Yes, there is a partition on the volume. Sorry I wasn't clear about that!
So we need more than one minidisk even to set up the filesystem as striped? I'd say that was our problem, except that I did try it without striping (so it shows up as "1" for stripes in YaST2). We're not necessarily planning on a lot of data for single guests--it's just that we'll be getting dasd on the VM lpar as mod54s (except for the CP-OWNED volumes which will be mod9s). So single physical mod54s will be carved up into multiple minidisks for several different guests. We might have PAV support in VM 5.3, but apparently (according to the IBM storage guy we talked to last week), we either need to buy HiperPAV (not gonna happen any time soon) or statically assign aliases in the storage box to use it. The static alias assignment hasn't happened yet, so I figure we "don't have PAV"... -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Post Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 6:02 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Is it possible to do an initial SLES9 install on a partially-LVM root? >>> On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 5:50 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Collinson.Shannon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah, but we only have one disk in the LVM. And while we want striping So, does that mean you did put a partition on the volume? It's not really clear from your answer. > in place (because we'll be using mod54s with PAV in the near future), at To be able to use striping, you need more than one virtual disk/minidisk. Mod-54s sounds like you're planning on a lot of data. SCSI over FCP should be considered at that point. > the moment we don't have PAV either. Maybe the real problem is that If you're running on z/VM (and you are), you have PAV support in your software. > I've got 4 different filesystems (/var, /usr, /opt and /home) in a > single minidisk with only one "reader" at the moment? No. > If so, could I fake out linux by chopping the minidisk into 4 (or more) > minidisks for the LVM, even though they'll still be on one physical VM > volume? Or since there's still only a base address for that VM volume, > will that not matter? I wouldn't do that. You have a problem somewhere else, but doing that isn't going to help (I believe). Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 LEGAL DISCLAIMER The information transmitted is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of or taking action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this email in error please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. SunTrust and Seeing beyond money are federally registered service marks of SunTrust Banks, Inc. [ST:XCL] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
