>>> On 3/11/2015 at 03:29 PM, "Dazzo, Matt" <[email protected]> wrote: > Seems to be the day for device issues on the forum. We are running RHEL 5.5 > on zvm, I am trying to get a additional mdisk online to extend a vgroup. This > is a mod-27, I did these same steps last week for a new vgroup and it worked > fine. Would like to mention I am very new to linux and at a loss what to try > next. Thanks Matt > > Steps taken so far in vm; > cpfmtxa - that appeared to run fine. > xedit user direct and added mdisk. MDISK 207 3390 0001 32759 LN4F85 MR > READ WRITE MULTIPLE > There is a generic entry on the vm system config file for all LN/ volumes. > Restart zvm - I understand the user direct can be dynamically added but that > did not work the last time I went to add a mdisk so I did a restart. > > linux > Restart the linux server. > chccwdev -e 0207 > > Then get Device 0.0.0207 not found.
Simply restarting the guest is not enough, since CP directory changes only take affect when the guest is logged on again. So, you either issue a LINK command to get to the new disk, or you have to log off and back on again. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
