PowerFlex 5.X: Update Device Path Operation removed from the UI

Summary: Starting from PowerFlex Management Platform (PFMP) version 5.x, also known as Erasure Coding (EC), the option to use Update Device Path from the UI is removed, as in all future versions. ...

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Symptoms

Before PowerFlex 5.x, the option for Update Device Path was done using the PFMP UI:

  1. Go to Storage System > Devices Screen
  2. GO to More Actions > Update Device Path

powerflex update device path

 

Impact: No option to Update Device Path using the PFMP UI.

Cause

In EC deployment, the Update Device Path is not supported and is removed from the UI.

Resolution

Use case:

  1. Identify the disk and node.
  2. Try to clear device error and let the rebuild start.
  3. If the error persists replace the disk: 
    1. Remove the disk from CloudLink (Encryption), if applicable.
    2. Remove the disk from the RAID controller configuration, if applicable.   
    3. Remove the disk from PowerFlex Distributed Capacity Services. This removal should be immediate since PowerFlex considers it failed.
    4. Blink the disk and remove it physically from the node.
    5. Add the new disk physically to the node.
    6. Configure RAID 0 in RAID controller, if applicable.
    7. Configure CloudLink, if applicable.
    8. Add to Device Gateway Target (DGWT): 
      1. The device path in the OS is /dev/sdb
      2. Another disk in the DGWT has the original device path set as /dev/sdb as well add device fails
      3. Update the device path using one of the following options:
        Using this ScaleIO Command-Line Interface (SCLI) command:
scli --update_device_original_paths

Using the Application Programming Interface (API) call:

POST /api/instances/Node::<node ID>/action/updateNodeOriginalPathnames
{ "forceFailedDevices" :true //Optional - default false }
  1. Retry to add the device add device successful
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Article Number: 000370757
Article Type: Solution
Ultima modificare: 09 dec. 2025
Version:  3
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