Re: Help with zLinux DASD using multiple paths

2009-02-28 Thread Ihno Krumreich
390 Port cc linux-...@vm.mar IST.EDU Subject Re: Help with zLinux DASD using

Re: Help with zLinux DASD using multiple paths

2009-02-28 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Ihno Krumreich i...@suse.de wrote: So to submit more than one request at a time to the same disk there is only the possibility with PAV. Would it not be the multi-path feature in Linux that allows Linux to see multiple exposures and an I/O outstanding to each

Help with zLinux DASD using multiple paths

2009-02-23 Thread David K. Kelly
I need some DASD zLinux configuration help. How can I configure multiple paths to a single disk in SUSE zLinux? I have 8 paths to our Shark and I’m running zLinux SUSE 10 in zVM V5.3 on a z9 and I want to configure multiple paths to a single 22.8 GB 3390-27 disk. Also has anyone used

Re: Help with zLinux DASD using multiple paths

2009-02-23 Thread David Boyes
On 2/23/09 11:12 AM, David K. Kelly dkke...@courts.state.va.us wrote: How can I configure multiple paths to a single disk in SUSE zLinux? I have 8 paths to our Shark and I¹m running zLinux SUSE 10 in zVM V5.3 on a z9 and I want to configure multiple paths to a single 22.8 GB 3390-27 disk.

Re: Help with zLinux DASD using multiple paths

2009-02-23 Thread Ron Foster
To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU ReplyTo: Linux on 390 Port Sent: Feb 23, 2009 10:12 AM Subject: Help with zLinux DASD using multiple paths I need some DASD zLinux configuration help. How can I configure multiple paths to a single disk in SUSE zLinux? I have 8 paths to our Shark and I’m running zLinux

Re: Help with zLinux DASD using multiple paths

2009-02-23 Thread David K. Kelly
IST.EDU Subject Re: Help with zLinux DASD using multiple paths 02/23/2009 11:19

Re: Help with zLinux DASD using multiple paths

2009-02-23 Thread Hall, Ken (GTS)
@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] Help with zLinux DASD using multiple paths Thank you David and Ron for the quick responses. Let me explain what I'm trying to do. In zLinux I have a DB2 file system that is setup on one large 3390-27 disk pack. And when I use Linux tools like iostat I see one disk

Re: Help with zLinux DASD using multiple paths

2009-02-23 Thread David Boyes
Actually, you *are* using all the paths the I/O subsystem in the hardware is already aware of them if they are defined in your IOCP. An I/O presented to the device by CP gets handed to the I/O processors. The I/O processors in the frame handle deciding which path to use at any given point based