Manual
Table Of Contents
- HP StoreEver Tape Libraries Failover User Guide
- Contents
- 1 Overview
- 2 Enabling basic path failover
- 3 Installing advanced path failover
- 4 Preparing the switches and hosts for failover
- 5 Configuring failover for the HP StoreEver ESL G3 Tape Libraries
- 6 Configuring failover for HP StoreEver MSL6840 Tape Libraries
- 7 Configuring failover for other HP StoreEver MSL Tape Libraries
- 8 Installing and using Windows advanced path failover drivers
- 9 Installing and using Linux advanced path failover drivers
- 10 Installing and using HP-UX advanced path failover drivers
- 11 Troubleshooting failover operation
- 12 Advanced troubleshooting techniques
- 13 Support and other resources
- A Data Protector device discovery with advanced path failover
- Index
Click Drives to display the Event List, and then select the event and click Details to see more
information about the failover event. The Repair tab provides detailed instructions on how to
troubleshoot and fix the problem.
Disabling data path failover
To disable data path failover:
1. Log into the Management Console as a user with Administrator privileges.
2. Select the Physical managed view.
3. Select Setup→Partitions→Data Path Failover.
4. Uncheck the drive for which you want to disable ADPF or BDPF, and then click OK.
5. Wait for the configuration change to complete.
6. Verify the configuration change by selecting Monitor→Drives. Data Path Failover is shown as
Disabled.
After advanced path failover is disabled, multiple paths to each device will be presented to the
host. The advanced path failover driver supports devices with or without advanced path failover
enabled so uninstalling the advanced path failover driver is not required when advanced path
failover is disabled.
Configuring control path failover
When basic control path failover (BCPF) is enabled, the library is presented on the first drive Fibre
Channel port. If basic data path failover is configured on the drive, the second Fibre Channel port
will be one of the control path failover ports.
When advanced control path failover (ACPF) is enabled, the library is presented on all the Fibre
Channel ports of all the drives configured to handle the library control path.
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