Re: Mapping a disk on an AIX guest back to it's storage link on the IBM i host.

[Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry about the occasional bbbbbbb.
I do not use an external mouse since it slows me down vs the mouse imbedded
on my keyboard on my laptop.  Lately I'm having issues with it and I'm
smashing the b's out at the same time.

On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 1:25 PM Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> bbbbbbbWe have IBM i hosting disk to AIX.
> When the aix guy says something like:
> <snip>
>
> I then removed the volume groups which were made up of the following
> disks. Rob you should be able to reclaim these disks:
>
>
>
> hdisk43 -->
>
>   hdisk43          U9009.41A.78058E0-V8-C381-T1-L8700000000000000  Virtual
> SCSI Solid State Drive
>
> hdisk44 -->
>
>   hdisk44          U9009.41A.78058E0-V8-C381-T1-L8800000000000000  Virtual
> SCSI Solid State Drive
>
> ...
>
> </snip>
>
> How do tie back this to it's particular storage space on the host of IBM i?
>
> I was able to tie the C381 to the particular entry in WRKNWSD but the list
> given me has:
>
> A of B entries on C381's nwsd
>
> C of C entries on C382's nwsd
>
> D of E entries on C383's nwsd
>
> Ok, so I can wipe out all disks on C382's nwsd but determining the others
> are more difficult.  Trying to match size isn't 100%.  For example if
> C381's nwsd has 8 40G storage spaces and they want me to delete 4 it's
> tough to determine which 4.