Monday, December 12, 2011

Change EMC Power Device Name


Changing the EMC power Device  Name on AIX/Unix Systems

emcpadm renamepseudo -s emcpower[a-z] -t emcpower[a-z]"

s- source device name t - target device name

Example:

1. change the device name hdiskpower1 to hdiskpower30

emcpadm renamepseudo -s hdiskpower1 -t hdiskpower30

2. Swap the device name hdiskpower1 and hdiskpower2

emcpadm renamepseudo -s hdiskpower1 -t hdiskpower3
emcpadm renamepseudo -s hdiskpower2 -t hdiskpower1
emcpadm renamepseudo -s hdiskpower3 -t hdiskpower2

hdiskpower3 is dummy device used for swapping

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