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Paths & restore vol.), Checking the connection – HP XP Data Shredder Software User Manual

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If errors occur during disconnect operations, failed operations and error codes appear in the Preset

list. To check error messages, right-click the failed operation row, and select Detail.

CAUTION:

To access the external LU after executing the Disconnect Subsystem command, you must execute the

Check Paths & Restore Vol. command.

Checking the connection status and resuming external LU

operations (Check Paths & Restore Vol.)

When errors occur in the path between the local array and external array, and also in all alternate paths,

the local array changes the external LU's status to Blockade. In this case, see

Troubleshooting External

Storage XP

and restore the path to the external array according to the troubleshooting procedure. Execute

the Check Paths & Restore Vol. command to make the external LU in Blockade status usable.
When executing the Check Paths & Restore Vol. command for the disconnected external LU for which

mapping settings are preserved, the defined mapping setting and the external LU's current status are

compared and checked to see if the settings match the actual status. The path status and all other

mapping configuration definitions are checked. If the external LU can be resumed as a mapped volume

as a result of the checking processing, the volume status is set to be available for I/O operations.
Use the Check Paths & Restore Vol. command to resume using an external LU that has been disconnected

using the Disconnect Subsystem or Disconnect Volume command.

CAUTION:

After executing the Check Paths & Restore Vol. command, click the Refresh button (

) on the

Command View XP or XP Remote Web Console main pane to update the information, and check the

current progress status.

NOTE:

If you execute the Check Paths & Restore Vol. command and the external LU is ready to be restored

as the mapped LU, the external LU is set to accept I/Os and you can resume using the external LU as

a mapped LU. However, if the external LU is not ready to be resumed, the status of the disconnected

volume remains Blockade.

Restoring all external LUs in an external array (Check Paths & Restore Vol.)

1.

In the LU Operation pane, select External Devices in the Device tree. Physically connected external

arrays appear in the Device list.

2.

In the Device list, right-click the external array you want to restore the connection to the local array,

and select Check Paths & Restore Vol. The selected external array appears in blue italics in the LU list

and Device list. It also appears in the Preset list.
To check setting details, right-click the setting in the Preset list, and select Detail. To cancel settings,

right-click the setting in the Preset list, and select Delete.

3.

Click Apply. A confirmation message appears.

4.

Click OK.
The path status in the Path Setting pane changes to Checking. When External Storage XP finishes

checking path status and the external array can be restored, the Status column changes to Normal.

If the external array cannot be restored, the status changes to Blockade.

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Configuring external LUs