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Article Number: 000052550

Dell Unity: Initiator registered with more than one host (User Correctable)

Summary: Conflict happens that the initiator is registered on more than one host.

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Article Content

Symptoms

Initiator is showing a critical alert with the issue:
The initiator is registered with more than one host. Resolve the conflict by assigning the initiators to only one host.

critical alert message stating the initiator is registered with more than one host.
 

Cause

None

Resolution

Dell Unity discovers all the hosts zoned in the fabric configuration and their initiators automatically.
 

If the hosts are assigned to any LUNs:
 

1-De-attach the host from the LUN. - See Additional Info notes below.

-Go to Block > LUNs
-Choose the LUN to edit
-Within LUN properties, go to Access tab, and choose the hosts and click delete to disconnect the access.

2-Delete all the ESXi hosts.

-Go to VMware under access in the left panel 
-Choose all the hosts and delete them.

3-Delete the initiators associated with the host.

4-Unity autodiscovers the ESXi hosts. 



If the hosts are not assigned to any LUN(s):

Follow steps 2 through 4 above.


The Initiators conflict should be resolved.

Additional Information

**NOTICE**
Step 1 (detaching LUNs) can take a long time as each LUN on the host is a separate job in Unisphere. It is recommended to remove LUNs one by one and watch the Job tab for it to complete.

Article Properties

Affected Product

Dell EMC Unity Family

Product

Unity All Flash, Dell EMC Unity Family, Unity Hybrid flash, UnityVSA

Last Published Date

20 Nov 2023

Version

4

Article Type

Solution

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