[ALL Powerpath Versions] AIX 7.2 Live upgrade is failing because of powerpath: 1430-095 FAILED: some disks are not supported.

Summary: AIX 7.2 Live upgrade is failing because of powerpath: 1430-095 FAILED: some disks are not supported.

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Symptoms



please note this applies to hosts booting from SAN.

host is booting from SAN and pprootdev off was issued to moved PVID from hdiskpower to hdisks. 

[ALL Powerpath Versions] AIX 7.2 Live upgrade is failing with error message

Error message : 1430-095 FAILED: some disks are not supported.  

Cause

IBM live update can't support duplicate PVIDs

Resolution

Remove all but one hdisk from the bootlist before performing Live Update.

Ensure PVID is only on one hdisk.

Affected Products

PowerPath for AIX

Products

PowerPath for AIX
Article Properties
Article Number: 000056696
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 17 Oct 2025
Version:  3
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