HP Storage Essentials V5.1 User Guide First Edition (T4283-96026, August 2006)

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3. Return to the Advanced page (Options > Storage Essentials > Manage Product Health.
Then, click Advanced in the Disk Space tree).
4. Paste the copied text into the Custom Properties field. How you paste the text depends on
your Web browser. If you are using Microsoft Explorer or Netscape Navigator, right-click the
field and select Paste.
5. Assign a host mode to smi.ProvisioningIbmEss.hostConnectionProfile in the
Custom Properties field, as shown in the following example:
smi.ProvisioningIbmEss.hostConnectionProfile
=AIX
where AIX is the host mode.
6. When you are done, click Save.
7. Restart the service for the management server for your changes to take effect.
8. While AppStorManager is restarting, users are not able to access the management server. The
AppStorManager service must be running for the management server to monitor elements.
General Provisioning Issues
This section describes the following:
• ”Provisioning Can Make a Device Inaccessible” on page 374
• ”Provisioning Does Not Make an Operating System Aware of a Device” on page 374
Provisioning Can Make a Device Inaccessible
Keep in mind that provisioning can break a connection between an array and a host. When you
rezone a device, make sure no users or applications are using the device, as it will become
unavailable. For example, assume a port for a disk drive is a member of zone set A, which is
active. If you make zone set A inactive and this port is not a member of the new active zone set, the
disk drive will become unavailable.
Provisioning Does Not Make an Operating
System Aware of a Device
When a port in a zone set becomes active, you must take the appropriate steps to make it
available to the operating system. For example, assume a port for a disk drive is a member of zone
set A. If you make the zone set active, the host will not automatically recognize the disk drive. You
will need to configure the operating system, so that it becomes aware of the device. Refer to the
documentation that accompanies the operating system for the host.
Provisioning Issues by Vendor
This section describes the following:
• ”Issues Specific to CLARiiON Storage Systems” on page 375
• ”Issues Specific to EMC Symmetrix Storage Systems” on page 375
• ”Issues Specific to HDS Storage Systems” on page 377
• ”Issues Specific to HP Storage Systems” on page 380
• ”Issues Specific to Engenio Storage Systems” on page 380