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raidvchkdsp
. This command shows the guarding parameters for specified
volumes, based on the RM configuration file.
raidvchkscan
. This command shows the guarding parameter for specified
volumes, based on the raidscan command.
Notes and Restrictions
LUN Security Extension has the following restrictions.
File systems using LUN Security Extension
• In the case of UNIX file system volumes, the volumes must be
mounted with the read-only option by setting Open LDEV Guard after
the volumes are unmounted.
• In the case of Windows 2003 file systems, you have to use the “-x
mount” and “-x umount” options of the above-cited RAID Manager
commands.
• In the case of Windows NT or Windows 2000, Open LDEV Guard
volumes set to Write Protect (read-only) mode cannot be used as
NTFS or FAT file systems.
LVM(VxVM) and LUN Security Extension
When LVM volumes will be used as Open LDEV Guard volumes, disable
LUN Security Extension. Issue LVM write commands to the volumes and
then re-enable Open LDEV Guard.
High Availability cluster server configurations
Do not use LUN Security Extension in HA environments if the HA cluster
software will be writing metadata at regular intervals to confirm the
availablilty of its disks.
Dynamic disk on Windows
LUN Security Extension volumes cannot be used with the dynamic disk
feature, because dynamic disk does not handle the volumes set to Write