Installing powerpath and changing the emc pseudo device name EMC powerpath is one of the best multipathing

software that is used on the serve rs and not only it is stable but it is very easy to use, today i would like to s how how to install it and to change the pseudo device name, sometimes when you a re working on server where the luns are shared you want the device name to be sa me so that you can find them easily and sometime make your troubleshooting easie r. First thing you need is a powerlink.emc.com account to download the EMC powerpat h which is supported for your Operating system [root@linux01 ~]# rpm -ivh EMC/EMCPower.LINUX-5.6.0.00.00-143.RHEL5.x86_64.rpm Preparing... ######################################## ### [100%] 1:EMCpower.LINUX ########################################### [100%] All trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners. NOTE:License registration is not required to manage the CLARiiON AX series array . After installing the powerpath package next thing you need to license the softwa re to use the feature of it. [root@linux01 ~]# emcpreg -list There are no license keys now registered. [root@linux01 ~]# emcpreg -add XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX 1 key(s) successfully added. [root@linux01 ~]# emcpreg -list Key XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX Product: PowerPath Capabilities: All Start the service and then if you have done the zoning then check for any new lu ns which are visible on the host HBA's [root@linux01 ~]# /etc/init.d/PowerPath start Starting PowerPath: done [root@linux01 ~]# powermt check [root@linux01 ~]# powermt display dev=all Pseudo name=emcpowerb CLARiiON ID=CKM00103100530 [Test-SG] Logical device ID=600601604D3827004E67486CA534E211 [LUN 1] state=alive; policy=CLAROpt; priority=0; queued-IOs=0; Owner: default=SP A, current=SP A Array failover mode: 1 ============================================================================== --------------- Host --------------- - Stor - -- I/O Path -- -- Stats --### HW Path I/O Paths Interf. Mode State Q-IOs Errors ============================================================================== 2 qla2xxx sdc SP A1 active alive 0 0 2 qla2xxx sdf SP B0 active alive 0 0 3 qla2xxx sdh SP A0 active alive 0 0 3 qla2xxx sdj SP B1 active alive 0 0 At time you want the luns which are shared across the servers to have the same p seudo name so that you can recognize them in case you want to increase the size

or sometime for troubleshooting. [root@linux01 ~]# emcpadm getusedpseudos PowerPath pseudo device names in use: Pseudo Device Name Major# Minor# emcpowera 120 0 emcpowerb 120 16 After finding the all the pseudo devices that you are using find the next availa ble pseudo device which you can use. [root@linux01 ~]# emcpadm getfreepseudos Next free pseudo device name(s) from emcpowera are: Pseudo Device Name Major# Minor# emcpowerc 120 32 Now lets rename the device and check if its reflecting [root@linux01 ~]# emcpadm renamepseudo -s emcpowera -t emcpowerc [root@linux01 ~]# emcpadm getusedpseudos PowerPath pseudo device names in use: Pseudo Device Name emcpowerc emcpowerb Major# Minor# 120 0 120 16