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NOTE:

The Create Pair, Modify Pair, and Delete Pair buttons do not appear when you have logged

on as a guest or local guest.

If HDLM is installed on the selected host. When the Device Manager agent and HDLM are installed
on the selected host, the information frame displays the Dynamic Link Manager button for launching
HDLM for Sun™ Solaris™ and HDLM for IBM

®

AIX

®

. For details on launching HDLM for Sun™

Solaris™ and HDLM for IBM

®

AIX

®

, see sections

4-2

and

5.7.1

, and refer to the HDLM user

documentation.

NOTE:

To launch HDLM for Sun™ Solaris™ and HDLM for IBM

®

AIX

®

so that they launch

displaying a specific volume path, select the desired volume path in the Show Properties - host-
name
subwindow, and then select the Dynamic Link Manager button. You can select only one
volume path. For details about the selectable volume types, see the part describing the devices that
HDLM for Sun™ Solaris™ and HDLM for IBM

®

AIX

®

can manage in the HDLM for Sun™ Solaris™

and HDLM for IBM

®

AIX

®

user documentation.

NOTE:

If a volume you know is allocated to the selected host does not display on the updated

View Host Properties window, it could be because Device Manager agents on more than one host
recognize the volume, or because the last updated Device Manager agent is not on the current
host. If this is the case, click the link on the LDEV column to open the Detailed Information panel.

3.

To view detailed information for a specific volume allocated to the selected host, select the desired LDEV
to open the Detailed Information – LDEV-number panel, as shown in

Figure 9-5

. For details on the

information displayed on this panel, see section

7-6-1

.

Figure 9-5

Detailed Information – LDEV-Number Panel

9-5 Modifying Host Properties

The system administrator, storage administrator, local system administrator, and local storage administrator
can modify (edit) existing host properties as needed. Guest and local guest users cannot change the host
properties, but can view them.

To modify the properties of a Device Manager host:

1.

Log in to Device Manager as a system administrator, storage administrator, local system administrator, or
local storage administrator.

2.

Select and expand the Hosts object in the navigation frame (refer to

Figure 9-1

).

3.

Select Modify Properties in the method frame to open the Modify Properties panel for the host you
selected, as shown in

Figure 9-6

.

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