PowerPath: IBM AIX host with reserve lock ODM attribute

PowerPath upgrade to 6.0.1

After users installing the Dell ODM fileset and running "cfgmgr hdisks," maintain a reserve lock when "PR_key" and "reserve_policy" are needed.

lsattr -El hdisk35 :-
reserve_lock yes Reserve Device on open True
lsattr -El hdisk36 :-
reserve_lock yes Reserve Device on open True
lsattr -El hdisk37 :-
reserve_lock yes Reserve Device on open True
lsattr -El hdisk38 :-
reserve_lock yes Reserve Device on open True
lsattr -El hdisk39 :-
reserve_lock yes Reserve Device on open True
lsattr -El hdiskpower0 :-
reserve_policy no_reserve Reserve Policy used to reserve device on open. True
lsattr -El hdiskpower1 :-
reserve_policy no_reserve Reserve Policy used to reserve device on open. True
lsattr -El hdiskpower2 :-
reserve_policy no_reserve Reserve Policy used to reserve device on open. True

Previous configuration was missing "PR_key," and "reserve_policy" were missing during upgrade "powermt config" check finds "hdisks" missing and adds default "reserve_lock" which does not convert to "PR_key" and "reserve_policy."

1. First go to the path /usr/lib/objrepos in the affected host.

2. Take the backup of the file "PdAt"

3. Run the below commands to delete the "reserve_lock" on Symmetrix devices from the "PdAt."

   odmdelete -o PdAt -q uniquetype="disk/fcp/SYMM* and attribute=reserve_lock"
   odmdelete -o PdAt -q uniquetype="disk/scsi/SYMM* and attribute=reserve_lock"

4. Follow the steps mentioned in the Second possible workaround in hdisks are missing PR_key and reserve_policy ODM attributes. Can't change the reserve_policy of a hdiskpower device. Log in to Dell Support as a customer to view this article.

PowerPath 6.1 contains the fix for missing attributes.