by Bill Creage » Fri, 16 Apr 1999 04:00:00
How flexible is AIX about new hard disks? Does a new disk need to exactly
match one of the listed supported devices? If a larger disk is added, will
its entire capacity be used or will it be limited to 2GB?
The preference is to add a new SCSI device to the existing controller
because the system is planned for retirement in a few months.
by gerbe » Sat, 17 Apr 1999 04:00:00
>How flexible is AIX about new hard disks? Does a new disk need to exactly
>match one of the listed supported devices? If a larger disk is added, will
>its entire capacity be used or will it be limited to 2GB?
You can use the entire diskspace, but for AIX 3.2 the maximum size for a
filesystem
is 2 GB, but you can create more than one file system on a disk.
Gerben.
by Ken Abrahamse » Wed, 21 Apr 1999 04:00:00
>>Smit shows compatible SCSI disk devices of up to 2GB on an AIX 3.2 system.
>>The only disk on this system is 1GB SCSI and it is almost out of space.
>>How flexible is AIX about new hard disks? Does a new disk need to exactly
>>match one of the listed supported devices? If a larger disk is added, will
>>its entire capacity be used or will it be limited to 2GB?
>Hi,
>It's no problem to add a non-supported SCSI disk drive, just select the
>type:
>Other SCSI Disk Drive
>You can use the entire diskspace, but for AIX 3.2 the maximum size for a
>filesystem
>is 2 GB, but you can create more than one file system on a disk.
>Gerben.
1. Strategy for new disk drive and AIX 3.2 upgrade
I'd like some advice from those of you who have upgraded to AIX 3.2.
We have a 530 with 670 MB hard disk. Next Thursday we are getting an
additional external 1.3 GB drive.
At the moment, the system has all local software in the /usr partition
under /usr/local, and all users in the /u partition. Both partitions are
straining at 96-98% capacity. The system is configured for
uk-sendmail, as a local mail server, for DNS etc etc.
The new disk will give me plenty of scope for rearranging things.
Given that I hope to be upgrading from AIX 3.1.5 to 3.2 soon (if my
VAR ever gets 3.2 out), do you have any tips for how I should
rearrange things to ease the upgrade?
Should the new disk join the rootvg volume group, or become a new vg?
Should home directories remain in /u, or go into a new filesystem?
Is /usr/local a reasonable name for a partition containing local
software?
Any tips on how to distribute things between the old and new disks?
Many thanks in advance
Machines and Power Electronics Group Tel: +44 223 332798
Cambridge University Engineering Dept.
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