On the recommended Multi-path Driver to use on IBM AIX and VIOS When Attached to SVC and Storwize storage.
All updates are applied as part of the Operating System Maintenance.
The AIXPCM driver has the advantage over SDDPCM of not requiring specific maintenance.
The AIXPCM driver improvements include all significant functionality provided by SDDPCM.
SSDPCM gets removed during the migration to VIOS 3.1, would be a good opportunity to remove this old driver
Thanks to Damien for the excellent feedback.
My rule-of-thumb is: Always upgrade straight to the latest VIOS 3.1.
The problem is that the newer VIOS 2.2.6.41 has some package versions higher than the older 3.1.0.10. You have to upgrade to 3.1.0.21 (the current latest VIOS 3 release).
The VIOS viosupgrade command does not work, if upgrading from 2.2.6.41 to 3.1.0.10.
Damien Ferrand (IT Consultant and VIOS administrator) points out