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Re: AIX/Shark raw volume problem

2002-10-06 16:40:20
Subject: Re: AIX/Shark raw volume problem
From: Suad Musovich <s.musovich AT AUCKLAND.AC DOT NZ>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 09:40:06 +1300
On Mon, 2002-10-07 at 03:34, David Longo wrote:
> If I understood your note correctly, you still have to put
> the disk in a volume group, then create Raw LV's on that disk as
> opposed to Fielsystems.

Thats what I was afraid of. Adding another layer of complexity and
overhead.

Why can't AIX allow the use of the raw devices?
<sigh>

Suad
--

> David Longo
>
> >>> s.musovich AT AUCKLAND.AC DOT NZ 10/05/02 07:25AM >>>
> I decided to try using raw disk for database volumes, so I allocated
> some 10GB LUNs off our Shark.
>
> The problem is when I define them in TSM, they come up as 128MB
> volumes
> (used both the rvpath and rhdisk devices).
>
> Is there something I need to do in AIX to get them working?
>
> (I also tested them by putting them in a volume group and they came up
> as 10GB OK)
>
> Suad
> --
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