HP StorageWorks Clustered File System 3.6.0 Windows Storage Server Edition Administration Guide (403103-005, January 2008)

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Containing More Than 31 Partitions” on page 63 for more
information.)
• Disks containing an active membership partition can be imported;
however, the partition containing the active membership partition
cannot be used for a filesystem. Before importing the disk, you can run
mprepair to inactivate the membership partition (see “The mprepair
Utility” on page 247). You will then be able to use the partition when
you import the disk into the cluster.
• If you import a large number of disks sequentially, it can take several
minutes to complete the imports. The imports will be faster if you
specify all of the disks in one operation, either by selecting multiple
disks on the Import Disks window or by specifying multiple disks on
the mx disk import command line.
To import disks using the HP CFS Management Console, select Storage >
Disk > Import or click the Import icon on the toolbar. The Import Disks
window, which appears next, shows all SAN disks that are not currently
imported into the cluster. The disk descriptions include the vendor, the
disk’s UID, and its size. The Info column specifies the FC switch used to
access the disk. Select the disks that you want to import from this
window.
To import a disk from the command line, use the following command:
mx disk import <uuid> ...