Implementing iSCSI on AIX with Storwize V7000 (V7000U)

Introduction When properly configured, an AIX server can act as : iSCSI initiator : access storage devices using TCP/IP on Ethernet network adapters iSCSI target : export local storage to be...

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DLPAR issues with cloned AIX LPAR

Recently, I was installing a POWER7 P770 for one of my customers. But instead of installing VIO servers from scratch, we made clones on the storage subsystem (HP 3PAR)  from VIOS previously inst...

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Volume groups in inactive state after AIX 6.1 Migration

Even if support ended for AIX 5.3 since April 2012, some companies still have old AIX releases like 5.2 or even older. I had some migrations to do for one of my customers on standalone P5 and blade...

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Certification : AIX 6.1 Administration

Today, I passed and validated my first certification test : AIX 6.1 Administration (000-104). Now, I have a new status : IBM Certified System Administrator - AIX 6.1 This test is a MCQ of 117...

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IBM Storage

SVC + Storwize V7000 + Unified : 208 days reboot bug resolved with new firmware release (V6.3.0.2, V1.3.0.5)

02/04/2012 – 01:04

A new firmware level has been released and corrects a serious bug :

  • Storwize V7000 and SVC : 6.3.0.2 (30 March 2012)
  • Storwize V7000 Unified : 1.3.0.5 (2 April 2012)

This strange bug due to a known Linux kernel issue  which result in a kernel panic (due to a internal counter overflow) after 208 days of uninterrupted time and reboot of both nodes was affecting SVC controller nodes, Storwize V7000,  and Storwize V7000 unified block node canisters.

This issue affects the following releases : 6.2.0.x (excepting V6.2.0.5), 6.3.0.x, 1.3.0.x (for unified)

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Storwize V7000 : Software Upgrade

31/03/2012 – 13:38

Upgrading the IBM Storwize V7000 is an easy procedure without interruption as the storage architecture provides 2 nodes, and upgrade runs on one node before shutting down and upgrading the other node.

This upgrade operation will take approximately 30 minutes.

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