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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Moving CDROM from 1 Partition to Another Partition..!!

CHECK THE CDROM ON THE PARENT LPAR 

Check the cdrom and I/O adaper providing the cdrom . Check the physical location of I/O
adapter providing the cdrom 

# lsdev -l cd0 -F parent
scsi1
# lsdev -l scsi1 -F parent
sisscsia0
# lsdev -l sisscsia0 -F physloc
U789D.001.DQD07P3-P1-C4
# lsdev -l scsi1 -F physloc
U789D.001.DQD07P3-P1-C4-T2

REMOVE THE CDROM FROM THE LPAR 
#
# rmdev -dl cd0
cd0 deleted
#

MOVING THE ADAPTER 
With the help of physical address determined above go to the properties of the managed
system and veryfy the I/O adapter
































Move the verified adapter to the destination lpar 

















Select the adapter to move and the lpar to which the adapter is to be moved 


















If you are facing the same error as I faced below go to the parent lpar and delete the
parent adapter of the cdrom (the adapter you want to move has to be deleted from the
parent lpar )














DELETE THE ADAPTER 

# rmdev -Rdl sisscsia0
rmt0 deleted
scsi0 deleted
scsi1 deleted
sisscsia0 deleted



















VERIFY ON THE TARGET LPAR


Go to the terminal console of the target lpar and verify that the cdrom is now moved 
Verify the adapter by physical location


















# hostname
gurapp123
# cfgmgr
# lsdev -l cd0
cd0 Available 02-08-01-2,0 16 Bit LVD SCSI DVD-RAM Drive
# mkdir /cdrom
# mount -v cdrfs -o ro /dev/cd0 /cdrom
# umount /cdrom
# lsdev -l cd0 -F parent
scsi1
# lsdev -l scsi1 -F physloc
U789D.001.DQD07P3-P1-C4-T2
#