MF61416 - LIC-INCORROUT Duplicate non-configured disk units

TYPE PROGRAM  RELEASE   NUMBER   MIN/MAX  OPTION
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TR   5770999  V7R2M0    MF99103   00/00    0000



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APAR Error Description / Circumvention

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They are creating disk unit luns from a V7000 via NPIV and end
up with duplicates. Both were on TR3 and both were set up with 8
paths per lun, 4 active and 4 passive. One customer created 105
disk unit luns but saw 116 disk units created. The other created
20 and saw 22. It was this last customer did not catch the
problem and added the disk units to the system asp.

CORRECTION FOR APAR MA45299 :
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The licensed internal code examines the disks to prevent
duplicates.

CIRCUMVENTION FOR APAR MA45299 :
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None.


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THIS IS A DELAYED PTF TO BE APPLIED AT IPL TIME.



Supersedes

PTF/FIX NO(S).  APAR TITLE LINE
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   MF61120      LIC-PERFM performance using mirror protected disks
   MF61035      LIC-INCORROUT HyperSwap manager not deleted after a failover
   MF60998      LIC-INCORROUT Allow Copy disk unit data
   MF60883      LIC-INCORROUT HOT SPARE NOT ACTIVE FOR MIRRORED UNITS
   MF60855      LIC-INCORROUT failure to replace missing disk unit
   MF60855      LIC-INCORROUT Failure copy disk unit data
   MF60855      LIC-INCORROUT replace active unit in mirror pair
   MF60854      LIC-INCORROUT hyperswap
   MF60826      LIC-INCORROUT IASP Disk Fails to Enroll in HyperSwap
   MF60734      LIC-OTHER SRCC6003962 IPL Hangs at C6003962
   MF60674      LIC-INCORROUT Adding HyperSwap units to an existing configur
   MF57989      LIC-OTHER-SRCB6005121-UNPRED XSM SRCB6005121 DURING SIMULTAN

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