I have a similar article here which discusses the steps to mount a NFS exported directory from Linux. However, I never really went into the steps on the Linux side of actually mounting it and what-not, so I’ll give a real world example here. On the Linux box, I have already downloaded AIX 6.1 TL6 … Read more
Recently my employer has moved from an old DMX3 SAN to a newer VMAX SAN. The procedure was worked out, and everything was moved over (fairly smoothly). Some exceptions were the BIG VG’s being maxed at the Total PV sizes, and unable to increase due to the times factor of the Volume Group which couldn’t … Read more
Due to some issues with the way the VG’s were initially laid out, a standard pvmigration isn’t possible with one of the AIX servers we administer. Hence, another possibility is to use the ISL on the SAN side, which basically does a block level copy of the LUNs from one SAN to the other. Some … Read more