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Dell EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore Guide Version 3.x July 2022 Rev. A05 - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 2
of your product. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. © 2020 - 2022 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Dell - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 3
Contents Additional Resources...6 Third-party content containing non-inclusive language 6 Chapter 1: Introduction...7 Importing block-based external storage to PowerStore overview 7 Non-disruptive import of external storage to PowerStore overview 7 Overview of the non-disruptive import process - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 4
...54 Manage file-based import sessions...56 Appendix A: Import-CLI (Linux 58 Get help...58 Status...59 Host plugin version...59 List supported arrays...60 Server port...60 Log information...61 Microhttpd status...61 Restart the Web server ...61 Recover device...62 Appendix B: Additional tasks - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 5
Import kit version...66 Restart import kit host plugin service...67 Import volumes information...67 Get Web server port information...68 Install import kit certificate...69 Re-generate the import kit certificate...69 Set Web - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 6
https:// www.dell.com/powerstoredocs. ● Troubleshooting For information about products, software updates, licensing, and service, go to https://www.dell.com/support and locate the appropriate product support page. ● Technical support For technical support and service requests, go to https://www.dell - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 7
import process is known as the Orchestrator. In conjunction with the Orchestrator, host multipath input/output (MPIO) software and a host plugin are needed to support the import process. The host plugin is installed on each host that accesses the storage to be imported. The host plugin enables the - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 8
or XtremIO X1 or XtremIO X2 source system and the PowerStore cluster can be over either iSCSI or Fibre Channel (FC). See the PowerStore Simple Support Matrix document at https://www.dell.com/powerstoredocs to determine which protocol to use. ● For Dell Compellent SC or Unity, or Dell EMC VNX2 or - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 9
the external storage to a PowerStore cluster when the operating environment running on the source system does not match the respective one listed in the Simple Support Matrix for PowerStore, or is a Dell EMC XtremIO X1 or XtremIO X2 system, or a Dell EMC PowerMax or VMAX3 system, or a NetApp AFF or - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 10
not automatically added to the PowerStore cluster and must be added manually before setting up the agentless import. During the setup of an cluster can be over either iSCSI or FC. See the PowerStore Simple Support Matrix document at https://www.dell.com/ powerstoredocs to determine which protocol - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 11
is not selected for removal by the orchestrator, the mapping should be removed manually. Also, only one agentless import can be processed from the PowerStore cluster resources to the destination system. VDM import operations support only: ● Import of VDM with only NFSV3 protocol enabled (VDMs with - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 12
NFS and SMB (CIFS) file systems exported and shared is not supported. Overview of the file-based import process Review the following processes to NFS server ● NFS exports ● NIS ● LDAP ● Local files ● Effective naming service ● Quotas NOTE: The session state is shown as Ready For Cutover when the - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 13
FC connectivity. PowerStore with FC connectivity to a source system supports only FC connectivity with the hosts. NOTE: The Simple Support Matrix document for PowerStore lists what protocol is supported for the connection between hosts, source system, and PowerStore. PowerStore creates connection - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 14
. When the source storage volumes are configured with CHAP, data transfer is secured with CHAP support, Discovery CHAP, and Authentication CHAP. The PowerStore cluster supports both single and mutual CHAP. For more information about CHAP support, see CHAP restrictions on page 19. 14 Introduction - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 15
between a Dell EMC PowerMax or VMAX3 source system (agentless import) and the PowerStore cluster. ● Either an iSCSI connection or a FC connection is supported between a Dell Compellent SC or Unity, or Dell EMC VNX2 source system and the PowerStore cluster. NOTE: The connection between the Dell - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 16
system for non-disruptive (seamless) import, see the PowerStore Simple Support Matrix document at https://www.dell.com/powerstoredocs. ● When Fibre NOTE: For more information about FC zoning, see PowerStore Host Configuration Guide at https://www.dell.com/ powerstoredocs. ● When Fibre Channel ( - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 17
reach Copy-In-Progress, the next one is taken for processing. ● (For non-disruptive import) A maximum of 16 volumes in a consistency group (CG) is supported. NOTE: When a CG has 16 members, a maximum of 8 members is imported in parallel, but they all start sequentially. That is, imports start one by - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 18
