===== Steps to migrate to new AIX version =====
Before rebooting and starting the migration, do not forget to remove SDDPCM multipathing driver
* Unmount filesystems, varyoff volume groups and delete all disks non-rootvg
* For rootvg, first stop the process **pcmsrv**
[root@nim]/root# lsdev -Cc disk
hdisk0 Available C5-T1-01 MPIO FC 2145
[root@nim]/root# df
Filesystem 512-blocks Free %Used Iused %Iused Mounted on
/dev/hd4 1441792 569144 61% 18908 18% /
/dev/hd2 8355840 1159912 87% 50547 23% /usr
/dev/hd9var 1212416 865760 29% 4183 4% /var
/dev/hd3 10616832 6088520 43% 444 1% /tmp
/dev/hd1 22052864 22028080 1% 13 1% /home
/dev/hd10opt 4620288 3631392 22% 7091 2% /opt
/dev/rootlv 1376256 853576 38% 154 1% /root
[root@nim]/root# lssrc -s pcmsrv
Subsystem Group PID Status
pcmsrv 4063354 active
[root@nim]/root# stopsrc -s pcmsrv
0513-044 The pcmsrv Subsystem was requested to stop.
[root@nim]/root# lssrc -s pcmsrv
Subsystem Group PID Status
pcmsrv inoperative
[root@nim]/root# ps -ef | grep pcmsrv
* Change into ODM the rootvg's disk definition
[root@nim]/root# odmget -q "PdDvLn like disk/fcp/2145*" CuDv
CuDv:
name = "hdisk0"
status = 1
chgstatus = 2
ddins = "scsidisk"
location = "C5-T1-01"
parent = "fscsi0"
connwhere = "W_0"
PdDvLn = "disk/fcp/2145"
[root@nim]/root# odmget -q "PdDvLn like disk/fcp/2145*" CuDv | sed "s/\"disk\/fcp\/2145.*\"/\"disk\/fcp\/mpioosdisk\"/">./2145cudv.out
[root@nim]/root# cat 2145cudv.out
CuDv:
name = "hdisk0"
status = 1
chgstatus = 2
ddins = "scsidisk"
location = "C5-T1-01"
parent = "fscsi0"
connwhere = "W_0"
PdDvLn = "disk/fcp/mpioosdisk"
[root@nim]/root# odmdelete -q "PdDvLn like disk/fcp/2145*" -o CuDv
0518-307 odmdelete: 1 objects deleted.
[root@nim]/root# odmadd ./2145cudv.out
[root@nim]/root# odmget -q "PdDvLn like disk/fcp/mpioosdisk" CuDv
CuDv:
name = "hdisk0"
status = 1
chgstatus = 2
ddins = "scsidisk"
location = "C5-T1-01"
parent = "fscsi0"
connwhere = "W_0"
PdDvLn = "disk/fcp/mpioosdisk"
* Uninstall SDDPCM package
[root@nim]/tmp/mpio# lslpp -Lc | grep sdd
devices.sddpcm.71:devices.sddpcm.71.rte:2.7.0.0: : :C: :IBM SDD PCM for AIX V71: : : : : : :0:0:/:
[root@nim]/tmp/mpio# installp -u devices.sddpcm.71.rte
* Now reboot for migration