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April 5th, 2011 22:00

Powerpath pseudo devices

Hi

I am using Powerpath with EMC AX4. I have configured powerpath to have the pseudo devices for my LUNs in server. I want to keep the device to pseudo name mapping intact even after reinstalling the powerpath software. I once reinstalled the powerpath and found that the pseudo names are changing. But for my application the names should remain the same. How can i acheive that?

I have tried powermt save option to save the configuration and then load it after reinstalling the powerpath but it did not work. Is there any other option?

Thanks

regards

karthik

  • dynamox

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    Posted April 6th, 2011 03:00

    take a look at PowerPath manual for the following commands:

    emcpadm export_mappings

    emcpadm import_mappings

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    Posted April 6th, 2011 04:00

    not sure if it relies on LUN WWN or logical name.

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    Posted April 6th, 2011 04:00

    Hi

    Does it use LUN WWN to save LUN to PowerPath device name mapping?

    Best regards,

    Alex

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    Posted April 6th, 2011 05:00

    Hi

    I guess this will help me. I will explore this.

    Thanks !

    regards

    karthik

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    Posted April 6th, 2011 06:00

    take a look at this primus for examples:

    emc205443

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    Posted April 7th, 2011 02:00

    If you goto Support - Search support in powerlink.emc.com and put emc205443 the first link should show you the article

    Alternatively here is the link to the article

    http://csgateway.emc.com/primus.asp?id=emc205443

    Sam Claret EMC TSEIII

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    Posted April 7th, 2011 02:00

    Hi

    I have tried to load my custom configurations through powermt load option and emcpadm also but it is not working. It is showing the same configuration. where can i refer that primus. can you tell me the link?

    Thank you

    regards

    karthik

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    Posted April 7th, 2011 04:00

    Hi

    This is solaris 10 9/10. I hv referred the primus too and i did the same still not getting.

    regards

    karthik

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    Posted April 7th, 2011 04:00

    Hi

    Yes I tried renaming devices. I can do that successfully but that will not solve my purpose.

    root@t3-1x1778 # /opt/EMCpower/bin/emcpadm check_mappings -v -f /emc_devices1

    Imported Device            Remapping Status
       Mapping
    ----------------  ------------------------------------------
    emcpower0a        remaps: emcpower7a  emcpower0a
    emcpower1a        remaps: emcpower6a  emcpower1a
    emcpower2a        remaps: emcpower5a  emcpower2a
    emcpower3a        remaps: emcpower4a  emcpower3a
    emcpower4a        remaps: emcpower3a  emcpower4a
    emcpower5a        remaps: emcpower2a  emcpower5a
    emcpower6a        remaps: emcpower1a  emcpower6a
    emcpower7a        remaps: emcpower0a  emcpower7a

    You can see above the mapping details. it tells clearly that the current system configuration differs from the one in the file. According to the primus solution the config in the file takes precedence. But it is not so. even after importing and saving the config still it shows old one.

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    Posted April 7th, 2011 04:00

    what OS ?