(For agentless import) A maximum of 75 volumes in a consistency group (CG) is supported. NOTE: When a CG has 75 members, a maximum of 8 members is imported in 3. Once all imports have reached the Ready-For-Cutover state, do a manual cutover. 4. After one set of imports is completed, run the next set - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 19
added with unique CHAP credentials. Source system restrictions Each source system has its own restrictions, for example, the maximum number of volumes supported and the maximum number of iSCSI sessions allowed. Importing external storage to PowerStore must work within these limitations of the source - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 20
: ● Change in user-friendly names of volumes being imported is not supported. NOTE: Any device policy or user-friendly name on source volume will , import will fail. If not present already, modify the multipath.conf file manually to the "blacklist {" form. ● If the multipath.conf file has blacklist - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 21
General file-based import restrictions The following restrictions apply to importing file-based external storage to PowerStore: ● Only Unified VNX2 is supported as import source storage system. ● VDM containing both NFS exports and SMB shares cannot be imported. ● VDM containing multiple SMB servers - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 22
and limitations relate to a SMB-only VDM file migration from a VNX2 storage system to a PowerStore appliance: ● Only Unified VNX2 storage systems are supported as the source storage system in a VDM file-based import. ● Only VNX2 storage systems with operating environment (OE) version 8.1.x or later - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 23
write data when the source file system is in the read-only mounted state. ○ PowerStore appliances running operating system version 2.1.x or earlier do not support FLR, and the default import setting is to not import such file systems. However, you can override the default, and those file systems are - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 24
) is not supported. ○ If multiple LDAP servers are configured with different port numbers that are used by the source VDM, only the server with the port number equal to the first server is imported. ○ If both NIS and LDAP are configured and taken into effect for the naming service on the source - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 25
support support service for the import to succeed. Also, if the source DHSM service DHSM service authentication is support The default DHSM service port is 5080 with the DHSM service can be set with the DHSM service to use the configured with the DHSM service can be set to the DHSM service to use the - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 26
a security right that is called Log on as a service. All installer-related services are usually provided this right by default by the operating EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Microsoft Installation and User's Guide at https://www.dell.com/support. Upgrade has two steps: 1. Run the install - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 27
driver is installed on the host. ● Ensure that MPIO is enabled on the host. NOTE: Configuring MPIO on the host during import is not supported. Ensure you know the management IP address and associated port number to use for import. This network configuration information needs to be provided so that - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 28
EQL HIT Kit is installed with import capability, adding or removing additional components to an already installed Dell EQL HIT Kit version is not supported. 4. Reboot the host. A reboot of the host is required to complete the installation. Pre-requisites for an install using the .MSI file The .MSI - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 29
Dell EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Linux Installation and User's Guide. Steps 1. Download the host plugin package, DellEMC-PowerStore-Import such as /temp, from the Dell EMC download site at: https://www.dell.com/support 2. Copy the downloaded GPG key file and install it. For example, #rpm -- - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 30
plugin for Linux is pertinent only for import of external storage from the Dell EqualLogic PS version that is listed in the PowerStore Simple Support Matrix document at https://www.dell.com/ powerstoredocs. To upgrade the EQL HIT Kit host plugin, do the following: Steps 1. Download the host plugin - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 31
and the associated user guide can be downloaded from the Dell EqualLogic support site https://eqlsupport.dell.com. For the supported versions of Dell Service (MSCS) virtual machines on a single host ○ Clustering virtual machines across physical hosts NOTE: Linux RDM configurations are not supported. - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 32
Dell EqualLogic MEM kit install can be planned and combined with any other OS reboot task. To install the supported Dell EqualLogic MEM kit (see the PowerStore Simple Support Matrix document at https:// www.dell.com/powerstoredocs), do the following: NOTE: To enable only MEM functionality, in step - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 33
Matrix document at https://www.dell.com/powerstoredocs for the supported MEM kit to install. About this task To install the supported MEM kit, do the following: Steps 1. Follow the instructions in the VMware documentation to install the supported MEM kit using the VUM method. 2. After the MEM kit - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 34
