Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Software Users Guide for Windows (7.6)

User operation
Number of
errors and time
passed since
error
monitoring
started
Information
about paths
not subject to
automatic
failback
Restarting the host Reset Reset
#1
When you turn the intermittent error monitoring function off, information
about paths not subject to automatic failback will be reset. If you do not
want to reset the information about paths not subject to automatic
failback when you turn the intermittent error monitoring function off,
change the target paths to Offline(C).
#2
The number of errors and the time passed since error monitoring had
started are both reset to 0, and then monitoring restarts from the time
the setting change is made in accordance with the changed monitoring
conditions.
#3
When the settings for a function other than intermittent error monitoring
have been changed or even when the settings have not been changed, if
the Apply or OK button is clicked, the number of error occurrences and
the time since monitoring had started are both reset. To leave the
settings unchanged, close the Options window by clicking the Cancel
button. If you want to change the settings for a function other than
intermittent error monitoring but do not want to reset the intermittent
error monitoring status, use an HDLM command instead of the HDLM GUI.
#4
The number of errors and the time passed since error monitoring had
started are both reset to 0, and then monitoring restarts from the time
the HDLM manager starts.
Detecting Errors by Using Path Health Checking
HDLM can check the status of paths for which I/O operations are not being
performed at regular intervals. This function is called path health checking.
Without path health checking, an error cannot be detected unless an I/O
operation is performed, because the system only checks the status of a path
when an I/O operation is performed. With path health checking, however, the
system can check the status of all online paths at regular intervals regardless
of whether I/Os operations are being performed. If an error is detected in a
path, the path health checking function switches the status of that path to
Offline(E) or Online(E). You can use the dlnkmgr command's view
operation or the Path Management window of the HDLM GUI to check the
path error.
HDLM Functions
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