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  Synchronizing Disk Names
 
 
 
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  PROCEDURE
 
       Use the following script when the names of your hard disks
       are out of order (for example:  hdisk0, hdisk2, hdisk3
       instead of hdisk0, hdisk1, hdisk2).  The order of the disk
       names generally does not cause errors, but it may cause con-
       fusion for the user.  Run the following "dsksync" script to
       alleviate such confusion.  The script will rename the hard
       disks.
 
       The order in which the disks will be named after rebooting
       machine will be determined on the order they are detected by
       the device configuration process.  For instance, a disk at
       address 00-00-0S-00 will be numbered before a disk at
       address 00-00-0S-20 or 00-05-00-00.
 
       This document applies to AIX 3.1 through 4.2 on the RISC
       System/6000.
 
       Make sure the key is in "Normal" position before running
       this script.
 
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     lsdev -Cc disk | awk '{ print $1 }' | while read HDname; do
               odmdelete -q "name = $HDname" -o CuAt
               odmdelete -q "value = $HDname" -o CuAt
               odmdelete -q "name = $HDname" -o CuDv
               odmdelete -q "value3 = $HDname" -o CuDvDr
               odmdelete -q "name = $HDname" -o CuVPD
     done
     rm -f /dev/hdisk*
     rm -f /dev/rhdisk*
 
     savebase
 
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       When the shell script completes successfully, run the fol-
       lowing command to shutdown and reboot.
 
          shutdown -Fr
 
 
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