to avoid multiple reboots, do the following: Steps 1. Upgrade to the supported VMware ESXi software, but do not reboot the ESXi host. 2. Use one of the following a host plugin must be uninstalled, contact your service provider. 34 Host plugin installation (block-based non-disruptive import only) - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 35
of Ready for Import, System cannot determine cluster type, or All hosts have not been added can be imported. The following steps show the manual import workflow in PowerStore Manager: 1. If the source system does not appear in PowerStore Manager, add the information needed to discover and access the - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 36
no longer accessible to the associated hosts and the PowerStore cluster. The following steps show the manual import workflow in PowerStore Manager: 1. Select the import session to cutover. 2. Select the Cutover about the REST API, see the PowerStore REST API Reference Guide. 36 Import workflows - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 37
source system or host, or both. The following steps show the manual cancel workflow in PowerStore Manager: 1. Select the import session to cancel earlier than the version that is supported for non-disruptive import. ● If the version of the source system supports non-disruptive import but the host - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 38
under Compute > Host & Host Groups, select Add Host as needed and specify the relevant information for the hosts. The following steps show the manual import workflow in PowerStore Manager: 1. If the host or hosts do not appear in PowerStore Manager, add the information needed to discover and access - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 39
for agentless import You can cutover an import when the import session reaches the Ready For Cutover state. The following steps show the manual import workflow in PowerStore Manager: 1. Select the import session to cutover. 2. Select the Cutover import action to cutover to the PowerStore cluster - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 40
information about the REST API, see the PowerStore REST API Reference Guide. Cancel workflow for agentless import For volume, Cancel can be performed sessions are not deleted but can be deleted through the REST API. Manual intervention is required to reconfigure the host to access the source volumes - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 41
import session reaches the Ready For Cutover state. The following steps show the manual import workflow in PowerStore Manager: 1. Select the file import session to cut time. I/O throughput is degraded at this stage. NOTE: The service is interrupted if the source data becomes unavailable. When all - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 42
or after the cutover operation, clients are switched back to the source system. This action may be disruptive. The following steps show the manual cancel workflow in PowerStore Manager: 1. Select the file import session to cancel. 2. Select the Cancel import action to cancel the file import session - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 43
iSCSI connection between each associated host system and the PowerStore cluster. ● For a Dell EqualLogic PS Series source system, only an iSCSI connection is supported between the source system and the PowerStore cluster. ● For a Dell Compellent SC or Unity Series, or Dell EMC VNX2 or XtremIO X1 or - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 44
to PowerStore is not logged out. Unity does not log out the connection to PowerStore. Only those PowerStore initiators used for import must be manually removed from the FC zone by doing the following: 1. Temporarily remove the PowerStore appliance from the FC zone. 2. Remove the initiator on the - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 45
list of remote systems on your network that you have previously entered manually in to PowerStore Manager. 5. Select Import Volume. The Import Volumes in progress or Import has completed. NOTE: Consistency Group is not supported in the Dell EqualLogic PS Series systems; therefore, consistency group - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 46
To refresh the source volumes or hosts, or both, do the following: Steps 1. In PowerStore Manager, do the following to navigate to the Import Volumes from Source Array wizard: a. Under Migration, select Import External Storage. b. Select the source system from the list of Remote Systems. c. Select - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 47
access to the volumes on the source system. Manual intervention may be required on the source system a disaster occurs making the source system unusable or unreachable, you may need to contact your service provider to recover the source system involved in the import. NOTE: During an import session - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 48
each associated host system, and a matching FC connection between each associated host system and the PowerStore cluster. ● Only an iSCSI connection is supported between the following source systems and the PowerStore cluster: ○ Dell EqualLogic PS ○ NetApp AFF or A Series NOTE: The port using the IP - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 49
to PowerStore is not logged out. Unity does not log out the connection to PowerStore. Only those PowerStore initiators used for import must be manually removed from the FC zone by doing the following: 1. Temporarily remove the PowerStore appliance from the FC zone. 2. Remove the initiator on the - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 50
