App.A
Restoration Procedure for when a Path Degrades in a VERITAS Volume Manager Environment
Example (for ETERNUS DX410)
# vxdmpadm getsubpaths ctlr=c6
NAME
=========================================================================
sdb
sdc
sdd
# vxdmpadm getsubpaths ctlr=c7
NAME
=========================================================================
sde
sdf
sdg
In this example, "DISABLED" is displayed for the "sde" volume.
The controller number of the Fibre Channel card in which the volume cannot be recognized is "c7".
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Obtain and apply the Change LUN State Utility.
(1)
Obtain the Change LUN State Utility provided by each Fibre Channel card vendor.
For QLogic Fibre Channel cards
•
Obtain the Change LUN State Utility from the QLogic web-site (http://www.qlogic.com/).
For Emulex Fibre Channel cards
•
Obtain the Change LUN State Utility from the Emulex web-site (http://www.emulex.com/).
Refer to each vendor web-site for details about the Change LUN State Utility.
(2)
Apply the Change LUN State Utility that is obtained in
fied by each vendor to change the state of the LUN to recognized.
Refer to each vendor web-site for details about how to apply the Change LUN State Utility.
3
Enable VERITAS Volume Manager.
Enable VERITAS Volume Manager using the "vxdctl" command.
# vxdctl enable
4
Check the volume status.
Check that the status of a volume that was "DISABLED" in
# vxdmpadm getsubpaths ctlr=c
The underlined portion indicates the controller number.
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STATE
PATH-TYPE
ENABLED
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ENABLED
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ENABLED
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STATE
PATH-TYPE
DISABLED
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ENABLED
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ENABLED
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DMPNODENAME
ENCLR-TYPE
sdb
FJ_DX400
sdc
FJ_DX400
sdd
FJ_DX400
DMPNODENAME
ENCLR-TYPE
sdb
FJ_DX400
sdc
FJ_DX400
sdd
FJ_DX400
Step (1)
according to the procedure speci-
Step (2)
is changed to "ENABLED".
ENCLR-NAME
fj_dx400
fj_dx400
fj_dx400
ENCLR-NAME
fj_dx400
fj_dx400
fj_dx400
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