Identifying the error path, Placing the path online, What to do for a program error – HP XP P9500 Storage User Manual

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Identifying the Error Path

Check the obtained path information to find the path with the error. In the
Status column, the error path has the status Offline(E) or Online(E).

Narrowing Down the Hardware That Might Have Caused the Error

Check the DskName, iLU, ChaPort, and HBAPortWWN columns of the path with

the error to narrow down the hardware that may be the cause of the error.

To physically identify the hardware corresponding to DskName, iLU, and
ChaPort, use the information provided by the storage system management

program.

Identifying the Error Location and Correcting any Hardware Errors

Use the Windows and hardware management tools to identify the error

location, and then resolve the problem. If an error occurs in a path, HDLM will

output an error message to the host event log. Information about the path in

which the error has occurred is also output to the event log. For hardware

maintenance, contact your hardware vendor or maintenance company, if

there is a maintenance contract.

Placing the Path Online

After the path has recovered from the error, use the dlnkmgr command's
online operation to place the path back online. For details on the online

operation, see

online (Places Paths Online) on page 6-11

. Execute the

following command:

dlnkmgr online

Executing this command places all the offline paths online.

If any path cannot be placed online due to an error, the KAPL01039-W

message will appear. To ignore such paths and to continue processing, type
y. Type n to cancel processing.

Check the statuses of the paths that cannot be placed online, and resolve the

problem.

Notes:

If path errors occur on all of the paths, and Windows recognizes some or

all of the paths, disk numbers might be changed over from the ones that

were being used before. If this happens, restarting the host will cause the

disk numbers to be returned to their original values. After the disk

numbers have changed back, use Symantec Backup Exec for Windows or

the Intelligent Disaster Recovery function of Veritas NetBackup.

What To Do for a Program Error

The following describes what to do to handle errors that occur in an HDLM

program. The following figure shows the troubleshooting procedure.

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Troubleshooting

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