As SMIT didn’t seem to be handling ‘inline log’ very well, I’ll do ’em by hand. 1) Create VG: mkvg -S -y VGNAME PV 2) Create LV: mklv -t FILESYSTEM TYPE -y LVNAME VGNAME PV 3) Create a File System with INLINE log: crfs -v FILESYSTEM TYPE -d LVNAME -m MOUNTPOINT DIRECTORY -a log=INLINE examples: … Read more
I encountered an interesting fact recently when attempting to backup a VIOS. The VIO is running off an old Power Series server which has a HMC. Apparently attempting to run the backupios command from within the VIO cli will fail with an error detailing that you don’t have the proper rights. Hence, here is a … Read more
The following settings should be done: 1 chdev -l fcsX -a link_speed=2G (optional) 2 chdev -l fscsiX -a dyntrk=yes -a fc_err_recov=fast_fail 3 chdev -l hdiskX -a reserve_policy=no_reserve 4 chdev -l hdiskX -a hcheck_interval=30 Explanation of the settings: link_speed=2G (hard codes the link speed to 2GB, instead of using auto-negotiate) * dyntrk=yes If Dynamic Tracking of … Read more