I hate SMC, but thanks to both of you.  I will be working on it tomorrow thanks.

Hi Aces,

you can set as well the LUN ID via the SMC.

I can enter symaccess -sid 123 add devs -lun 2 even if they're aren't 2 devs in the SG?

If so, perfect thanks!

symaccess -sid 123 add devs -lun <#>

Totally agree Aces, but always you have to know hot to use the alternative way.

4_Aces wrote: I can enter symaccess -sid 123 add devs -lun 2 even if they're aren't 2 devs in the SG? If so, perfect thanks!

correct

I tried "symaccess -sid 1234 -name Storage_Group_SG add dev 6AAA -type stor -lun D3"

Error message is: '-lun' invalid option, since Storage_Group_SG doesn't have a masking view.

And when I go create a masking view, it tells me "the specified storage group is empty."

So how can I create a view, with one dev in the SG, using the LUN id of my choosing?

use decimal, not hex

So if I add the LUN first to SG, then create the VIEW, it will set the LUN # to what I want with the -lun option?

I am pretty sure it is supposed to be hex. Anyways, in this situation you can add the device to the storage group beforehand and when you create the view you can add the -lun option. Host lun addresses are only assigned when the view is created.