DMP administration and management on Virtual I/O Server

DMP is fully functional in the Virtual I/O server. DMP administration and management commands (vxdmpadm, vxddladm, vxdisk, etc.) must be invoked from the non-restricted root shell.

$ oem_setup_env

Some example commands:

dmpvios1$ vxdmpadm getsubpaths dmpnodename=ibm_ds8x000_0337 

NAME    STATE[A] PATH-TYPE[M] CTLR-NAME ENCLR-TYPE ENCLR-NAME  ATTRS 
==================================================================== 
hdisk21 ENABLED(A)  -         fscsi0   IBM_DS8x00  ibm_ds8x000  - 
hdisk61 ENABLED(A)  -         fscsi0   IBM_DS8x00  ibm_ds8x000  -
hdisk80 ENABLED(A)  -         fscsi1   IBM_DS8x00  ibm_ds8x000  -
hdisk99 ENABLED(A)  -         fscsi1   IBM_DS8x00  ibm_ds8x000  -
dmpvios1$ vxdmpadm listenclosure all
ENCLR_NAME  ENCLR_TYPE ENCLR_SNO STATUS    ARRAY_TYPE LUN_COUNT 
================================================================ 
disk        Disk       DISKS     CONNECTED Disk       1   
ibm_ds8x000 IBM_DS8x00 75MA641   CONNECTED A/A        6

For complete information about managing Dynamic Multi-Pathing, see the Veritas Dynamic Multi-Pathing Administrator's Guide.