Gotcha's document. I think it is still on the storage page but if not email me off list and I will send it to you. Another issue you might run into is that the devices may not be fully formatted. There was a version of the shark code that said that everything was formatted yet it wasn't. The only way you could tell was to go into the shark under where you configure paths and refresh the screen.
good luck and let me know if I can be of further assistance Becky -----Original Message----- From: Todd Lundstedt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 4:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AIX question First, let me say.. Dear Lord, the IBM web pages are a pain to dig through and find what you are looking for. Couldn't find any knowledge bases or anything to help me resolve the issue I have... so.. here goes. AIX 4.3.3 My TSM server is a pSeries with two Fibre Channel Adapters installed, through which we access data on the ESS (shark) and the LTO tape drives (I know, bad idea). Each of the fibre cards is connected to its own fibre switch. Each switch has two connections to the Shark (four data paths to the Shark). We have been trying to add some additional Shark storage to the TSM server. After the Shark guy did his thing, I ran cfgmgr, and thinks didn't look quite right. The two old "vpath" devices each showed four disks (hdsikX), two on each of the two fibre cards (fscsi1, fscsi0), just like they always have. One of the three new "vpath" devices showed four hdisks on two different "fscsi" devices, but the other two "vpath" devices only showed two hdisks, one on each fscsi. lscfg showed a bunch of new disks, mostly "available", but four were "defined". I decided to delete the three new "vpath" devices, and all of the associated "hdisk" devices, including the defined ones. As I got to looking, I saw something odd... ++++++++++++++++ root@ax-dco-tsm / # lsdev -Cc disk hdisk0 Available 10-88-00-8,0 16 Bit LVD SCSI Disk Drive hdisk1 Available 10-88-00-9,0 16 Bit LVD SCSI Disk Drive hdisk18 Available 10-68-01 IBM FC 2105F20 hdisk19 Available 10-68-01 IBM FC 2105F20 hdisk20 Available 10-68-01 IBM FC 2105F20 hdisk21 Available 10-68-01 IBM FC 2105F20 hdisk22 Available 10-78-01 IBM FC 2105F20 hdisk23 Available 10-78-01 IBM FC 2105F20 hdisk24 Available 10-78-01 IBM FC 2105F20 hdisk25 Available 10-78-01 IBM FC 2105F20 vpath3 Available Data Path Optimizer Pseudo Device Driver vpath4 Available Data Path Optimizer Pseudo Device Driver hdisk2 Defined 10-78-01 IBM FC 2105F20 **** hdisk2 Defined 10-68-01 IBM FC 2105F20 **** hdisk3 Defined 10-68-01 IBM FC 2105F20 **** hdisk3 Defined 10-68-01 IBM FC 2105F20 **** root@ax-dco-tsm / # datapath query device Total Devices : 2 DEV#: 0 DEVICE NAME: vpath3 TYPE: 2105F20 SERIAL: 00719516 ================================================================ Path# Adapter/Hard Disk State Mode Select Errors 0 fscsi0/hdisk18 OPEN NORMAL 25 0 1 fscsi0/hdisk20 OPEN NORMAL 31 0 2 fscsi1/hdisk22 OPEN NORMAL 29 0 3 fscsi1/hdisk24 OPEN NORMAL 26 0 DEV#: 1 DEVICE NAME: vpath4 TYPE: 2105F20 SERIAL: 60219516 ================================================================ Path# Adapter/Hard Disk State Mode Select Errors 0 fscsi0/hdisk19 OPEN NORMAL 13465 0 1 fscsi0/hdisk21 OPEN NORMAL 13636 0 2 fscsi1/hdisk23 OPEN NORMAL 13567 0 3 fscsi1/hdisk25 OPEN NORMAL 13727 0 ++++++++++++++++++++++ Note the **** lines. I have two entries for "hdisk2" and two for "hdisk3". Smitty won't let me remove them (not enough information to uniquely identify the device) and similar error messages for "change/show charactaristics". How can I remove "hdisk2" and "hdisk3"? The 10-78 and 10-68 devices are the fibre cards. Thanks in advance Todd Lundstedt Technical Specialist Via Christi Information Management Services ofc. (316) 261-8385 fax. (316) 660-0036 [EMAIL PROTECTED]