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Configuration: Disk Groups and Virtual Disks

• Select a single virtual disk, and select Mappings Change

Mapping.

• Right-click the virtual disk, and select

Change Mapping from the

pop-up menu.

3 In Host group or host, select the appropriate host group or host.

By default, the drop-down list shows the current host group or the host

associated with the selected virtual disk.

4 In Logical unit number, select the appropriate LUN.

The drop down list shows only the currently available LUNs that are

associated with the selected virtual disk.

5 Click OK.

Stop any host applications associated with this virtual disk, and unmount

the virtual disk, if applicable, from your operating system.

6 In the Change Mapping dialog, click Yes to confirm the changes.

The mapping is checked for validity and is saved. The

Defined Mappings

pane is updated to display the new mapping. The

Topology pane is also

updated to reflect any movement of host groups or hosts.

NOTE:

If a password is set on the storage array, the Enter Password dialog is

displayed. Type the current password for the storage array, and click OK.

7 If configuring a Linux host, run the rescan_dm_devs utility on the host,

and remount the virtual disk if required. This utility is installed on the host

as part of the MDSM install process.

8 Restart the host applications.

Changing Controller Ownership of the Virtual Disk

If the host has a single data-path to the MD storage array, the virtual disk

must be owned by the controller to which the host is connected. You must

configure this storage array before you start I/O operations and after the

virtual disk is created.
You can change the RAID controller module ownership of a standard virtual

disk or a snapshot repository virtual disk. You cannot directly change the

RAID controller module ownership of a snapshot virtual disk because the

snapshot virtual disk inherits the RAID controller module owner of its

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