HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager Software - Manual (Page 41)

IMPORTANT: The domain configuration backup file created during VC Domain Maintenance and is valid
for restoration while the VC Domain is in VC Domain Group. The domain configuration file is not valid after
the VC Domain is removed from VC Domain Group.
Changes in Virtual Connect Manager that might affect completing VC Domain Maintenance
When you enable VC Domain Maintenance and make changes to a VC Domain base configuration, attempts
to complete VC Domain Maintenance might result in VCEM creating a failed job and the VC Domain remains
under VC Domain Maintenance.
Changes in Virtual Connect Manager that might cause problems in completing VC Domain Maintenance
include:
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Updating the Virtual Connect firmware to an incompatible version, (Domain Settings
→Firmware
Management ). To resolve this issue, update the Virtual Connect firmware version to a compatible
version and complete VC Domain Maintenance again.
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Deleting the domain (Domain Settings
→Domain Configuration). To resolve this issue, restore the
Virtual Connect configuration from a backup, or remove the VC Domain from the VC Domain Group.
•
Breaking the Virtual Connect lock using VC command line. To resolve this issue, remove the VC Domain
from the VC Domain Group.
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Virtual Connect fails to respond. To resolve this issue, even if the VC Domain Maintenance job fails
because of poor or failed VC communication, fix the communication and complete VC Domain
Maintenance again.
Working with HP Virtual Connect 8Gb Fibre Channel Module for c-Class BladeSystem
VCEM cannot manage a VC Domain having one or more FC modules in an Incompatible state.
The FC module can become incompatible in the following situations:
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An HP Virtual Connect 4Gb FC module replaces an HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 24-port FC module.
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An HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 24-port FC module replaces a HP Virtual Connect 4Gb FC module.
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If HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 24-port FC modules and HP Virtual Connect 4Gb FC modules share the
same IO bay slice. (For example, a HP Virtual Connect 4Gb FC module in IO Bay 3 and a HP Virtual
Connect 8Gb 24-port FC module in IO Bay 4).
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In a multienclosure VC Domain, if there are mixed HP Virtual Connect 4Gb FC modules and HP Virtual
Connect 8Gb 24-port FC modules in the same IO bay from different enclosures. (For example, 4Gb
FC modules in the local enclosure, but 8Gb FC modules in the remote enclosures.)
Adding or removing remote enclosures from a multienclosure domain in VC Domain Maintenance
NOTE: Adding enclosures that are not yet licensed in VCEM causes that VC Domain to be put in Not
Licensed status. You must either license or remove the newly added enclosure.
To add or remove remote enclosures:
1. Select the VC Domain that must be changed, and put it into maintenance mode.
2. Access Virtual Connect Manager.
3. Click Domain Settings
→Domain Enclosures.
4. Find and import the enclosures to be added, or delete the enclosures to be deleted.
5. From VCEM, confirm VC Domain Maintenance.
Canceling a VC Domain Maintenance task
Canceling a VC Domain Maintenance discards domain, network, and storage configuration changes that
you have performed until now, and returns the VC Domain to the configuration that is shared by all VC
Domains within a VC Domain Group.
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