[xcreepx]

Hi,

p550 (9133-55A, 8x300GB, RAID enablement)

I created a RAID5 Array of 7 hdisks (each 300GB), which results in 1 disk of ~1.65TB.
Now the installation of the VIO Server using the shipped CD fails, because it's booting a 32BitKernel and thus not support disks of this size.

When I redefine the array and start with only 3 hdisks (which is minimum), installation of the VIO (mksysb) is fine. But there's no re-striping and no parity when adding the remaining disks in a second step.

What am I doing wrong here ? Can I somehow use a 64Bit Kernel for restoring the mksysb from the VIO cd ? Obviously the SW doesnt fit to the HW .

Thansks for hints !!
Lars

[xcreepx]

mmh ...

Installing the VIO on a small hdisk and adding the remaining hdisks to the array is not good, too. Since there's no pvresize command available in the vio server restricted shell, the system dont recognize the new (larger) size of the disk ....

Any ideas on how to get the new disk size ???

Lars

[cdelgadop]

Hmmm

Nice question. IBM should be excomunited for this. hehe.

What about if you actually install VIOS on a smaller disk and once installed you can change the kernel by applying the same procedure used for AIX systems. Then take a backup and restore on tape, destroy and create your 1.6 GB RAID, and install from this backup.

I know is not a very elegant solution, but it can work.

Hope this helps