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  • 1.  cfgmgr Error

    Posted Wed July 30, 2008 05:41 AM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    When running cfgmgr to enable missing paths to disks we are getting the following error for every missing path:

    Method error (/usr/lib/methods/cfgefscsi -l fscsi3 ):
    0514-061 Cannot find a child device.

    Any advice?

    AIX 5.3 ML3


  • 2.  Re: cfgmgr Error

    Posted Wed July 30, 2008 06:09 AM

    Originally posted by: CRM


    ML3! First steip is update your code, ML3 is out of support by years.

    What storage is it?
    Was it working?
    What did you change?

    regards

    CRM


  • 3.  Re: cfgmgr Error

    Posted Wed July 30, 2008 06:18 AM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    DS4300 through SVC. It was working before a powerdown! Just noticed, however, on one of the switches a port is offline, could this be affecting it? If so is there a quick way to online it and re-run cfgmgr? As it is MPIO we are still running on 6 paths to the hdisk.

    Cheers


  • 4.  Re: cfgmgr Error

    Posted Wed July 30, 2008 09:39 AM

    Originally posted by: Sprellster


    The error means that the fiber adapter detects an open loop which is in correlation with the offline port in the switch. Enable the port from the switch side and run a cfgmgr - that should fix things, if there are not any hardware errors like broken cable etc


  • 5.  Re: cfgmgr Error

    Posted Wed July 30, 2008 09:41 AM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    Thanks fellahs.


  • 6.  Re: cfgmgr Error

    Posted Wed July 30, 2008 12:08 PM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    This can also mean just what it says - "Cannot find a child device". This happens because the cfgmgr doesn't find any LUNs attached to that HBA, the root cause of your missing paths. You might want to re-check your zoning and LUN masking.


  • 7.  Re: cfgmgr Error

    Posted Wed July 30, 2008 12:15 PM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    Replaced the Gbic and fibre and ran cfgmgr on the lpar which got rid of the missing paths and offline port, but has left a few hdisks in a defined state. cfgmgr also produced another error which points towards drivers I think.

    Method error (/etc/methods/cfgscsidisk -l hdisk29 ):
    0514-040 Error initializing a device into the kernel.