Does anyone know how to change the Date and time on a VPLEX

I believe it depends on the Geosyncrony version.  I have 5.1 so support had to login and change it.  I THINK 5.3 supports doing it yourself.

Our upgrade to 5.3 is on hold due to some older AIX servers with old ODM versions.  We have submitted an RPQ and are waiting for EMC to reply as to whether or not we can move forward and not lose connectivity.

We are running 5.1 also, but in the planning phase to upgrade to 5.3.

Thanks for the information; I will connect with support for more

clarification.

Sincerely,

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I believe it depends on the Geosyncrony version. I have 5.1 so support

had to login and change it. I THINK 5.3 supports doing it yourself.

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That's interesting.  Our TC said that even if we shutdown the hosts, did the Vplex upgrade, then booted up, the process of the HBA's logging into Vplex and ping-ponging may crash the Vplex.  What AIX versions and ODM versions are you running?  If you prefer we can take this discussion outside of the Vplex community forum.

We have already been through the same pre process check while planning for

our Vplex upgrade. Fortunately, all of the AIX servers in our environment

are up to date with the required ODM versions. I learned from EMC that

the ODM version is significant only if you don't want the server to go

down or loose it's storage during upgrade. If the server(s) is shutdown

prior to the upgrade and booted up after the upgrade there will not be an

issue. So, per EMC, you will lose connectivity if the correct ODM version

is not on the server(s).

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Mobile: 919.612.6624

GAC internal (Cary): 38326

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Our upgrade to 5.3 is on hold due to some older AIX servers with old ODM

versions. We have submitted an RPQ and are waiting for EMC to reply as to

whether or not we can move forward and not lose connectivity.

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Versions we are running

ODM Versions - 5.3.0.8 and 6.0.0.3

AIX 5.x, 6.x and 7)

ODM Version required:

Upgrade EMC ODM definitions to version 5.3.0.8 (for AIX 5.x or 6.x) or

6.0.0.3 (for AIX 7)

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That's interesting. Our TC said that even if we shutdown the hosts, did

the Vplex upgrade, then booted up, the process of the HBA's logging into

Vplex and ping-ponging may crash the Vplex. What AIX versions and ODM

versions are you running? If you prefer we can take this discussion

outside of the Vplex community forum.

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There are a couple of customer visible Primus articles related to VPLEX NDUs and AIX:

KB000016342 "AIX: What to do if DU is experienced on AIX hosts during VPLEX NDU procedure"

KB000091068 "VPLEX: AIX host loses all paths to VPLEX during NDU."

Gary