unless something changed, if you delete 5 devices and then turn around and try to create 10 devices, regardless of the size ..the new devices will be created using brand new symdev ids ..they will not reuse the gaps created by deleted devices. In order to re-used the gaps, you have to create exactly the number of devices as the gaps. There was a script on PowerLink that you could run and it would tell you how many symdev id gaps are there and you could create symconfigure script that would create the exact number of devices if you wanted to avoid symdev id gaps.
Gaps are filled anytime you create a number of devices that is equal to or smaller than the gap.
As dynamox alluded to the prepare doesnt actually do anything.
preview - syntax check of command
prepare - syntax check and simulation run on service processor
commit - does everything and makes change
if you are allowed to run the prepare it will give you a listing of the devices it wil create by symmvol number, run the prepare with the -v for verbose option.
As I understand it, the gaps created by deleting symdevs will get reused, provided the newly created devices are the same size or smaller than the devices that were deleted. The new devices will re-use the track tables in cache if they fit(and therefore reuse the symdev numbers), otherwise they are added after the last device.
dynamox
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March 5th, 2012 13:00
unless something changed, if you delete 5 devices and then turn around and try to create 10 devices, regardless of the size ..the new devices will be created using brand new symdev ids ..they will not reuse the gaps created by deleted devices. In order to re-used the gaps, you have to create exactly the number of devices as the gaps. There was a script on PowerLink that you could run and it would tell you how many symdev id gaps are there and you could create symconfigure script that would create the exact number of devices if you wanted to avoid symdev id gaps.
dynamox
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March 5th, 2012 04:00
You cant control device names that get picked. So you cant even run symconfigure prepare?
RobertDudley
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March 5th, 2012 09:00
Gaps are filled anytime you create a number of devices that is equal to or smaller than the gap.
As dynamox alluded to the prepare doesnt actually do anything.
preview - syntax check of command
prepare - syntax check and simulation run on service processor
commit - does everything and makes change
if you are allowed to run the prepare it will give you a listing of the devices it wil create by symmvol number, run the prepare with the -v for verbose option.
PedalHarder
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March 5th, 2012 13:00
As I understand it, the gaps created by deleting symdevs will get reused, provided the newly created devices are the same size or smaller than the devices that were deleted. The new devices will re-use the track tables in cache if they fit(and therefore reuse the symdev numbers), otherwise they are added after the last device.