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As shown in

Figure 2-12 What Will Happen When an Intermittent Error Does

Not Occur on a Path on page 2-26

, normally the count for the number of

times that an error occurs is started after the path is first recovered from an

error by using the automatic failback function. However, if all the paths

connected to the LU are in the Offline(E), Online(E), or Offline(C) status

(which is due to the disconnection of the paths or some other reason), the

paths will not be recovered and put back online by using the automatic

failback function. If I/O operations are continuously being issued to such an

LU, the count for the number of times that the error occurs might be started

even though the path will not be placed online. If the number of times that

the error occurs reaches the specified value, the path is determined to have

an intermittent error. In such a case, remove the cause of the error, and then

manually place the path online.

When the conditions for an intermittent error are changed during error

monitoring

When the conditions for an intermittent error are changed during error

monitoring, the number of errors and the amount of time that has passed

since the error monitoring started are both reset to 0. As such, the error

monitoring will not finish, and it will start over by using the new conditions.

If the conditions are changed while error monitoring is not being performed,

error monitoring will start up again and use the updated conditions after any

given path is recovered from an error by performing an automatic failback.

The figure below shows the action taken when the conditions for an

intermittent error are changed during intermittent error monitoring. For this

example, the conditions have been changed from 3 or more errors in 30

minutes, to 3 or more errors in 40 minutes. The events that occur are

described by using the time arrows.

Figure 2-13 What Will Happen When Conditions Are Changed During Error

Monitoring

HDLM Functions

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