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Can you control the power?
Here is a little test. Check your documentation: Do you know how to power down and power up the equipment in your computer room? If you had to power off your site in a hurry would you know how? If you wanted to script a shutdown, could you do it? Here are some hints and tips that might help you with some of my favourite products: DS8000 The process to power up or down your DS8000 is... [More]
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WWPN Determination for IBM Storage
For many years I have been working on a document that lets you translate a World Wide Port Name (WWPN) into a physical location on an IBM Storage System. I blogged recently about how SVC and Storwize V7000 WWPNs have a slightly different layout. The contents of that blog entry come straight from that document. I have now pushed that document out to IBM Techdocs. You can download it from here:... [More]
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Upgrading AIX? Don't forget SDDPCM
SDDPCM (Subsystem Device Driver Path Control Module) is the multi-pathing plug-in for AIX 5.3 and 6.1. Customers who use IBM SVC, DS6000, DS8000 and/or ESS800 use this package to allow the operating system to handle multiple paths from OS to storage. The good news is that this plug-in is supplied free of charge. The bad news is that it is not included with AIX fixpacks. What this means is... [More]
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