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Changing the Status of Paths

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For details on the displayed items and their descriptions, see view (Displays Information) on page 6-22. Changing the Status of Paths This section explains how to change path statuses. Changing the Status of Paths to Online To change the status of paths to online: 1. Check the current status of the paths. To place paths online by specifying a CHA port, single path, or HBA port WWN, check the path name or PATH_ID used to manage the path. The following example shows how to execute the command: >dlnkmgr -s host-name -u user-name -p password view -path 2. To change the status of paths to Online, execute the dlnkmgr command's online operation. The paths to be placed Online can be specified by using a CHA port, single path, or HBA port WWN. For details on how to specify paths, see online (Places Paths Online) on page 6-11. For example, to place a specific path online, execute the HDLM command's online operation with the -pathid parameter specified. The following is an example of executing the command: >dlnkmgr -s host-name -u user-name -p password online -pathid 000001 KAPL01050-I The currently selected paths will be changed to the Online status. Is this OK? [y/n]:y KAPL01061-I 1 path(s) were successfully placed Online; 0 path(s) were not. Operation name = online > 3. Check to see if the statuses of all the applicable paths have changed. The following is an example of executing the command: >dlnkmgr -s host-name -u user-name -p password view -path Changing the Status of Paths to Offline(C) 1. Check the current status of the paths. To change the status of a path to Offline(C) by specifying a CHA port, single path, or HBA port WWN, check the path name or PATH_ID used to manage the path. The following is an example of executing the command: >dlnkmgr -s host-name -u user-name -p password view -path HDLM Operation 4-3 Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager User Guide (for VMware(R))

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For details on the displayed items and their descriptions, see
view (Displays
Information) on page
6-
22
.
Changing the Status of Paths
This section explains how to change path statuses.
Changing the Status of Paths to Online
To change the status of paths to online:
1
.
Check the current status of the paths.
To place paths online by specifying a CHA port, single path, or HBA port
WWN, check the path name or PATH_ID used to manage the path.
The following example shows how to execute the command:
>dlnkmgr -s
host-name
-u
user-name
-p
password
view -path
2
.
To change the status of paths to
Online
, execute the
dlnkmgr
command's
online
operation.
The paths to be placed
Online
can be specified by using a CHA port,
single path, or HBA port WWN. For details on how to specify paths, see
online (Places Paths Online) on page
6-
11
.
For example, to place a specific path online, execute the HDLM
command's
online
operation with the
-pathid
parameter specified. The
following is an example of executing the command:
>dlnkmgr -s
host-name
-u
user-name
-p
password
online -pathid
000001
KAPL01050-I The currently selected paths will be changed to the
Online status. Is this OK? [y/n]:y
KAPL01061-I 1 path(s) were successfully placed Online; 0 path(s)
were not. Operation name = online
>
3
.
Check to see if the statuses of all the applicable paths have changed.
The following is an example of executing the command:
>dlnkmgr -s
host-name
-u
user-name
-p
password
view -path
Changing the Status of Paths to Offline(C)
1
.
Check the current status of the paths.
To change the status of a path to
Offline(C)
by specifying a CHA port,
single path, or HBA port WWN, check the path name or PATH_ID used to
manage the path.
The following is an example of executing the command:
>dlnkmgr -s
host-name
-u
user-name
-p
password
view -path
HDLM Operation
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Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager User Guide (for VMware(R))