are discovered by PowerStore for import. NOTE: Consistency Group is not supported in the Dell EqualLogic PS Series systems; therefore, consistency group import removal of host to source volume mapping does not work. You must manually remove the host mapping and log out. Also, when the Dell EqualLogic - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 51
: Import sessions are not deleted. If you want to delete the import session, use the delete operation that is available only through the REST API. Manual intervention is required to reconfigure the host to access the source volumes again. Configuring and managing import 51 - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 52
: If import of a source volume is in progress and a disaster occurs making the source system unusable or unreachable, you may need to contact your service provider to recover the source system involved in the import. NOTE: During an import session with a Dell PS EqualLogic system that has not shared - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 53
mobility network, see the PowerStore Manager online help. For detailed information about configuring a file mobility network, see the PowerStore Networking Guide for PowerStore T Models. Steps 1. In PowerStore Manager, select Settings and under Networking select Network IPs. The Network IPs page - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 54
. NOTE: For the network to continue functioning properly, ensure that you set the VLAN ID only when you have configured the network switch port to support VLAN tagging of multiple VLAN IDs. Ensure that the VLAN ID of the interface is different than that for the management, storage, and NAS servers - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 55
. This ensures that the source Data Mover can provide uninterrupted Name Services for the remaining file servers. The file import session will fail if list of remote systems on your network that you have previously entered manually in to PowerStore Manager. 5. Select Import NAS Server. The Import - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 56
9. To view the progress of ongoing file import sessions, under Migration select Import External Storage and then select File Imports. NOTE: If the file system on the destination system is low on space (reaches 95% of capacity) during import, import of the source file system will fail. In this case - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 57
NOTE: If import of a source VDM is in progress and a disaster occurs making the source system unusable or unreachable, you may need to contact your service provider to recover the source system involved in the import. Configuring and managing import 57 - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 58
current host plugin version, and such. This appendix contains the following information: Topics: • Get help • Status • Host plugin version • List supported arrays • Server port • Log information • Microhttpd status • Restart the Web server • Recover device Get help Get command-specific help. Format - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 59
Status Dumps the current multipathing status. If selected --importable, information for only importable volumes appears. Format importcli status Options Option -v|--verbose --importable Display Description Show extra information. Show information only for importable volumes. Example - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 60
arrays Shows a list of supported arrays in the current host plugin version. Format importcli list_supported_arrays Example # importcli list_supported_arrays Generating diagnostic data, please wait Array Name VID EQL EQLOGIC Compellent COMPELNT - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 61
restart_webServer command runs successfully, MHD becomes active. Also, the Web server should not be restarted while import is in progress on the host. Contact your service provider before using this CLI command. Import-CLI (Linux) 61 - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 62
which is stuck in a bad state due to an internal error during the import process. NOTE: Contact your service provider before using this CLI command. Format importcli recover_device Example # importcli recover_device 6006016011404000a331505c1bd8223b Generating diagnostic data, please - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 63
not need to run the following procedure when the physical sector size is 512 bytes. The physical sector size shown in the example is not supported by PowerStore and would need to be changed. Also note that the logical sector size needs to be 512 bytes. About this task Import to - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 64
on the Oracle configuration, do one of the following when you create the Oracle database: NOTE: PowerStore does not support import an existing database on Compellent SC storage that is created with ORACLEASM_USE_LOGICAL_BLOCK_SIZE="false" or oracleafd_use_logical_block_size defined with a value - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 65
contains the following information: Topics: • How to run the ImportKit CLI commands • List supported arrays • Host plugin log information • Import kit version • Restart import kit host plugin service • Import volumes information • Get Web server port information • Install import kit certificate • Re - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 66
arrays Shows all the arrays supported for import. Format Get-ImportKit-ImDsmSupportedArrays Example > Get-ImportKit-ImDsmSupportedArrays VendorID -------EQLOGIC DellEMC DGC DGC ProductID --------100E-00 PowerStore VRAID RAID 5 ProductName ----------EqualLogic PowerStore VNX2 - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 67
