Dynamic Multi-Pathing 8.0.1 Administrator's Guide - Windows

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (8.0.1)
Platform: Windows
  1. Understanding DMPW
    1.  
      DMP overview
    2.  
      Major features of Dynamic Multi-Pathing
    3. How DMP works
      1. How DMP monitors I/O on paths
        1.  
          Path failover mechanism
      2.  
        Load balancing
      3.  
        DMP in a clustered environment
    4.  
      Multiple paths to disk arrays
    5.  
      Device discovery
  2. Setting up DMPW
    1.  
      Active/Active and Active/Passive settings
    2. Active/Active and Active/Passive settings in a cluster environment
      1.  
        DMP DSMs
      2.  
        SCSI-3 PGR technology
      3.  
        Enabling SCSI-3 PGR
    3. Add and remove paths
      1.  
        Adding a path
      2.  
        Removing a path
    4. Specify load balancing settings and the primary path
      1.  
        Specifying load balancing settings for an array
      2.  
        Specifying load balancing settings for a disk
      3.  
        Specifying the primary path for an array or disk
    5. Configuring DSMs without storage connection
      1.  
        Specify DSM settings without storage connection
  3. Administering DMPW
    1.  
      About administering DMP
    2. DMP DSMs menus
      1.  
        Displaying the menu for arrays
      2.  
        Commands for arrays
      3.  
        Displaying the menu for disks
      4.  
        Commands for paths of a disk
      5.  
        Statistics monitoring
      6.  
        Clear performance statistics
      7.  
        Device settings
      8.  
        Set primary path
      9.  
        Properties
    3. View array, disk, and path status
      1.  
        Array status
      2.  
        Device status
      3.  
        Path status
    4. vxdmpadm
      1.  
        vxdmpadm dsminfo
      2.  
        vxdmpadm arrayinfo
      3.  
        vxdmpadm deviceinfo
      4.  
        vxdmpadm pathinfo
      5.  
        vxdmpadm arrayperf
      6.  
        vxdmpadm deviceperf
      7.  
        vxdmpadm pathperf
      8.  
        vxdmpadm allperf
      9.  
        vxdmpadm iostat
      10.  
        vxdmpadm cleardeviceperf
      11.  
        vxdmpadm cleararrayperf
      12.  
        vxdmpadm clearallperf
      13.  
        vxdmpadm setdsmscsi3
      14.  
        vxdmpadm setarrayscsi3
      15.  
        vxdmpadm setattr dsm
      16.  
        vxdmpadm setattr array
      17.  
        vxdmpadm setattr device
      18.  
        vxdmpadm setattr path
      19.  
        vxdmpadm set isislog
      20.  
        vxdmpadm rescan
      21.  
        vxdmpadm disk list
      22.  
        vxdmpadm getdsmattrib
      23.  
        vxdmpadm getmpioparam
      24.  
        vxdmpadm setmpioparam
  4. Performance tuning
    1.  
      Specifying control timer settings for an array
  5. Troubleshooting
    1. Resolving DMP issues
      1.  
        When a DMP license is no longer valid
      2.  
        When an unknown disk group appears in a DMP environment
    2. Using status information
      1.  
        Path status
      2.  
        Path states
  6. Glossary
    1.  
      Dynamic Multi-Pathing glossary

Adding a path

You might want to add a path when you add more disks to an array or to increase fault tolerance for the array.

To add a path to an array

  1. Add the path by physically connecting a new cable.
  2. To view the screen changes caused by the additional path, open the Disks folder in the tree view and select a disk. Then select the DMP DSMs tab in the right-hand pane.
  3. Select Actions > Rescan from VEA.

    DMP DSMs scans for paths and updates the screen, reflecting any changes you have made in the physical installation.

Note:

If a disk shares a path with another disk, then it must share all the same paths with the other disk. If a disk in the array does not share a path with any other disk in the array, then all the paths of the disk must not be shared with any other disk in the array.