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  • 1.  VIOS not creating vhost and vtscsi virtual devices

    Posted Thu September 20, 2012 09:52 AM

    Originally posted by: Lioxa


    Hello .
    I’m trying to install 2 new Power Servers 730 System Type: 8231. I would like to install on each them VIOS and two LPARs. I don’t have HMC console. Servers not connected to SAN. Installing VIOS 2.2.0.0 goes like usual, after basic configuration. I’m trying to create LPAR and vios not showing to me system disks. From command prompt I figure out that VIOS not creating Virtual Target Device and Virtual SCSI Server Adapter . And there's no way I can create them by myself, in all documentation its written that system creating them itself after cfgmgr or cfgdev command but it’s not happening.

    I did tried to install latest fixpack to VIOS. VIOS 2.2.0.10 Fix Pack 24. Did not help.
    I did enter VET PowerVM code to the VIOS and to the ASMI . Did not help.
    Why system not creating vhost and vtscsi virtual devices interfaces ?

    $ lsdev -virtual
    name status description
    ent4 Available Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan)
    ent5 Available Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan)
    ent6 Available Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan)
    ent7 Available Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan)
    ibmvmc0 Available Virtual Management Channel
    vasi0 Available Virtual Asynchronous Services Interface (VASI)
    vasi1 Available Virtual Asynchronous Services Interface (VASI)
    vasi2 Available Virtual Asynchronous Services Interface (VASI)
    vasi3 Available Virtual Asynchronous Services Interface (VASI)
    vbsd0 Available Virtual Block Storage Device (VBSD)
    vbsd1 Available Virtual Block Storage Device (VBSD)
    vbsd2 Available Virtual Block Storage Device (VBSD)
    vbsd3 Available Virtual Block Storage Device (VBSD)
    vsa0 Available LPAR Virtual Serial Adapter
    vsa1 Available LPAR Virtual Serial Adapter
    name status description
    ent8 Available Shared Ethernet Adapter


  • 2.  Re: VIOS not creating vhost and vtscsi virtual devices

    Posted Thu September 20, 2012 11:51 AM

    Originally posted by: unixgrl


    You have to add virtual scsi devices to your profile before any will show up on your VIO server. Have you done that?

    Once you have vhost devices, you'll have to define the VTD devices using the "mkdev" command.


  • 3.  Re: VIOS not creating vhost and vtscsi virtual devices

    Posted Thu September 20, 2012 12:12 PM

    Originally posted by: Lioxa


    How can i add virtual scsi device to profile without having HMC ?


  • 4.  Re: VIOS not creating vhost and vtscsi virtual devices

    Posted Wed September 26, 2012 06:59 AM

    Originally posted by: Lioxa


    Ok. we got HMC console and add Virtual scsi adapers , while HMC connected to server I can see vhostX devices are created. But when we disconnected HMC from server , made reset so factory defaults , and reboot to VIOS vhostX adapters not valid anymore. Only devices definition left , and if I delete vhost device system not recreating it with cfgmgr/cfgdev.

    vhost1 Defined Virtual SCSI Server Adapter


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