Example > Get-ImportKit-Version HostAgentService HostAgentLibrary HostAgentCLI DSM_MPIODriver 1.0 1.0 1.0 4.5.0.9859 Restart import kit host plugin service Restarts the Windows host plugin service. NOTE: Do not run this command when an import session is in progress. Format Restart- - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 68
VolumeName : ps-volumes-20 Size : 1085276160 Bytes SourceArray : PS ImportStatus : NOT IN IMPORT VolumeID : 64ed2a75a96a0d016bc3f52d3ee8491a VolumeName : ps-volumes-21 Size : 1085276160 Bytes SourceArray : PS ImportStatus : NOT IN IMPORT > Get-ImportKit-Volumes -VolumeName ps-volumes-21 - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 69
-CertificateRegeneration command. NOTE: Do not run this command when an import session is in progress. This command restarts the ImportKit host plugin service. To do a subsequent import operation, you must delete the associated host on the Hosts & Host Groups page under Compute in PowerStore Manager - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 70
Options Option -IP -Port Description The specified IP address must be from the list of available adapters. The specified port can be any permissible numeric number (0 - 65536). Examples > Set-ImportKit-WebServerPort -IP 10.0.0.1 Resultstring -----------IP is changed - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 71
Registry Key is updated successfully to value = 1 ImportKit-CLI (Windows) 71 - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 72
D Import-CLI (VMware) The Import-CLI is a set of commands available to list information about devices being imported. It enables Info-level logging to host plugin and Storage Array Type Plugin (SATP) components. This appendix contains the following information: Topics: • List log levels • List - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 73
Example # esxcli import volume list The following information appears for each volume in the list: ● SourceVolumeNAAID - Unique identifier for the source volume considered for import. For example, naa.68fc61066c31fd6e37c28532f36f1de8 ● SourceVendor - Vendor identification (VID) of the source array. - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 74
● List SATP rules. ● Remove SATP rules from the host. Format esxcli import equalRule add esxcli import equalRule list esxcli import equalRule remove Example # esxcli import equalRule list DellEMC_IMPORT_SATP EQLOGIC 100E-00 user VMW_PSP_RR All EQL ArraysDellEMC_IMPORT_SATP DellEMC PowerStore user - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 75
.equallogic:4-52aed6-21665a597-cef220441085da70-test Status: Normal: Logging out Resolution: If this situation persists, attempt a logout of the target manually as follows: iscsiadm -m target -u -T iqn.2001-05.com.equallogic:4-52aed6-21665a597- cef220441085da70-test Volume Size: 0.40 GB Import - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 76
Host plugin version Shows the current version of the host plugin that is installed. Format ehcmcli version Example ehcmcli version Version 1.7.0 Build 469794 Server port information Shows the server port that is used for communication and provides the option to change it to a different port. NOTE - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 77
, MHD becomes active. Also, the Web server should not be restarted while import is in progress on the host. Contact Dell support before using this CLI command. Format ehcmcli restart_webServer Example ehcmcli restart_webServer Generating diagnostic data, please wait... Server port : 8443 CLI for - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 78
device which remains in a bad state due to an internal error during the import process. NOTE: Contact Dell support before using this CLI command. Format ehcmcli recover_device Example ehcmcli recover_device 6006016011404000a331505c1bd8223b Generating diagnostic data, please wait - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 79
situations that impact host I/O. You are expected to ensure that these connections are up before attempting the cancel. If the connections fail unexpectedly, manual intervention is required to ensure the paths from host to source volumes are working. Based on the duration and nature of these network - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 80
fails, the error message indicates the nature of the problem to help you resolve the issue. If you attempt generated for situations that require manual intervention and, for non-disruptive the message is not helping, or both, contact your service provider. Single fault Any single fault in the middle - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 81
down during import. For such rare case double faults, recovery is not fully automatic and manual intervention is needed. The recovery depends on the specific fault condition. Contact your service provider for resolution. A single problem may manifest as a double fault where the recovery needs some - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 82
Force Stop as part of an Import Actions Cancel action for the import. Some manual intervention may be required at the host side that is based on the I/O load again. If you run into a problem in this procedure, it is recommended that you contact your service provider. Host reboot during a non- - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Importing External Storage to PowerStore - Page 83
If the issue persists, contact your service provider. Consistency group handling PowerStore import supports import of Consistency Groups (CGs) from issues, and then import can be attempted again. Depending on the fault, a manual host-side recovery may be required. In extreme cases, such as a source
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