Originally posted by: chris5126

HI,

Prob a very simple question but i need to remove my cd rom drive from my vio server and assign it physically to my nim. I think i have removed it from the vio but when I try and dlpar it I get an error message saying its still in use. I followed the below procedure:

lsmap -all
SVSA Physloc Client Partition ID

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vhost0 U8234.EMA.06DDD34-V1-C30 0x00000003

VTD ahqpnim01a_hd1
Status Available
LUN 0x8100000000000000
Backing device hdisk3
Physloc U5886.001.P972106-P1-D6

SVSA Physloc Client Partition ID

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vhost1 U8234.EMA.06DDD34-V1-C31 0x00000003

VTD NO VIRTUAL TARGET DEVICE FOUND

SVSA Physloc Client Partition ID

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vhost2 U8234.EMA.06DDD34-V1-C32 0x00000006

VTD ahqpgisl01a_hd1
Status Available
LUN 0x8100000000000000
Backing device hdisk10
Physloc U5886.001.P972106-P1-D5

SVSA Physloc Client Partition ID

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vhost3 U8234.EMA.06DDD34-V1-C33 0x00000006

VTD NO VIRTUAL TARGET DEVICE FOUND

SVSA Physloc Client Partition ID

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vhost4 U8234.EMA.06DDD34-V1-C34 0x00000004

VTD ahqpgism01a_hd1
Status Available
LUN 0x8100000000000000
Backing device hdisk4
Physloc U5886.001.P972106-P1-D7

SVSA Physloc Client Partition ID

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vhost5 U8234.EMA.06DDD34-V1-C35 0x00000004

VTD ahqpgism01a_hd3
Status Available
LUN 0x8100000000000000
Backing device hdisk5
Physloc U789D.001.DQD88MK-P1-C1-T1-LFF0000-L0

SVSA Physloc Client Partition ID

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vhost6 U8234.EMA.06DDD34-V1-C36 0x00000005

VTD ahqpgisc01a_hd1
Status Available
LUN 0x8100000000000000
Backing device hdisk7
Physloc U5886.001.P972106-P1-D9

SVSA Physloc Client Partition ID

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vhost7 U8234.EMA.06DDD34-V1-C37 0x00000005

VTD ahqpgisc01a_hd3
Status Available
LUN 0x8100000000000000
Backing device hdisk6
Physloc U789D.001.DQD88MK-P1-C1-T1-LFF0100-L0

SVSA Physloc Client Partition ID

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vhost8 U8234.EMA.06DDD34-V1-C127 0x00000000

VTD dvd
Status Available
LUN 0x8100000000000000
Backing device cd0
Physloc U789D.001.DQD88MK-P4-D1
lsdev -slots

1. Slot Description Device(s)

HEA 1 Logical I/O Slot lhea0 ent0 ent1 ent2 ent3
HEA 9 Logical I/O Slot lhea1 ent4 ent5 ent6 ent7
U789D.001.DQD88MK-P1-T3 Logical I/O Slot pci3 sissas0
U8234.EMA.06DDD34-V1-C0 Virtual I/O Slot vsa0
U8234.EMA.06DDD34-V1-C2 Virtual I/O Slot vasi0
U8234.EMA.06DDD34-V1-C11 Virtual I/O Slot ent11
U8234.EMA.06DDD34-V1-C12 Virtual I/O Slot ent12
U8234.EMA.06DDD34-V1-C13 Virtual I/O Slot ent15
U8234.EMA.06DDD34-V1-C14 Virtual I/O Slot ent16
U8234.EMA.06DDD34-V1-C30 Virtual I/O Slot vhost0
U8234.EMA.06DDD34-V1-C31 Virtual I/O Slot vhost1
U8234.EMA.06DDD34-V1-C32 Virtual I/O Slot vhost2
U8234.EMA.06DDD34-V1-C33 Virtual I/O Slot vhost3
U8234.EMA.06DDD34-V1-C34 Virtual I/O Slot vhost4
U8234.EMA.06DDD34-V1-C35 Virtual I/O Slot vhost5
U8234.EMA.06DDD34-V1-C36 Virtual I/O Slot vhost6
U8234.EMA.06DDD34-V1-C37 Virtual I/O Slot vhost7
U8234.EMA.06DDD34-V1-C127 Virtual I/O Slot vhost8

rmdev -dev vhost8 -recursive
dvd deleted
vhost8 deleted

lsdev -Cc cdrom
cd0 Available 03-08-00 SATA DVD-RAM Drive
ahqpvio01a:/home/padmin-->lsdev -l sata0 -F parent
sissas0
ahqpvio01a:/home/padmin-->rmdev -dl sissas0 -R
cd0 deleted
sata0 deleted
sissas0 deleted

dlpar then error
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Originally posted by: esv

what is the error message you get? also, couldn't you make your NIM server a vscsi client of your VIO server and mount the cd/dvd via the vscsi adapter?

Also, you could load the iso image to an optical library in your vio server and make it available to your NIM server, then mount the ISO image as a standard CD/DVD drive in the NIM server.

best regards,
esv.
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Originally posted by: esv

what is the error message you get? also, couldn't you make your NIM server a vscsi client of your VIO server and mount the cd/dvd via the vscsi adapter?

Also, you could load the iso image to an optical library in your vio server and make it available to your NIM server, then mount the ISO image as a standard CD/DVD drive in the NIM server.

best regards,
esv.
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

What exactly is the DLPAR error you are getting? I am presuming it is NOT rmc related.

On VIO do a cfgmgr in oem_setup_env. You should see the cd0 in available state.

Next type:
lsdev -Cl sissas0 -F parent

You should see something like pci11 let's say.

Then run:

rmdev -dl pci11 -R

Now try the DLPAR operation.

r/
R
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Originally posted by: chris5126

Hi,

i have readded it again using cfgmgr, so if I want to remove it totaly I would remove pci3 correct?

lsdev -Cl sissas0 -F parent
pci3

Regards

Chris
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Originally posted by: chris5126

Actually thinking about it I would like to just share the dvd rom from the vio to other lpars. When I type lsmap now I get

SVSA Physloc Client Partition ID

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vhost8 U8234.EMA.06DDD34-V1-C127 0x00000000

VTD NO VIRTUAL TARGET DEVICE FOUND

This is where the DVD drive used to be, how would I add it again as a virtual adapter.
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Yes it is pci3 that you should remove recursively.

Since your requirements have changed now try this:

After cfgmgr, cd0 would be known to the vio, but would not be mapped to vhost8.

Map it with:

mkvdev -dev cd0 -vadapter vhost8

Then you can assign this adapter to the client LPARs.

r/
R
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