Deleting or removing devices from the storage group DOES NOT unmap it from the port. It will be unmapped only if the "unmap" check box is checked (in SMC) or if the -unmap option was used (in SYMCLI) while removing the device from the storage group.
Now that you have removed the device from the storage group, you can manually unmap it from the FA.
You can add the device to a new masking view without unmapping it from previous port, provided the new masking view is NOT using the same ports. If not, you would get an error message that indicates that the device is already mapped to FA's.
Just to add to Roshan's reply, removing the dev from SG removes the masking information thus stops the host access to the dev. To unmap while removing from SG, use the -unmap option as Roshan said.
Roshan_Raju
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November 20th, 2012 00:00
Hello,
Deleting or removing devices from the storage group DOES NOT unmap it from the port. It will be unmapped only if the "unmap" check box is checked (in SMC) or if the -unmap option was used (in SYMCLI) while removing the device from the storage group.
Now that you have removed the device from the storage group, you can manually unmap it from the FA.
You can add the device to a new masking view without unmapping it from previous port, provided the new masking view is NOT using the same ports. If not, you would get an error message that indicates that the device is already mapped to FA's.
Hope i made it clear.
Thanks and regards,
Roshan Raju.
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November 20th, 2012 00:00
thanlks a lot for your reply
it's clear.
Roshan_Raju
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November 20th, 2012 00:00
Glad to know i was helpful. Kindly mark the discussion as answered if so
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Thank you.
sauravrohilla
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November 20th, 2012 01:00
Just to add to Roshan's reply, removing the dev from SG removes the masking information thus stops the host access to the dev. To unmap while removing from SG, use the -unmap option as Roshan said.
regards,
Saurabh
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November 20th, 2012 02:00
yes Saurabh
the difference is: if we use ''symsg ..... remove dev...'' there's no option to unmap
we have to use ''symaccess ... remove devs .... -unmap''
regards
Archuperi721
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November 20th, 2012 03:00
If the devices were removed with “symsg remove dev” command you have to run the symconfigure command file to unmap those devices J
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