Dell Unity: Deleting Initiator while attached to LUN with no downtime Error Code:0x6000116

Summary: Dell Unity: Deleting an Initiator while attached to LUN with no downtime Error Code:0x6000116

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Symptoms

Deleting an initiator of an ESXi host that can access a LUN is not possible without disconnecting the host from the LUN causing downtime.
Error: Failed: The system could not delete the initiator because there are storage resources associated with the host that the initiator is registered to (Error Code:0x6000116 )

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The Ignore option under Edit Initiator did not work. 

 

Cause

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Resolution

A workaround: 
  1. Create a New ESXi host with no access to any LUNs (Test Host).
  2. Open the ESXi host that has the initiators. > under Initiators tab > Click Edit
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  3.   Change the Host under Edit Initiator to the new host (Test Host)
  4. From the new host, delete the Initiators.
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Affected Products

Dell EMC Unity Family

Products

Dell EMC Unity Family
Article Properties
Article Number: 000056865
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 20 Oct 2025
Version:  4
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